[Ronnie73]

I'm not sure exactly where the TPG and their higher prices became a part of the topic. I guess I have to go back and figure out the post or two that I missed. But I understand why they do it. Mainly because if you can afford to own a high valued card, you should be able to afford a higher grading fee. I'm sure there are other smaller reasons, but money and greed is always going to be the number one reason, and that's fine, because it happen's everywhere.

The premiums on higher priced auctions, such as a card that sells for $25k compared to a card at $1k. The website resources being used are the same. I could see if the higher valued card gets a full page in an auction catalog, but overall, the same thing.

Any boat owners in here? Just another example. If you can use the word Marine in the part description, regardless if the vehicle part is exactly the same, as in quality and material, you will probably pay double or more for the marine version, because you can afford to own a boat.

That's just how life goes.