Posted By:
Alan ElefsonHi-
I do not now, nor do I believe I ever have owned, purchased, or sold a graded card. I have also never had a card graded. Nor do I intend to do so in the future. I will never seek to purchase gradedcards because I do not enjoy paying an additional amount of money for a card (even if it is nominal) simply because a third party service placed it in a holder and applied a numerical grade to it. I can do both of these things myself for free.
While I very much dislike grading personally, I do not begrudge other collectors their preferences. I completely understand feelings of security with third party graders both in terms of protecting cards and (at least in the case of SGC) money back guarantees. And, while I do not understand (nor could I tell the difference) between an 8, a 9, and a 10, if that is the way some one likes to collect then that is a good thing. To each his own.
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com