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Posted By: warshawlaw

I am curious as to whether my experience matches yours. I find that probably under 25% of the raw cards I buy over ebay are actually in the condition represented. Just yesterday, for example, I got two cards described as ex and ex+, respectively. The former had a crease and a hole and the other was worn and chipped to a vg-ex at best. since they are both rare and I paid peanuts I will keep them anyway. Luckily, most of what I bid on is rare enough that I don't really care about condition, but I still find overgrading so prevalent that I am dramatically downgrading when I bid even with scans.

Please don't hijack this thread with an argument over grading services; I am really trying to focus on raw card buying experiences.