I tend to straddle the fence on this issue.
I do my homework. I study the signatures I go after and I do not buy unless I am completely comfortable with it regardless of TPA opinions.
I also buy the TPA cert. I use TPAs all the time. Regardless of personal opinions, they are accepted by the vast majority of collectors and create a resale market. I may not like PSA but if PSA will bless an item I know I can flip it into the "PSA Nation" of collectors who will buy it without a question.
Unfortunately, anything other than signed in your presence is a bit of a Fox Mulder "I want to believe" leap of faith.
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