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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Gil,

I think you're missing the point here... the guy wants to get some of the cards graded for resale. For the most part, unless you are Joe "known to the hobby as a good guy" Dealer it's probably best to slab the cards to get maximimum return on the cards. Wouldn't you rather spend $1K on plastic than on a really cool E, T or N card?

Grading has other interesting by products:

1. It keeps the drug companies employed because after getting cards back from grading companies people's blood pressure sometimes rises to unsafe levels. Also, other people seek other types of medical relief (barbituates) to be more accepting of how some snot nosed, unknowing inexperienced 18 year old kid (that knows little or nothing about what we hold sacred) just screwed you over.
   
2. It gives people the opportunity to bitch about how crappy these companies really are and how much some of them really could care less about you.
   
3. We get to start a thread (on average, 2.3 threads a week) about how subjectivity of grading companies differs and about the second thing mentioned but not so much the first because nobody wants to admit to having to take medication because this hobby sometimes gets the better of us. However, drinking alcohol is much more acceptable so feel free to substitute the use of alcohol as a means of calming the nerves (rather than left handed cigarettes, Rx based relief or a shrink).
   

Got it Gil?