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Originally Posted by drc
The motive of the big auction houses and graders is to make money.
Collectors will often say "a grading company shouldn't do this" or an "auction house should do this." My response is if it's going to make them money, they're going to do it. Making money is their motive for existing. Trying to argue that Becket shouldn't grade cards was futile if grading would be profitable for the company.
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As collectors, everything that we do; every purchase, every trade, is motivated by that "whatever it is" that makes this hobby our addiction of choice. Sometimes, it is easy to get so caught up in the moment and forget that not everyone is in it for the love of cards. Auction houses, grading companies and a major percentage of sellers are just here to make a profit. If suddenly there was more money to be made dealing with vintage, polished turkey turds...away they'd go.
