Some people are perfectly happy with the eye appeal of a 7, with a slight wrinkle. Since the advent of Ebay, the only way to try to get a handle on unseen defects is through grading. If you dont care, then there are plenty of reputable raw card dealers on Ebay. Sometimes they even get higher than the graded prices, and, although it could be my naivety, I can only assume it's on speculation the card "could grade higher"
Call me a conspiracist, but other than a few deep pockets who don't care about resale value, I have a hard time thinking people pay more money for the opinion of some "kid in Oswego".
Blowout proved a sinple search can reveal many of these cards are trimmed and resold through the same company. This means not only people BUYING the card did not research the last sales, but people LISTING the card didn't even check their own price history. I mean heck, some of these are numbered!
Seems a little hard to swallow, and I do believe there are very few "coincidences"
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