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Originally Posted by Matthew H
You can always get something graded again. I've put a lot of thought into this, I enjoy cards 100x more raw, if a future buyer wants a card to be graded, something can be worked out.
Cracking a card out and owning it raw is well worth the price of re-grading. That's my opinion. It also keep me on my toes as far as judging condition myself.... If you buy a graded card and you feel like you'll lose money by cracking the holder, it might not be graded correctly.
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No right or wrong in collecting... unless of course you end up doing something you don't really want to do, whether pressured by outside influence or other, but I digress.
Inititally I COULD NOT STAND graded holders. I remember trying to "open" the first one I got and then feeling really dumb. I've since learned to live with them, and don't really mind them anymore (this may change if I ever create a man room display). Love my raw cards too.
I just don't ever want to pay the $7,$8,$10, $12 (whatever the hell it is) per card to get them regraded so I'd be able to make them more sellable down the road... just seems like it could/would add up really quick. I don't buy to sell, but have upgraded a number of cards and am thankful my lower grades in holders simply because it gives me a pretty good rough expectation of what I'd get for them. I'm sure I have a few overgraded cards, and definitely have a few undergraded.. but most are where they belong, so I'm not worried about losing the TPG's #, as much as just paying money I don't want to spend.
Again, no wrong or right here and to each his own. Crackers keep crackin.. flippers keep flippin.. hoarders keep hoardin.. thievers keep thievin
... sorry, strike the last comment