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Originally Posted by arc2q
All this aside, virtually every time I go to a store I get that sense that I am doing something wrong or being watched. I remember the shame I felt as a kid when a store owner would say something dismissive. I loved going but my enduring memories now are of feeling empty after leaving the stores like I was out of my league as a kid. I did not feel welcomed.
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This was always my experience as a kid. I never found a shop who graded honestly. I thought Ebay was a wonderful thing when I discovered it (still a kid, maybe mid teens?) as I could pay fair prices for honestly graded cards. I learned far more from magazines and books than I ever did from card shop owners or dealers at conventions. Most treated a kid as an annoyance who wasn't going to spend enough to be worth their time.