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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
VCP is a tool, not a rule, a snapshot of what an average card sold for at a specific time. It is actually a deflationary force if used as a rule because if you refuse to pay more than VCP, you will only buy at or below VCP. That means the next guy who follows the rule will use your sale as a benchmark and so on, which stagnates at best. I think of it more as an idea of what something has sold for, so that I don't wildly overpay.
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Adam, very well said and oh so true.
It comes down to this, if you want a "nice" card, you will usually have to pay a "nice" price.
Otherwise, you will have years and years worth of missed opportunities, and whenever those threads along the lines of THE CARD I COULD HAVE BOUGHT, BUT FAILED TO DO SO pop up, and they always will, you will have so many occurrences to select from, based on your stupid, fathead, chintzy, tightwad, cheapskate ways, you will come off as quite the dumb a-- and it will not be funny.
Having said that, I must say my own sad sack scenario comes down to SELLING a lot of great cards before the advent of the third party graders. You'll have to pass up a lot of great cards before you will feel worse than me. ---Brian Powell