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Originally Posted by bcornell
Here's another generalization: anyone who hates grading is either new to the hobby or doesn't remember how badly sellers behaved before the TPG's appeared. Grading is the punishment we all deserve.
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I'm not new, I started collecting as a kid in the late 70's and seriously in the mid 90's, lost my entire collection to Katrina and am now getting back into it.
Grading was around when I stopped, but it was only really popular with the super rare cards. There seemed to be fewer of them and the grading seemed to be a bit better. I don't "hate grading" it just seems a little uneven.
Maybe it's because I only bought cards in person back then? The internet scans can make it hard to see defects I guess. But as others said, if I saw a centered T205 with an scratched back, I think that's more desirable than a rougher looking all around card that has no "major flaws".YMMV