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Originally Posted by perezfan
Because these people would buy a loose turd, if it were properly slabbed and assigned an ultra-high numeric grade. This type of collector needs the validation of a 3rd party, and has little ability to think for themselves. And conveniently enough, there's an easy way to turn a profit at their expense.
It's a current-day example of "The Emperor's Clothes". Hopefully with time, that will change.
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Agreed, and think about this for a moment. The card was graded an 8 and someone paid fifty bucks for it. No problem there.
Then a card doctor ruins it by slicing off the left border, PSA misses it entirely, if anything it looks worse after defacement, and now the value increases sixty-fold. Does everyone recognize how effing ridiculous this is?