You bring up some good points, on both sides of the issue
As a collector back into the hobby in the last 2-3 years, the best advice I got as I discovered that grading was such a “thing” was to buy the card, not the grade
That advice has really served me well - in a way, the grading technicalities vs the eye appeal as a collector had provided me with pretty good bargains over the last 3 years -
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