[Exhibitman]

BF, you can make up your own mind; everyone is entitled to collect in whatever way they want. This hobby has room for all of it. But the issue we are discussing here is not your personal philosophy of collecting: if you don't want to collect graded cards, knock yourself out. Instead, you come into a thread about grading company charging practices and crap all over the grading process itself and the people who use grading services.

Lemme clue you in, pal: not liking slabbed cards doesn't make you a more pious, pure, true collector than the guys who have a box full of slabs. There are people, believe it or not, who enjoy the hobby by collecting graded cards, and are just as passionate and involved with their collections as you appear to be with yours.

You've been here all of five minutes; how about a little respect for your fellow collectors who may not see things the way you do?