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Originally Posted by bnorth
I personally don't know a single person who bought a graded card because of the guarantee. At least no one has ever said I bought it because of the guarantee. Every single graded card was purchased because graded cards are worth more money.
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Yes, but that's begging the question. Why do slabbed cards fetch more money? That phenomenon had to start because buyers were happy to get a card guaranteed by an "expert" third-party. This made the buyers confident that they were getting the real thing and they were happy to pay to get this confidence. The phenomenon then snowballed. But what got the snowball rolling for the higher prices fetched was the guaranty.
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Originally Posted by bnorth
Funniest part is most collectors don't get how grading really works when it comes to value. Even funnier is many that constantly complain about grading companies only collect graded cards from the company they constantly complain about.
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A certain Vulcan would describe such behaviour as "Illogical".
