[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I'm in full agreement with you on the point that graded cards are worth the same as ungraded cards. That's why I refuse to pay any kind of a premium for graded cards though typically sellers ask for a premium. I just say "No!" and go for a more reasonably priced ungraded card.

But of course there other collectors who may not balk at paying a premium for a graded card. We're all free to choose.

Hopefully therefore your wife and daughter love your cards as much as you do because if they insist on asking for the premium price at which an "equivalent" graded card just sold, they'll be keeping your cards for the long haul. Quite simply I know of no collector (including me) who's willing to be upcharged for ungraded cards.

We just don't care. They're only cardboard. I don't care what some other compensated entity thinks of my cards. As stated, if someone doesn't see it that way, if they're only willing to pay if slabbed, oh well.