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Posted By: Jason Smith

Even if there are some nicer ungraded cards out there, telling perspective buyers that the card is highest rated is a good idea. Anything that's true that will help you sell your card is valuable information. For the buyer it doesn't tell the seller, and it's not necessarily meant to tell them that it's the "best card of it's kind" in the world, but it at least tells them that that card is pretty difficult to find in better condition. When I see descriptors like that, I don't think the seller is trying to scam anyone, but just trying to get the best price that he/she can. I would do the same. Does it mean that the card is the best of its kind - no. I am sure that for every card I've bought in "PSA 5" there are 2 people out there that haven't graded their potentially PSA 6, 7, 8 or whatever cards, but at least both the buyer and seller know that a 3rd party has looked at the card and graded it. That's why I buy graded cards, because I buy them on ebay, and I have a better trust that I'm buying the real thing if it's graded.
Well, I started rambling there...
Jason