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Posted By: Alan

I am the EXACT same way. I like to buy graded cards for the security of having them graded and knowing they are real, but I just end up cracking them out of their holders, once I know they are authentic, just to touch em, smell em, etc. No, I don't do this on a lot of cards, because I guess it decreases the value, but when I am halfway through a set, where most of the cards are ungraded, and I pick up a couple of graded ones, I feel the need to crack em, so that the set can all be stored the same. Sure, I guess I could grade the other cards, as opposed to cracking some, but what's the fun in that? I crack the cards so that I can put them into my personal collection and then it gives me more reason not to sell them. I never said there wasn't anything wrong with me. I'm an addict for god sakes!