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Posted By: JimB

Scotts, Thank you for making an important and infrequently stated reminder of what it was like most of the time buying cards from dealers before third party grading. Yes, third party graders make mistakes, but I would guess that about 95% of the time I agree with their assessments. That is a much higher percentage than it seems people agree with most dealers on ungraded cards. And to a large extent they have standardized grading in a way that did not exist before. People have a much clearer idea of what an ex card is like or vg card, regardless of whether or not it is in a holder. Don't get me wrong, I buy a lot of ungraded cards (in person at shows and at shops), but in dealing through the mail, I find it frustrating most of the time unless I know the dealer well.
Jim