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Posted By: barrysloate

Like it or not, the safest way to buy a card is one already graded. A raw card can seem perfectly fine to you but the grading service may deem it too short to meet its standards. If that is the case, you bought a zero. Many collectors make money buying raw cards and then getting them graded, but without experience you will make mistakes and pay your dues. And if you buy raw cards on ebay, you need to be especially careful. Like everything, this hobby takes practice to get good at it. I'm doing this over twenty years and I'm always learning something new and can still make a mistake, for sure.