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Posted By: Rick

There is a reason that they do not hire experts...they cost a lot of money.

grading fees have actually come down over time and if you factor how much the actual cards have risen in value as well as inflation for the last 10 years...the price to grade and authenticate a card are dirt cheap.

add increase competition and you will see how they simply can not spend the money to make third party grading as good as it could be.

3rd party grading its a neccesary tool when it comes to buying cards over the net which is how most of us buy and sell cards nowadays.

Its a tool ..thats all, its not a subtitute for real knowledge.

you get what you pay for.