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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

That's another good point, Bill. I would say that more than half the cards I buy are raw; I submit them myself. While there are a handful card types in my collection that I've never held raw in my hand, I don't get as fired up as some of you guys about holding the card raw in my hand. For me, it's the artwork, the story the card tells, the info/stats/ad on the back and that sort of thing that's important to me.

Buying raw cards over the net, IMO, is a crapshoot, though. If I'm looking for something where condition is a factor for me, the slab gives me the added measure of security - if I buy an SGC 88, I can be reasonably confident in what I'm getting. There are mistakes, sure, but I've found them to be the exception and not the rule.

-Al