I'm with you entirely, Scott, and have never cracked a slab except by accident. The only drawback with my large collection of 1000 slabs is weight (about
160 pounds).
PSA and SGC probably enjoy this thread laughing all the way to the bank. Slab, crack, slab, crack, slab, crack, etc. A perfect business model for them.
It looks like we are in the minority, but perhaps there are a lot of folks like me, who are reluctant to join the fray on a thread like this. We may just be part of a silent majority. Thanks for your sanity.
My estate plan is now complete with the purchase of a forklift to help my wife "move" my slabs. Hope she doesn't use it on me first.
No one's position on this sensitive issue is going to be changed by anything said here. Fortunately I have some raw cards as well, so I'll just go back to feeling my stack.