Question: why not buy authentic over low grades?

[ls7plus]

I've got a Diamond Stars Foxx that I bought prior to TPG as NMT, which turned out to have pressed and trimmed, something I would now be able to determine from examining the card myself, but not then. Had PSA slab it as "Authentic; trimmed," and it really has never bothered me (Foxx is a favorite) to the point that I would even think of selling/replacing it. As time goes by, it's become something of a memorial to the era immediately preceeding third party grading, which was not unlike the days of the wild, wild west--condition had become extremely important, and ethics far less so. From that perspective, TPG HAS done a lot of good!

Happy holidays to all,

Larry