Getting Discouraged with raw cards

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Dan, I think you're mostly right. It really is sickening that a great card in PSA 8 is worth x while one in PSA 9 is worth 5x; after all, there's like virtually no discernable difference. And think of all the money that is wasted on picking up a PSA 8 common card that just happens to have a low population in the pop report. However, at least for me, I don't mind paying premiums for expensive vintage cards in high grades to ensure (for the most part, I know) that the card being bought hasn't been trimmed by some greedy nut. Nothing is worse than getting an expensive card sent by an ebay seller and looking at the edges (something you can't tell from a scan) and realizing that the card is trimmed....