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View Poll Results: What is your Opinion About Third Party Grading?
I think TPG is a huge benefit to the hobby and would leave it exactly as it is. 34 17.53%
I think TPG is important but it definitely needs an overhaul. 74 38.14%
TPG is a necessary evil which I have learned to accept. 56 28.87%
I hate TPG and think it has ruined the hobby. 30 15.46%
Voters: 194. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
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Old 05-21-2010, 01:37 PM
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Hi-
Sorry for the multiple responses. I voted as hating third party grading but I feel that is a very strong word. If a card is graded I will not even consider purchasing it fo my collection. However, I am responding based on the way I feel about grading. I certainly recognize that some collectors prefer it, and might not collect without it.
I cannot really say grading, "ruined the hobby" but it has changed significantly as a result. To hear some of the comments in the other grading threads such as the number on the slab is the most important thing, is absolutely ridiculous to me. That being said, I am sure a lot of folks out there think it is ridiculous that I only buy raw, and wonder how many altered or fake cards I have in my collection.
As many folks say, collect what you like! As I have stated many other times I have never, nor do I expect to ever, purchase a single graded card for my collection.
Yours in collecting,
Alan Elefson
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