To what degree do graded card collectors despise setting free?

[Exhibitman]

Not that anyone has a right to be upset with what you do with your money and cards, but...for modern mainstream cards I don't think anyone cares if a 5-6-7 gets busted out, or even an 8. The registry dorks get their knickers in a twist over low-pop commons in 9-10 since they grotesquely overpay to get the 'best' card and then live in perpetual fear of a new copy being graded.

[pokerplyr80]

I primarily collect graded cards and would only crack one open if I was planning to resubmit for a higher grade. I haven't tried this yet. As for what you do with your cards, that's your business. Everyone knows population reports are off and there is no way to get an accurate count again. If you crack out a low population card, or one with a value of a few hundred bucks or more it would be nice to get it off the pop report. Maybe you could just email psa a picture of the cracked out card and flip to delete it.

[jchcollins]

Whether people like it or not, I don't think it's reasonable to be upset with busting any card out of a slab - especially since it would seem to be a part of the PSA business model that people do this upon occasion in a constant quest to get a higher grade. If PSA stringently tracked cards that were busted out and policed the pop report with an iron fist that would be one thing, but they never have.

[ALR-bishop]

John--- I can not begin to tell you how upset I would be if you popped those cards

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

John--- I can not begin to tell you how upset I would be if you popped those cards

I'm sure there are collectors all over the country who lose sleep every night wondering whether I'm in the basement with a screwdriver cracking my PSA 5 Mantles...

[ALR-bishop]

I use a bolt cutter and a small irrigation screw driver

[jchcollins]

Pair of pliers and a small flathead. I've busted dozens of dozens of PSA - the only time I've ever damaged a card was with an SGC slab.