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Old 11-16-2022, 03:26 PM
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45% - Front & back (Mostly Post-war)

45% - Front (Mostly Pre-war - I don't often mind back paper loss or even an Authentic grade if it looks nice for display)

10% - Grade (only for the 2 players I started a registry for fun for.)
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Front of the card all day every day - small number "22" written in ink on the blank back of this one
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C'mon, this is the easiest question ever!! How do people decide whether or not to buy a card? I outlined it for everyone...

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Personally for me, if the back isn’t blank then I wouldn’t accept paper loss or anything significant on the back. Tbh I like reading the backs. I rather have a true to grade card than a great front and jacked up back.
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C'mon, this is the easiest question ever!! How do people decide whether or not to buy a card? I outlined it for everyone...

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I buy cards with the sides in mind...it gives you a better idea how they will stack and bend.

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I buy cards with the sides in mind...it gives you a better idea how they will stack and bend.

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A little bit more there and you will have a much different conditioned card.

Front matters a lot. Backs with printing are important. I don't care about damage to a blank back. And I don't care if the card is slabbed or not.

This kind of damage below, I don't mind too much, but have very few like it. IF a card is cheap enough, and I have a collecting niche in mind, I will sacrifice a little.
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There seems to be a disparity on this thread between those who insist on collecting PSA slabs and those who admit it.

Buy the card not the holder on this thread.

Sell the PSA holder not the card in reality.
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