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07-18-2024, 09:25 AM
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These high-end designations with the stickers have always seemed silly to me; and just another money grab. I can see with my own eyes if a card looks nicer than the given grade, and I don't need a sticker to tell me it is. I feel like our hobby churns out one gimmick after another just trying to see how much collectors will swallow. I'm involved in lots of other collecting hobbies (vintage shotguns, coin-op, movie posters, fine art, slot cars, etc.) and no one's putting little stickers on these items for a fee.
This would be a hard pass for me but I'm sure some will undoubtedly participate to get a new sticker. 
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07-18-2024, 09:34 AM
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Like a lot of things in the hobby it's something no one asked for and no one wanted, but if you put 2 cards side-by-side and one has something that potentially adds value...well, we know which will be purchased 9 times out of 10.
If it manages to gain a foothold, then it becomes part of the hobby. The difference in the amount of money paid for a graded 10 over a graded 9 was something people would have laughed you out of the room over 30 years ago. Now it's accepted and the norm even if some of us don't care to pay the difference or participate in graded cards at all.
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07-18-2024, 09:39 AM
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Everything gets a sticker!
 I never bought into those. Eye appeal is so subjective.
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07-18-2024, 11:39 AM
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