What % of your collection is still raw?

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

You know, I have no problem with people who prefer to keep their cards raw. Raw cards are beautiful. I have no problem with people who prefer to have all their cards graded. That's just fine, too, if they like it that way.

I have no problem with people who like to collect all PSA 8s. Those cards are gorgeous and valuable and pleasing to the eye. I have no problem with people who like to collect beaters that look like they went through the wash. Those cards are fun and tell stories.

I have no problem with people who collect prewar, postwar, modern, shiny, or anything else. There's plenty of room in this hobby for everyone, and plenty to collect. I can learn something from all of it.

But I DO have a problem with someone calling me "mindless and lemminglike" because they're resistant to the fact that there might be other ways of doing things than their own. In my opinion, a person like that is, at best, short-sighted and intolerant and at worst, silly and boring. And if they choose to insult the alternative at every possible opportunity EXCEPT the one where there's the opportunity for personal financial gain, they're also kinda hypocritical.

-Al