VERY VERY disgusted with PSA--you won't believe it!!

[Al C.risafulli]

I agree. I don't feel duped at all.

In fact, I can honestly say that if it weren't for all the advantages offered by third-party grading and authentication, I would never have purchased two-thirds of the things in my collection.

I like to think of myself as an educated buyer, not someone who's been duped. Ted, we get along really well, but if I hold credence in something you don't, that does not make me duped by the grading company's numbers any more than it makes you duped by the folks that choose to grade by their own arbitrary criteria. It's just two different opinions on an issue that shouldn't create as much animosity as it does among people that don't value the 3PG.

Seriously. I rarely read people who collect graded cards tossing insults at those who don't. Why is it that I see it happen so frequently the other way around? If it's really that important to keep the cards raw, just break 'em out of their holders, stick 'em in your binder and be happy with your collection. Why the need to denigrate those who like to have them graded?

-Al