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Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta
From the customer perspective I always question the raw cards dealers sell when their showcase is loaded with graded ones.
I automatically assume that there are bad enough defects that they weren’t worth sending in to grade or were already bad grades that were cracked out.
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If the card is raw and priced $100-$200, I don't think anyone is expecting a gem mint card. Raw cards priced this high have value based on scarcity and not grades.
If I know that an ultra-modern card will grade a PSA 9 and it is a raw card worth $150, it is silly to grade it. I will have to wait 3 months to sell it and lose $25 in profit selling it since a raw and PSA 9 sell for about the same.
As people continue to lose money grading, hopefully we see less and less submissions to PSA and other grading companies. However, I doubt that will happen. I do grade cheaper cards with PSA/SGC/CGC, but I have experience to know what a card will grade. So many inexperienced people grading crap. I have over 40 Top Pop's with CGC from vintage alone because people just submit everything.
Experienced people like imbluestreak23 know how to add real value to a card through grading. People like this aren't selling severely damaged cards as raw. They are selling all cards raw they don't think will be a PSA 10 or will add value through the grading process.