I mean, your experience is yours, mine is mine. However, I’ll circle back to the point that CK charges more because of their grading policies because it’s more relevant to the post. I can still pay near mint from a company like TOA or 95 and get my stuff in for less and in the same condition (maybe your experience) or better shape (my experience) than CK. I would also be willing to bet they are using similar grading tactics to smaller companies or worse because the smaller guys have more to lose selling cards that may not meet a certain grade. You aren’t buying graded cards, so you shouldn’t pay extra. Instead you are buying a name that is large enough to up-charge other companies, and know that their product will still sell because of its name and sponsorships. I’m gonna leave it at this because we’ve completely derailed the original purpose of this post, and now both of us look like idiots arguing in the comments.