The innate desire to rationalize is the Achilles heel of all collectors and should be resisted with great tenacity.
Those who post their personal rationalizations in a misguided effort to support the products of unethical boosters and their dealers do a great disservice to the collecting community and especially to newer collectors.
Just my $0.02 as a realtive newcomer who has been burned more than once. Ouch. <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" />