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Top Loaders or Card Savers?

What do you all use to store your raw vintage cards in? I know that a binder is another choice, but I like to hold each card when I look through my sets. Just curious as to what you all think the advantages and disadvantages to each are.
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Steve
I don't like card-savers for long term storage, as they apply pressure to the edges and corners of a card. While I don't know what the long term concequences of this sort of pressure is, I prefer not to find out.
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Also love to use Ultra-Pro's multi-card holders to display groups of cards.
<< <i>I like top loaders. The only time I use card savers is when I'm submitting cards >>
Yup, me too.
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But, I confess, if it's worth a darn, it's probably in a PSA or Beckett slab by now.
I think lack of humidity, stable temperature, and a quality storage box are more important over lengths of time.
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If using cardsavers I would definitely use penny sleeves as well for long term storage. Anyway, like I said this info could be out of date but if a card saver package doesn't say PVC free, then my info is still good.
J
Back in the day, I used to have a tiered storage system. Commons were just in the regular cardboard storage boxes. If a card was a minor star, you were in card savers. And if you had some decent value, you graduated to a top loader or maybe even a screwdown (if you were worthy). I laugh as I think back to how some players got "promoted" or "demoted" as their performance fluctuated.
My Reggies and my Elways always went into the screw downs though for some reason .
I like the snap tites I'll be looking for those for sure .
<< <i>Fuj , that is funny and so true , when I was younger I used to do the same thing .q]
LOL. Glad to hear I'm not the only one!
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