Posted By:
Joe D.Mark,
Thank you for your posts here.
Very quickly I would like to say.....
.... I love that beckett gives 4 separate grades (corners, centering, edges, surface) and then an overall grade. Considering you are selling an authentication and an opinion - it is nice to see reasons, in the form of the 4 criteria, for the overall opinion.
.... The reason I would like a more crackable slab... is well - safety or ease of freeing the card without harming the card. I've tried the snip and screwdriver method you mentioned (with all grader slabs).... I still get nervous with Beckett as it is a tough go.
.... Sleeves. I am going to be brutally honest here. This is THE reason I will not submit a card to Beckett. Please get rid of the baggies. This a digital age. If I can not scan and share an image of my cards, it takes away most of the fun - and it makes a card more difficult to sell when the time comes. When the baggies go, you will have me as a customer.
Regards,
Joe
edited out an extra word.