Posted By:
Fred CJames,
You are correct about the new and shiney stuff being graded. Sure assign numbers to that stuff. Again, I'm sure most people couldn't distinguish the difference between and 9 and 10. Also, if you crack the 10 and resubmit it I'm all but certain you may not get it back into a 10 holder upon resubmission.
For vintage cards it would work great if they assigned the AUTHENTIC, ALTERED or RESTORED labels. I suppose you may be correct in that it may be a poor business model in that it may not drive a market to the brink of stupidity as it has. So much for the hobby aspect of what we do... it's just sad to see the grading services driving the market as it has. Nobody to blame but ourselves...