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petecldI don't know all the details but obviously someone was caught committing fraud with cards that were in PSA holders. Was the crime really card switching or was it beyond that and fake holders/labels were made up? Does anyone know if this was done to holders that came from PSA or did the crook buy holders directly and make fake labels to make the card appear to have been graded? Remember the PSA 10 Jordan card on ebay sometime ago that had a label the didn't use the same style of font PSA uses? Was that seller involved? Is PSA to blame in either scenario? NO. I know you can get those holders yourself and reproducing the labels would be quite easy. Same goes for SGC holders.
No where in any of the material I have read from PSA or SGC do they claim they are security/fraud protection experts and that the holders are 100% fool proof. They are trading card grading companies. I feel BOTH style of holders offer a MUCH more then reasonable degree of safety aginst tampering. But NOTHING is 100% fool proof and ask anyone who sells car alarms - NOTHING will stop some scum bag from stealing your car if he/she wants it bad enough.
Hopefully both PSA and SGC will take steps to further hinder holder tampering, but let's put the blame on the crooks here and not the victim. It's no secret I don't support PSA's services but c'mon, fair is fair.