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Originally Posted by David Atkatz
It is certainly a "solution without a problem." No one is printing photos today, and passing them off as "Type I." (Also a ridiculous and completely arbitrary concept, invented by dealers to fleece more customers. Either a photo was printed and used roughly when it was taken, or it was reprinted later. One year later, two years later, five years later? In general, no way to tell. Twenty years later? Yeah, you can determine that.)
PSA is not in business to "help the collector." PSA is in business to make money. And, by its very nature PSA's business will dry up (how many times can you resubmit the same card?), unless it comes up with new items to slab.
Autographs, checks (checks, fer chrissakes--do you really need PSA to tell you a check is genuine?), and now photos.
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Completely agree.... and when PSA's business does dry up (and they ultimately go out of business) how much clout will those slabs really carry?
When PSA is no longer a driving force, who will care whether a card was arbitrarily graded a "9" instead of an "8". The joke will be on the guy who paid twice as much money for the "9" (even though the "8" might well be nicer in appearance).