[travrosty]

But they say that having the kid check the work is good for the hobby.

That the experienced dealers and collectors need to go along with the system in order for the kid to catch all the bad work that is out there.

The experienced guys just have to put up with a little inconvenience for the sake of all autographs, and if the experienced guy isn't doing anything wrong, then they have nothing to worry about, that their autographs will obviously pass anyway.

So refusing to let the kid check the work or refusing to guarantee all your items will pass psa or jsa when you sell is tantamount to admitting your autographs aren't up to snuff or that you have 'something to hide.'

Guilty until proven innocent. That's a cool system, isn't it guys?

Of course it's a cock and bull story, foisted on the public to get them to pressure everybody to send in their autographs to the kid under the oak tree. Resistance is futile.

From PSA's website. this is under the header "New to collecting" They want to indoctrinate you from the get-go. To get into a mindset that the only people that know autographs is PSA/DNA.

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Enhance Your Credibility

When it comes to collectibles, a seller's reputation is of paramount importance. Those with the best reputations have their collectibles graded and/or authenticated by PSA. If you are known as a seller who does not, your credibility may suffer. Buyers will ask questions and speculate as to your reasons why.

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This is truly sickening and evil to paint with a broad brush like that and put long time dealers and collectors who know what they are doing under suspicion because PSA/DNA has money to make.