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Or it could be like post Hurricane Katrina where the business owners took the insurance payments and never rebuilt. Some will stay in the market, many will get soured on it and give up.
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-- PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head PSA: Regularly Get Cheated BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern SGC: Closed auto authentication business JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC Oh, what a difference a year makes. |
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So in other words, get rid of the ENTIRE 1948 Leaf football set. Because that M****** F****** touched damn near every single card in that set.
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According to the Blowout site, this quote from Joe Orlando has been removed from the PSA site.
"Today, there are those who are still trying it. Some of them are butchers and some of them are master artists, but it doesn't, in any way, change the approach of PSA graders. The tools have changed in some cases and the skill level of the whackers has heightened but so has the awareness of our experts -- that's what they are paid to do -- and that's why people have so much faith in the PSA process. Just as in the everyday world of criminal justice, it's up to the authorities to keep up with or stay a step ahead of the criminals in order to prevent crime and catch them. As the world's sportscard grading authority, we take the same approach and will accept nothing less from our staff." __________________ Last edited by JeremyW; 06-26-2019 at 11:58 AM. |
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Stamp the back of the card with a scarlet "ALTERED!" using very low viscosity invisible fluorescent ink that will soak deep into the card. It will be easy to detect with a black light and maintain the visual appeal of the card without the need to destroy the card. I'm sure there will be ways around this as well, but you know d*mn well these cards won't be destroyed when ID-ed. And it still allows those that don't care about condition the chance at owning these.
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IMO the biggest issue with properly rectifying the situation - based on my understanding of the extent and value of the “conserved” cards known - let alone the unknown cards is that there’s likely little chance that ANY tpg has the financial capacity to make it right ... eg fully reimburse the loss from the last sale to the new/true value. If my thoughts on this are accurate ... it doesn’t matter how much a company desires to “do the right thing” ... if they lack the funds to do so.
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At this point I have ZERO faith in the PSA Process.....very sad.... they will take no responsibility...scammers trimmers doctors will continue, PSA can't catch them or prevent them...no consequences for the trimmers/doctors ...they just submit under surrogates...then consign to auction houses Nothing to see here same business as usual ...Unfortunate :-( |
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And now for something completely different:
PSA throws away a card worth $2,000. Two others in thread say they heavily damaged cards while in their facility and still graded both a 9: one with a crease and one with heavy corner wear. Hearkens back to the folded over corner that was kept a PSA 8 on the post-war board last year. PSA is just disgusting at this point. https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301445
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I guess Steve doesn't like me anymore.
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-- PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head PSA: Regularly Get Cheated BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern SGC: Closed auto authentication business JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC Oh, what a difference a year makes. |
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poof
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Think you're better than PSA's graders? Try your hand at the PSA booth at the National!
https://www.psacard.com/National?utm...comp-container Quote:
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I'd rather see a live test of PSA's graders.
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I want to see if Moser or PWCC's names show up on the "Your cards are ready for pickup" television monitors... I won't be at the National, but I would watch a livestream of that. ;-)
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Such arrogance, especially right in the face of the scandal... and the $20 fee is just an extra slap in the face of "the sheeple". These kids and grown-ups should be charging PSA $20 per head for the "lesson".
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Would love to see pics of all the PSA graders and know what their expierence is.
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Hey Steve, has that internal investigation finished up yet? Anything "material" that is worth disclosing?
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-- PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head PSA: Regularly Get Cheated BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern SGC: Closed auto authentication business JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC Oh, what a difference a year makes. |
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Finished up and found nothing wrong. Just a few internet trolls blowing a very small percentage of cards mistakenly graded from human error. Move on nothing to see here.
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Only thing they done was to ban all the Blowout forum peeps that complained.
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And a blowout member just posted that PSA is now HIDING THEIR CERT NUMBERS in the Set Registry. So scummy.
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-- PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head PSA: Regularly Get Cheated BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern SGC: Closed auto authentication business JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC Oh, what a difference a year makes. |
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I got banned. That's not gonna stop me from going to Public Fridays, Long Beach Coin Expo, etc. Besides I have other friends who will submit for me. In my case PSA screwed up, and then banned me when I complained.
They also banned my email, but once again that didn't stop me. I just used other email address addresses.
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Um, the public view has not shown cert numbers for a very long time, if ever. It shows you your cert numbers in your private view. I haven’t seen any difference in the registry pages in years.
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Got an email from PSA today.... The title?
"Sports May Be Shut Down, but We’ve Still Got Our Cards!!" I think there's a typo shouldn't it be "Sports May Be Shut Down, but We’ve Still Got Your Cards!!"? |
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Good time for a repost.
PSA has suspended the account of blowoutcards store in Chantilly, VA from submitting because of their allowing the posters on their message board to report TRUTHFUL, DAMAGING information about PSA.
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Not trying to hijack the thread, but I received an e-mail about a hiring event at PSA for August 25. So, out of curiosity, I signed up. I immediately received a text and an e-mail from a group called Brazen about the event.
Brazen?! Rather an interesting choice of names. |
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No surprise, they are an integral part of the money chain. People will put up with a lot if you can help them with that.
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Maybe they are positioning themselves for a buyout done by Facebook, Twitter or Google!
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CU - psa ripe for PE-VC hostility
My Bay Area tech sources tell me CU will be the subject of a "hostile" takeover in the next 12 months. Additionally, a major new player (an App) in the collecting world will be introducing themselves very soon. It will be geared toward super high end investors, and likely with an emphasis on modern (hoops predominately) cards.
Many, many VC-PE people are the ones driving the wild and crazy market this year, heavily investing in all things MJ, Kobe, LeBron, etc. Additionaly, my tech sources tell me Howard Schultz (Founder and Ex-CEO of Starbucks) who is generally known for high end art collecting has crossed the line and is diving in to the sports card world. Not certain if any of this is groundbreaking news or has already been topiced on N 54, however, in case it has not, I thought I would share the info. |
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We discussed the possibility of some larger shareholders (including board member Nat Turner) trying to overthrow the Collector's Universe board of directors, but Nat pulled himself out of that.
BGS was bought out a few years ago, and their owner just got sentenced to seven years in jail for bribing political figures. Both companies are doubling down with PWCC that the cards they given number grades but have been PROVEN with VISUAL EVIDENCE that they were trimmed, new grades and a letter saying each company stands behind each of their HALF MILLION DOLLAR mistakes. It's becoming comical just how these companies operate in concert to scam the collector just so millionaires can brag that they have these cards in supposedly pristine grades.
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I just hope for 5 things...
1. The new parent company operates with honesty/integrity, and without favoritism. 2. That current PSA Management (i.e. Sloan/Orlando) are given their walking papers, and are in no way involved with the new endeavor. 3. That the new company is competent at identifying alteration, and will make good on PSA’s fatal “mistakes” and mid-grades. Hopefully the customer is able to seek recourse under the new ownership, as opposed to being stiffed by PSA. 4. That the new company will not censor or ban its customers for voicing legitimate concerns. 5. That the new company will be able to provide significantly better turnaround times than the current PSA model. Hopefully that isn’t asking too much. |
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Mise en Place of ingredients for failure. I wouldn't hold my breath that things change. Ever been in a relationship where the other said "I'm going to change".
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