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can see a tad of frosting in that top right hand corner of the mantle, so it maaaaay be a little bit securer, i guess.
it's certainly a lil more noticeable than what was on the one i purchased. does anyone here know anything about the sonic welding process? curious if you can re-weld a previous welded spot? is the cloudy spot/corner from the case being cracked or is that simply some adhesive that has clouded up. they used to just use krazy glue and it was extremely easy to spot... if it's the adhesive, then they've gotten much better at concealing that part of it.... edit: imagining a mental picture of all these guys down in mehico setting up test runs w. all sorts of glue imported from all over the place Last edited by begsu1013; 02-29-2016 at 08:18 PM. |
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Slabs are most likely polycarbonate (Lexan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_welding Rewelding in a different fashion or even the same might be possible, but would be a bit of a challenge. Assuming a take of 150K a month or better, there are very few technological hurdles you could put in the way that would be all that hard to defeat. Even the treasury believes that counterfeit notes are available very soon after the release of the new designs. Steve B |
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Just read the entire thread all I can say OMG. I have some graded cards in the new PSA holders and I don't see how they can be tampered with . The older holders you can pop them open and reseal easy like that 67 mantle . But that 52 mantle 8 not sure those can be opened or resealed or tampered with.
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This stuff is scary. Makes me want to stop buying any PSA cards and stick with "buy the card not the grade" only in BGS holders, which seem damn near fake-proof and tamper-proof. Seems like FAR less risk.
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If you think they can spot altered cards as well as PSA and SGC, go for it.
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These PSA horror stories have been ongoing for a long time now and PSA has done virtually nothing of any substance to prevent tampering/faking. I mean, holograms? Come on. To me, this doesn't bode well for their brand in general, and long-term it is due for a huge decrease as people start to realize their product is the most easily faked/tampered-with. How can you trust ANY PSA graded card when it's so easy to fake them and/or tamper with them. My point stands. I would rather have an authentic card in a BGS holder than a PSA graded card that you have no idea whether it is real or fake/tampered with. I know BGS is an inferior TPG, but their slabs are 1,000x safer. I mean, what good is your grading reputation when the slabs you put them in can be faked and/or tampered with? It completely defeats the purpose and undermines the "sanctity" of the grade. Last edited by sportscardtheory; 03-02-2016 at 11:56 AM. |
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1.) cracking a PSA case, inserting a lesser grade card, then resealing the case; still same cert #, same authentic PSA label, same authentic PSA hologram 1.A). same thing above, but inserting a counterfeit card 2.) manufacturing a molded plastic case (the same as PSA's); grabbing the cert number from an existing high grade card, counterfeiting the PSA label, and inserting a lower grade card 2.A) same thing but inserting a counterfeit card So yes, buying the card, not the holder resolves most of 1 and 2, but doesn't resolve 1A and 2A. Which gets back to my question I had earlier. Is PSA addressing the card when Bob sends back the resealed holders? If this is an organized criminal enterprise, I would suspect it's a lot more efficient to manufacture a PSA case and copy flips, then to crack hundreds/thousands of cards and reseal. With the amount of time involved, I would assume the dollar value of these cards has be north of $1K. |
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