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Originally Posted by GeoPoto
Has Fanatics talked about issuing graded new cards? Seems crazy to sell cards to middlemen who deliver them unopened to PSA for grading and then auction them off to "collectors". Why not slab them as uncirulated, or something, and sell them directly?
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I'd already brought up the idea in earlier posts, months ago, when word of Fanatics taking over baseball licensing from Topps first came out, about the possibility of Fanatics maybe issuing cards encapsulated as "uncirculated" to customers sometime in the future. Figured that Fanatics might also look to take over direct distribution of cards to the public one day, cutting out the online breakers. And if so, and they're willing to go that far, why not then offer those customers buying directly from them the option (at an additional cost of course) to have Fanatics encapsulate a card certified as "uncirculated", and make even more money for themselves? Supposedly all these modern cards are perfect when first coming off the printing line, so immediately encapsulating them before they get handled, like sending them in to get graded, would/should ensure they are in perfect condition. And it would also ensure no card doctors have a chance to mess around with such cards either, which would likely be viewed by many as a very good and positive thing for the hobby.
Pure speculation, but not an impossibility. Could severely impact TPGs going forward then. And who knows, maybe it would even be done as a calculated move by Fanatics to damage existing TPG businesses to then swoop in and acquire one when they're down. Kind of just like what they did to/with Topps. Once again, it's probably all about the money.