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Originally Posted by jchcollins
There was recently a YouTube video made by an ostensibly large vintage dealer, complaining about the inconsistencies in PSA's grading and then doing an experiment in which "old" flip / slabs had the cards cracked out, and then the cards were resubmitted raw, where - predictably - they came back with mostly lower or at least inconsistent grades. But the dealer then ruined it by pointing out the flaws on those and other cards and then in attempting to explain why they should have graded higher or lower - within about 10 seconds proved painfully that he didn't have a clue what he was talking about in terms of how grading works.
This kind of thing always gives me stomach pain, because yes PSA DOES have legit issues with their grading scale and process. But now, a full generation plus into slabs and grading being a thing - there are so many in the hobby who have either forgotten or just no longer care how to grade themselves, that at times it seems we are just helpless to do anything about that which would frustrate us.
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PSA has moved the goal posts but so has SGC only to a lessor extent. I think with the advent of grading, a vast majority of collectors defer to the number on the label and never or no longer can assess a card's condition or make any determination as to whether the card in the holder has been altered. It only muddies the water when these two companies do favors for insiders and over grade their cards for whatever reason.