[JustinD]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I don't know. I suppose it is possible given the numbers of cards being handled daily by these grading companies. Ultimately, for the buyer, it comes down to purchasing the card and not the holder, which is what we see happening more and more in our hobby. If this is really happening, then yes, the numbers of higher graded cards is artificially being inflated, causing a perception perhaps that there is less scarcity then truly exists among higher grade examples. But it is probably a smaller concern than what we already know is happening with the cross-grading process. I think cracking out a card and resubmitting it to a different grader artificially bumps up the numbers way more than this proposed card switching theory.

Agreed, I don’t think this is a real issue that surpasses crack and subs even infinitesimally. I can’t imagine it as affecting many vintage cards as seldom are people submitting multiples. It “could” be a factor in the mass submission of modern cards at 50-60 of the same cards seen often with new rookies.

I guess my thoughts are leaning more towards the bigger and faster you grow and leaner for more profit does the quality control eventually become so bad that mistakes are completely commonplace? I would answer, in any industry…yes.

That said, I will add my quote too for the registration addicts. “Buy the card, not the holder”.