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MartyI believe that Kevin has a greater ability to identify alterations for two reasons. He has done quite a bit of experimentation to see what the results of different actions are. The second is he spends more time looking at the cards than I believe that the TPG do. He stated that he will spend 15 minutes to an hour looking at a card. I am here to say that if the grading compinies spent that much time, there would be far fewer errors in holders. I recall hearing that when PSA started, they would weigh cards to help detect alterations. I do not know how many different alterations, other than trimming, will change the weight of a card.
Most people, not the doctors, want the TPG to get it correct every time. If they spent 15 to 60 minutes to grade your cards, what would the cost be, what would the backlog be. What would happen to the $5-10 grading specials?
I work for a manufacturing company, and I know that quality has its price. I believe that all the TPG are all for profit corporations and they have the same type of issues to deal with. I believe that they all feel that they do as good of a job as they need to, but would like it to be better. Sometimes it is how the warranty portion is handled. Companies have a budget for warranty and they expect it to be spent. This is not justification for errors, just an expectation.
I have not thought Kevin's idea all the way through, but I would think that for it to work out the best is to have the other TPG to buy into it. I can see some contacting Kevin and paying him to to to an auction house and inspect some of the cards and having him report back to them. If this happens, the opinion should only be between Kevin and his client, since that is who is paying for the service, which is only an opinion.