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marshall barkmanIn my opinion there is way to much latitude when it comes to grading. If you talk to anyone that understands grading they will immediatly throw out the old human error mistake. Let's say a card looks overgraded then most dealers will say well it probably came from someone originally who submits alot of cards so PSA threw them in a bone, if the same card is undergraded then the excuse is well the grader had a off day or it must have been submitted by a nobody.
There should be more strict guidelines when it comes to grading. I have a few cards in 7 holders that if i cracked them out would not get 6's if i re-submitted them. The half point to me just looks ridiculous on the holder. It is like are coin companies going to go to MS-63.5 or VG.5 and the answer is no. The whole notion of .5 is absurd and it really does not benefit the hobby.
All the .5 does is make people buy cards hoping to get them bumped because it is .5 away from being the next grade.