Should PSA/SGC have a qualifier for Centering?

[steve B]

I used to think that way, but I've bowed to popular opinion that centering is part of the grade.

There are lots of manufacturing problems that could be treated that way, but I don't know of many people who would accept a high grade for a poorly manufactured card.

How about one that got caught in the wrapper sealing machine? Corrugated top edge about 1/4 of an inch into the card. But it's been in a toploader since new, so it's mint right?

Same for print streaks? Fisheyes? Cards printed on cardboard that was creased before the card was printed? Cards creased before cutting?

I have examples of all those and more. If centering is out of grading because it's part of manufacturing, then all those should be out too.

I'd be ok with a grade based purely on preservation, but it would be very hard to make sense of.

Steve B
(Now where's that bit of cutting debris I got from 95 classic draft picks...Off to PSA!)