UGH! My vent regarding PSA, 4sharp corners, and Topps Desert Shield

[4reals]

I know it's kinda lame to respond to your own post before anyone else does but another thought just came to mind. PSA doesn't put notations like NO DIAMOND on their labels unless the submitter requests it on the submission form, right? It appears as though PSA is grading cards too fast to meet their deadlines and isn't double checking the accuracy of what is being written on the submission forms.

[cardinalcollector]

I think it would be very unusual for Topps to make both variations of ANY card in the Desert Shield set. They didn't even make checklists with the Desert Shield emblem on it. I would bet all of the PSA cards listing the variations are in error.

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Something tells me there isn't as much scrutiny applied to a 4SC submission as there would be to someone who doesn't send them a billion cards a year. They probably just go straight from the box to the slabbing process.

[4reals]

Originally Posted by HasselhoffsCheeseburger

Something tells me there isn't as much scrutiny applied to a 4SC submission as there would be to someone who doesn't send them a billion cards a year. They probably just go straight from the box to the slabbing process.

You said what I was thinking.

[DaClyde]

If SCD's reported production numbers are correct, PSA has graded more 1985 Chong Modesto Mark McGwire cards than were actually produced in the first place. Like Beckett, they'll grade anything you throw at them.

[lsutigers1973]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

If SCD's reported production numbers are correct, PSA has graded more 1985 Chong Modesto Mark McGwire cards than were actually produced in the first place. Like Beckett, they'll grade anything you throw at them.

Not to get too far off track of the original post, but the Chong cards were easy to duplicate just like the Star basketball cards. For a few years the McGwire card was one of the hottest on the market and I'm fairly certain there are quite a few fakes in PSA and BGS slabs.

[David W]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

If SCD's reported production numbers are correct, PSA has graded more 1985 Chong Modesto Mark McGwire cards than were actually produced in the first place. Like Beckett, they'll grade anything you throw at them.

This could be a lot of crack and re-subs as well....

[4reals]

Originally Posted by David W

This could be a lot of crack and re-subs as well....

Good point David

[DaClyde]

Originally Posted by David W

This could be a lot of crack and re-subs as well....

So when PSA re-grades a card, they don't remove the original entry from the registry? Oh, I guess if it was cracked, they would never know....wow, now even the registry is hugely less useful.