As a buyer, I'd like to to know if I'm buying a bumped card

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Beastmode

most educated buyers look at the card, not the holder.

If only

[steve B]

Then of course, we'll want to know if it was bumped from last months submission, or from one done before there were half grades. That probably matters more.

Steve B

[swarmee]

No reason to provide that information to you. Don't see how it would matter to your purchase decision either. Why even keep track of it?

I submitted 100 cards from the same set on a monthly submission to PSA and when my grades popped, they said one was authentic/trimmed and they wrote that they were not going to slab it. I held the shipment and asked them to slab it anyways as a placeholder (and since I paid for the grade/slab) and when it came through the process again it was a 4.5 VG/EX+.

Which grade was more accurate? I don't know. It was 100 years old and I didn't trim it. So multiple reviewers saw it multiple times and initially said it was trimmed, and the second time thought it was very attractive for its age. How important is that knowledge to you?

[CMIZ5290]

I have recently sold three very high end T206s to dealers on this board. 2 of the 3 bumped to higher grades when they submitted them. Does that make me an idiot? Probably. I would rather think that it's a bad situation we have as collectors with the graders at these Companies. In my opinion, this is the most corrupt part of our hobby. If we honestly don't think that big time dealers aren't getting the benefit of the doubt on grades, than we are idiots....This applies to PSA and SGC IMO...I have seen many examples that makes me sick to my stomach...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

If only

Trust me, from setting up at shows now, ignorance and stupidity are abundant concerning grading. There were a few people buying cards but to me it seems most are buying holders and flips. ugh

[Beastmode]

Originally Posted by Leon

Trust me, from setting up at shows now, ignorance and stupidity are abundant concerning grading. There were a few people buying cards but to me it seems most are buying holders and flips. ugh

++ that would be good for sellers/dealers then