71 O-Pee-Chee mailday question

[Stonepony]

How this is not the most controversial and talked about post of the year is beyond me. PSA received a damaged card and altered ( repaired) it so it would have the appearance of a high grade. Is this being swept under the rug? Crazy

[Eric72]

Did they receive it damaged or are they the ones that caused the damage?

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Did they receive it damaged or are they the ones that caused the damage?

It sounds like ( from the OP). They received a nice card- which they graded an 8. OP received the card in holder from them with a bent corner. He sent it back to PSA and they " fixed" it and placed in back in a 8 holder

[JollyElm]

You bring a masterpiece watercolor to Sotheby's for auction. As an employee is preparing the painting for display and sale, she spills her pumpkin spice latte on the painting and smears an area of the pigment. Whoops. She breaks out a beginning watercolor set she picked up at K-Mart and 'fixes' the problem. Is that okay??????

[irv]

Very interesting, and disturbing thread!

I haven't sent any of my cards in for grading, but this one pretty much seals the deal for me. SGC it is.

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by irv

Very interesting, and disturbing thread!

I haven't sent any of my cards in for grading, but this one pretty much seals the deal for me. SGC it is.

Sadly, I'm sure SGC isn't void of mistakes either. SGC graded a high $ Mantle of mine that PSA said was recolored...not by me. Of course PSA could have been wrong on that one, but I don't know. And BGS went out of favor for me a long time ago when I found out they grade sheet cut cards with no hand cut qualifier (I learned the hard way).

For me, I will continue to use PSA because I think for the most part they have been consistent with their grading. In fact, I am about to send out another 40+ card submission.

I think PSA just went a little too far with customer satisfaction. They knew I bought the 8 and they wanted me to keep the 8 even though they did spill their "pumpkin spice latte" on the card I would have rather just gotten a PSA 3 back from them and been compensated for the difference.

[steve B]

Yes, SGC makes mistakes. And until recently I figured they'd make things right if they did. Sadly, that's not the case. (Not a card of mine)

But I think what PSA did here goes way beyond a mistake. Missing that corner or damaging it in the process of grading/slabbing is a mistake. Pressing the foldover back down and reslabbing with the same grade is NOT a mistake, it's a deliberate action. And entirely the wrong thing to do.

I understand the attraction of grading/registry etc., but I don't get sticking with an organization that has just proven themselves to be untrustworthy and dishonest.

Unless they're saying that the card is an 8 even with the slightly peeled corner? But that's another big question mark isn't it.

Steve Birmingham