PSA: from Experts who thwart "wack jobs" to unappreciated, human-based opinion givers

drcy · #1 08-17-2019, 03:23 PM

I hope for a hobby movement for a more realistic understanding of grading, so I actually see Joe's rewriting of it to be good. He states that grading is subjective and full of margins of error, and I hope for the hobby to view it as that. If you can often quote the President of CU himself as to the subjectivity, margin of error and errors, that would serve the purpose.

Fuddjcal · #2 08-17-2019, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

I hope for a hobby movement for a more realistic understanding of grading, so I actually see Joe's rewriting of it to be good. He states that grading is subjective and full of margins of error, and I hope for the hobby to view it as that. If you can often quote the President of CU himself as to the subjectivity, margin of error and errors, that would serve the purpose.

I hope the Easter Bunny comes in April too.

steve B · #3 08-17-2019, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

I hope for a hobby movement for a more realistic understanding of grading, so I actually see Joe's rewriting of it to be good. He states that grading is subjective and full of margins of error, and I hope for the hobby to view it as that. If you can often quote the President of CU himself as to the subjectivity, margin of error and errors, that would serve the purpose.

The grade may be subjective, but altered/unaltered, even with the gray areas of what's acceptable, really isn't.

I'd hope they get their act together on that aspect at least. But that probably isn't possible with 30 seconds of inspection.

drcy · #4 08-17-2019, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by steve B

The grade may be subjective, but altered/unaltered, even with the gray areas of what's acceptable, really isn't.

I'd hope they get their act together on that aspect at least. But that probably isn't possible with 30 seconds of inspection.

That is true. I was thinking about grading. The inability to identify alterations is another matter. The gade is a matter of opinion, the existence or non-existence of alterations is a matter of fact. Certainly, there will be some errors in judging that latter, but it had better be very small in percentage or you shouldn't be in the business . . . And whether or not PSA should be in that business is, of course, an ongoing question for some.

Duly note that Joe's letter went down as poorly on the CU forum as here.

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