Another inexcusable PSA screw up - they graded another reprint!

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Ryan,

Did you cross over your T206 Wagner from an SGC to a PSA holder?

I did not. I did cross a Joe Doyle Nat’l and I took a 0.5 grade downward adjustment to do it. I did it bc I wanted maybe the only 100% complete T206 set registered somewhere, and PSA has a great registry (I certainly give them that).

That said, whether I crossed a singular card or not is irrelevant to the fact that there is zero excuse for PSA being incapable of distinguishing a t206 reprint from a real t206. And they charge a lot of money!! And it was not any card, it was a rare back, T206 Cy Young. This is not some chump card. I mean who is looking at these things??!!!

Why can’t they have vintage experts looking at vintage cards? Or at least someone with experience looking at $5k cards?

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

And it was not any card, it was a rare back, T206 Cy Young. This is not some chump card. I mean who is looking at these things??!!!!!

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[troutbum97]

I bet if this Cy Young EPDG was perforated around its perimeter like the Cracker Jack Mack, PSA would have bumped that "2" to at least a "4".

[MVSNYC]

Ryan, this one is unbelievable, wow. I mean, at first glance, from across the room, with one eye closed, you can immediately sense the card is way "off".

[jcmtiger]

Why don’t they have other graders there to doublecheck?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Why don’t they have other graders there to doublecheck?

Because then they would have to double their already exorbitant fees.

The head of the grader distribution department saw that it was a "Young" card, so he sent the card to a young grader.

[perezfan]

Well, someone got cheated (Never Say Never, haha)

Hopefully the "winner" gets wind of this thread or the one on BO, and can get proper recourse. But I'd give it only a 50-50 chance at this point.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Ryan, this one is unbelievable, wow. I mean, at first glance, from across the room, with one eye closed, you can immediately sense the card is way "off".

looks short too

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

looks short too

Especially for having such relatively wide borders.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Especially for having such relatively wide borders.

That card shown is a really poor fake. A 6 yr old could tell it's fake. But all wide borders are not fake...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I did not. I did cross a Joe Doyle Nat’l and I took a 0.5 grade downward adjustment to do it. I did it bc I wanted maybe the only 100% complete T206 set registered somewhere, and PSA has a great registry (I certainly give them that).

That said, whether I crossed a singular card or not is irrelevant to the fact that there is zero excuse for PSA being incapable of distinguishing a t206 reprint from a real t206. And they charge a lot of money!! And it was not any card, it was a rare back, T206 Cy Young. This is not some chump card. I mean who is looking at these things??!!!

Why can’t they have vintage experts looking at vintage cards? Or at least someone with experience looking at $5k cards?

Just wait, PSA is so messed up even SGC is going to go downhill...

[Johnny630]

They Could Grade Quilted Northern Toilet Paper as 1909 S71 Silks and the masses would still send them cards. People are Hooked on PSA Because as long as their slabbed items sell for the most they will get the most business.

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[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

They Could Grade Quilted Northern Toilet Paper as 1909 S71 Silks and the masses would still send them cards.

And people would buy those "silks" as well just because they're in a PSA slab.

[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

They Could Grade Quilted Northern Toilet Paper as 1909 S71 Silks and the masses would still send them cards. People are Hooked on PSA Because as long as their slabbed items sell for the most they will get the most business.

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Just goes to show you that marketing and sales trumps all