And with that, I am out of the grading game.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Very perceptive and thought-provoking post. PSA and SGC have become victims of their own success and, at the same time, become arrogant and indifferent to customer service. I applaud your decision.

Thanks John, we will see what happens. I have long felt that the first person to create a slab for the everyday collector could run the table now. Customizable labels, slabs set up for popular card sizes, smart design to allow for protection while easily cracked, so not graded, but protected. There you go gents, take the idea and run.

[steve B]

Already out there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234488789857?hash=item36989efb61:g90AAOSwiJJiRbG b

To me they're just very expensive toploaders or snap tites.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by steve B

Already out there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234488789857?hash=item36989efb61:g90AAOSwiJJiRbG b

To me they're just very expensive toploaders or snap tites.

Yeah, that design could be refined, and the labels could be a little more aesthetically pleasing.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by steve B

Already out there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234488789857?hash=item36989efb61:g90AAOSwiJJiRbG b

To me they're just very expensive toploaders or snap tites.

Holders like that have been available since the 90s. This picture is from Hager’s 1993 guide.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Holders like that have been available since the 90s. This picture is from Hager’s 1993 guide.

I apparently need to get my head out of the sand. I also came up with an idea for a wireless phone...some would call it mobile. Could be big.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by yanks87

I apparently need to get my head out of the sand. I also came up with an idea for a wireless phone...some would call it mobile. Could be big.

LOL. I often get the same feeling. It sometimes seems like all the original ideas have been taken...

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Eric72

LOL. I often get the same feeling. It sometimes seems like all the original ideas have been taken...

I often get the same feeling. It sometimes seems like all the original ideas have been taken...

[Snapolit1]

If grading isn't your thing, you shouldn't care on whit that other people feel differently. Seems like most of the people who rail about card grading claim not to even use it. Which is odd. If it's not your bag, it's not your bag.

I have both raw and graded. While the grading model has sort of collapsed onto itself because of a backlog of many millions of largely modern shiny cards, I'm not morally offended by the idea. I'm sure most hobbies have some equivalent where some third party passes judgment on the authenticity and perceived quality of different items. Are they infallible? Of course not. Is it necessary to enjoy an item? Of course not. I'm also sure as long as people have been collecting items for 1000s of years, there is always a part of the collector world that aspires to have the "best" of "nearly best" example of something as judged by others. Some dude in Ancient Egypt was probably setting up outside the pyramids grading wooden funeral figures on a scale of 1 to 10.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by yanks87

Thanks John, we will see what happens. I have long felt that the first person to create a slab for the everyday collector could run the table now. Customizable labels, slabs set up for popular card sizes, smart design to allow for protection while easily cracked, so not graded, but protected. There you go gents, take the idea and run.

This is basically me. I always liked screwdowns and now I like slabs. I buy blanks, make labels, and slab cards I feel like slabbing. Value added without the grading? No. But that sentimental fair condition McGwire that's been in my binder since I was 10? Nice to have it in a format that displays well.