Do you care about the authenticity guaranty provided by grading companies?

raulus · #1 10-16-2024, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I voted "sort of" but I should have voted "no".
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Curious whether your "no" is because you don't buy graded cards, you're confident in your personal ability to grade and authenticate without an assist from the TPG, or for some other reason?

Matt74 · #2 11-25-2024, 09:23 PM

No, I don't think it means much. However, I do think it has become a necessary evil in this age of ecommerce, from the authentication standpoint. The grades themselves can be a handy reference for price point, but they are way too subjective. From the little over a handful of slabs that I do have, I have a bunch with the same grade that are not even close to the same condition (if it matters, my "newest" slab is a 1941). There is supposed to be a set standard, and clearly, there is not.

Leon · #3 11-26-2024, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raulus

Curious whether your "no" is because you don't buy graded cards, you're confident in your personal ability to grade and authenticate without an assist from the TPG, or for some other reason?

Because the TPG's have basically said they aren't responsible for what they do, in their respective rules.

That, and I think I know more about the stuff I collect than most of the graders do. (I should, I do it more than most of them do.)
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And a type card that they probably know very little about (nor should they, really)

View Poll Results: Do you care about the authenticity guaranty provided by grading companies?
Yes.	48	43.64%
Sometimes.	8	7.27%
Sort of.	9	8.18%
No.	40	36.36%
Dunno. Can't say.	2	1.82%
All of the above.	2	1.82%
Some of the above.	0	0%
None of the above.	0	0%
I don't understand. Could you repeat the question?	2	1.82%
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