Ethical question re: selling/grading

[G1911]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Very admirable take... But how do you define "truth"? This assumes the grader's opinion that day is the word of God. We all know that he could easily submit that card 5 different times and receive 5 different grades. And we know that if graded a few years ago, it would have a higher grade. And we know that a different TPG would likely give it a different grade.

As long as humans are grading these cards, is there really any "truth"? People have become way too reliant on TPG.

I whine about PSA and SGC and their incompetence and corruption all the time and don't do graded. But it is a truth in the example given that the card was graded a PSA 7. This truth is relevant, of course, because the only reason not to disclose it is that it hurts the price. I don't need to tell a buyer that yesterday I had a ham sandwich for lunch as it is irrelevant, but I should be honest and just take the 2 seconds to disclose the truth that the card was once a PSA 7, as its relevancy is clear. Just tell the truth when its relevant