Centering

[DanP]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

Is the most important thing about a card centering?

Is centering the most important factor for you? If not, what?

Same with me. When I first started buying I barely paid attention to centering, now it's the first thing I look at. I actually just received a PSA 8 today that I am not happy with the centering and I'm bidding on a PSA 7 to replace it!

I vote for another grading category i.e. PSA 8 C1-->10 to save me time looking at all the off-center cards. Even better it would make VCP pricing more accurate. I just looked at a card yesterday that ranged from $460 - $650 for the same grade. VCP pricing at a glance makes you think the $460 guy got a great buy and the $650 overpaid. I would have rather been the $650 buyer.

Dan

[DeanH3]

I too echo that centering is most important factor for me as well. Registration is a very close second though. A perfectly centered card with great registration is what gets my attention. I try and judge each card on its own merits but I'm definately drawn to centered cards.