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T206CollectorI think it is a grading card issue. Indeed, card grading has become so popular precisely because of the issues raised here. It may be the most important issue facing the hobby today -- but it was also the most important issue facing the hobby 20 years ago when PSA started. These issues made PSA relevant.
The grading companies have established a code of conduct in what they will grade. Without third party grading there is no way to enforce the code of conduct. If you don't like the fact that PSA/SGC/GAI will slab cards with erasures or removed creases, then lobby PSA/SGC/GAI. Then do not buy ungraded cards from dealers unless you personally trust them.
If you put down more than $50 on a card that has not been graded by a company with a money back guarantee -- in an auction house, at a show, etc. -- then you are operating at your own risk.
In short, the "code of conduct" is here already precisely because of the concerns raised on this Board. If you don't like the Generally Accepted Grading Principles adopted by PSA/SGC/GAI then you need to lobby your third-party graders for a change in their policies.
What's wrong with the following from SGC's website?
SGC Rejection Codes:
Code Description Tag
A Altered ALT
B Bleached BLE
C Color Added COL
E Power Erased ERA
G Minimum Graded Not Met MIN
L Too Large to Holder (Oversized) LRG
N Miscut MIS
M Cannot/Do Not Grade NO
P Pressed PRS
R Rebuilt REB
S Too Small to Holder (Short) SML
T Evidence of Trimming TRM
X Counterfeit COU
Z Resurfaced SUR