Posted By:
HalleyGator
LEON:
If they start slabbing cards as "authentic" that are NOT trimmed ... then is this just because the owner of the card does NOT want a grade to appear on the card???
If so, then I am probably against the concept, because I can see the SLEW of stuff on EBay:
"This card was authenticated only ... but it WOULD have been a 70 if it had been graded...."
I agree that they MUST grade all cards that are slabbed (and not altered or trimmed) ... since THIS is what gives us the ever so valuable POP reports that we use to rank our cards, etc.
AND ... if they DO start to slab TRIMMED and REBACKED cards as "authentic" ... then they MUST put on the label ALL the reasons why the card is NOT being graded as "real".
OTHERWISE, you will have EBay sellers saying: "The ONLY reason this card was not graded is because of a slight wrinkle" ... when in reality the card was rebacked, trimmed, colored and doctored in every way imaginable!!!