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Originally Posted by benjulmag
A legal obstacle to establishing the existence of such a practice is how does one establish the state of mind of a grader when refusing to cross over? Grading is an opinion, and a TPG in refusing to cross a card over will simply say that in its good faith opinion, the card does not merit being crossed over, either because the card is altered or because its condition does not merit such a grade. Just recently I heard a particularly egregious story. 50 vintage cards graded by company A were sent to company B. None were crossed over, though I am unclear whether the reason was because they were altered or simply not deserving of the same grade. The person who submitted the cards then removed them from their slabs and resubmitted them to company B. All 50 cards came back crossed over at the same or higher grade.
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There's an easy excuse that TPG's can make for the story above, true or untrue. For a crossover in the slab, the TPG obviously cannot crack open the slab, and therefore there may be some parts of the card they cannot observe very easily. (e.g., thickness of the card on whether it is pressed.) Therefore for these reasons, the TPG may refuse to crossover the cards at a high grade due to this reason (or excuse).