PSA grading question regarding pencil marks

[SAllen2556]

I haven't bought a ton of graded cards but I just bought a 1934 Diamond Stars card off ebay graded 4 vg/ex - with no qualifiers. When I got the card in the mail the other day I noticed it had writing on the front! It had "ss" written in light pencil - quite obvious in person.

Can a card with writing on it get a decent grade like 4 with no MK qualifier or did they just miss it? There's no frosting on the case or anything that looks tampered with - and it's just a common anyway. And without the writing the card is still a 4. Are they really that careless or am I just ignorant? Of course, I missed the writing too and that's on me, but I just ASSumed......

[Econteachert205]

There was a thread a while back about how a submitter can request no qualifiers when they grade.

[glchen]

This is that thread that Dennis is referring to: Link. Personally, I think that PSA just missed the writing, and they do not allow no qualifiers for marks, but that's just my opinion.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

There was a thread a while back about how a submitter can request no qualifiers when they grade.

You can't request no qulaifiers for marks.

Originally Posted by glchen

Personally, I think that PSA just missed the writing

Yes, they just missed it.

[glynparson]

you can not request out of mk in almost every case , I think they made an exception on a Wagner, but I too believe it is a mistake in this case.