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Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen
My experience has been that unloading a PSA 6 is much easier than moving a PSA 8 (OC) any day of the week. Since I only buy PSA slabs for resale to the kool aid drinkers - it works out for me.
Of course you can always eliminate the happy horsesh*t from PSA by simply changing the address on your submissions from Newport Beach, CA to Bound Brook, NJ
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It seems most people are missing the point of my post. Right now, as you indicated, the same card could be determined to be an 8 with a qualifier or a 6 with no qualifiers. Most collectors seem to prefer the card without qualifiers, so clearly they would prefer that one.
My point is, wouldn't it have been a better and more honest system if the TPG's included obvious flaws like O/C on all cards from the beginning?? Eliminating the option of receiving a lesser grade if the card's flaws were completely ignored would give a consistency to the system that just doesn't exist in its current state. A card that's an 8, but off center, would always get an 8 O/C and a card that's a true 8 would get an 8. In other words, it would reflect the unbiased reality of the card in question.
The Clemente I posted here is just one quick example. It's obviously off centered both ways - top to bottom and side to side - yet there's no mention of it anywhere. It's too late to put the Genie back in the bottle, but I think it would've been a much better and realistic system if they noted all qualifiers on the label without allowing you to opt your card out for a lower number grade.