[JollyElm]

I would like two things, and it would be great if we had a time machine to put these things in place from the first day the grading started at the TPG's…

1a) Put qualifiers on each and every card that has issues. If a 1967 high number is obviously O/C, then put it on the slab. There is no reason why the appearance of a qualifier has become such a Scarlet Letter. Cards have always been imperfect, so let's see some honesty in grading. Right now, based on anecdotal evidence, you can seemingly eliminate having a qualifier on the slab in most cases by 'sacrificing' 2 numerical grades. That's just ridiculous. If a card is miscut, then put MC on the frickin' slab. Having this as SOP from the beginning would have basically eliminated the stigma attached to having a qualifier, because all cards would have truly 'accurate' grades (I'm obviously speaking/typing theoretically here), plus it would make cards without qualifiers that much more desirable to all the slab chasers out there. Win win.

1b) Eliminate ST qualifiers for wax stains. It only takes two seconds with a pair of panty hose to eradicate the problem on the front of the card, so it's just silly to act like it has some terrible flaw. You could actually do the panty hose treatment while wearing panty hose, if that's your thing.

1c) Perhaps with checklists, have a special 'marked' qualifier. Most of us grew up checking off the checklists in the goal of completing our sets, so if one of these cards is checked off, but still in beautiful shape, it would be nice to have this new category.

2) Photograph, front and back, each and every single card that is graded. For the people who care about population reports, it would be nice to scan through the images of certain rare cards to see which ones have been regraded. This would definitely lead to greatly revised POP report numbers (in theory, if not in actual published statistics).