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Originally Posted by Leon
So lets say I use a Qtip and distilled water to get some residue off of a caramel card. Then I send it to be graded at PSA. That is wrong? If so, my guess is thousands of people have done something wrong and didn't even know it.
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It isn't wrong to do it per se. if in fact PSA would reject it if it knew that had been done, and I guess that's how I would read their standards, then technically it's wrong not to disclose it when you sell the card. Now that said, some violations are less offensive than others, it's like driving 56 versus driving 90 in a 55 MPH zone. Imperfect world, there are always slippery slope arguments like you're making, and one can almost always identify a case where a law or rule doesn't make sense, but you have to be practical.
Anyhow, there are obviously major things being done to these cards that the vast majority of the hobby would deem unacceptable. Therefore, it's fraud not to disclose them. The fact that there is no perfect consensus in the hobby is a red herring. Intentional misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact. Fraud 101.