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Old 08-04-2019, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark17 View Post
My thought is that such a grading company is so badly needed, and has so much profit potential, that as you grow the grading service you gradually transition out of the dealer business. Then you're a major force in the hobby with no possible conflicts, supporting your family well, collecting whatever you want for your own collection, all with the satisfaction that you're not just making customers happy by selling them cards, you're giving them a comfort level with the purchases they are making.

On your 100th birthday, looking back, which would be a more satisfying legacy? I'm not saying it would be easy or that success would be guaranteed, but eventually somebody will do it. It sure isn't in the best interest for existing TPG to add new technological testing methods to their process that would reveal all the alterations they missed..... So, whomever does start this new, high tech grading service.... for everybody's sake the #1 priority must be integrity.

On a side note, could black light or infrared reveal modern foreign substances like coloring, rebuilt corners, or bleach through a plastic holder? Wouldn't it be cool if it could, and someone could set up at The National with a machine where, for $5.00, people could put their PSA or other graded cards under the lights for a quick alteration detection scan?
+1 completely agree
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