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Originally Posted by BobC
There was a thread started about this last month already that went nowhere. It just tells you how the card is perceived by others to the naked eye via scan. How does it help for authenticy, potential alterations, etc. when the people reviewing only see a scan? Also, the card goes nowhere so how does someone tie any opinion of this outfit to a particular card? More questions than answers?
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Agree about the authentication and alteration identification shortcomings, which to me is more important than the TPG grade opinion.
I don't know how they are doing it, but what I would do is slab the card at the kiosk, with a unique barcode and website URL, and then when the card is graded, link that bar code number to the grade and other relevant data (date graded, kiosk submitted at, possibly name of owner which would of course be optional or owners could use an alias) in a database, and then provide a website where the barcode number on the slab could be searched to access the grade and other info.
So, for instance, I could claim the alias "Yogi Bear" and get my cards graded that way, and use their website to filter on that username to see what's in my collection. Sort of like building a personal registry.