Yes!!!! Lets do it. Where is that Angel investor board member that called me in August of 2019? The Midwest needs a grading service! So much cheaper on shipping and just about everything else.
In order to get the proper guys from here to be graders it would require salaries big enough to get them to stop what they are doing to come and work for a grader. Possible relocation of said graders, since you can't have multiple locations without proper equipment. That would cost too much for a start up. I figured a good $2.5 mil just to float for 3 years as a basic company without any relocation cost for employees.
Another thing is, No matter who you have as graders Nothing guarantees the hobby will accept said company. Look at today's companies and who is here still after all these years. You would also need a lot of hobby support to drive resale values and keep them in line with the big 3.
AI software is cheaper now and I am still ignorant to most of it no matter how hard I try to understand it. Would be nice to finally have a team of younger guys that know this stuff to help apply all the right functions needed to properly grade a card like I want. There is a lot I have said about this in the past and feel like there has been some people in the hobby that take advantage of people and screw them over. Those people will never be allowed to be employed or use the services of any company I would be involved in. Suck to be a crook I guess.
