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Old 08-13-2022, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh View Post
Some of these comments are a perfect example of what has gone wrong with
grading (in my opinion, anyway). If people "can't see" flaw "x", how in the
*@$#* is it a devastating flaw in the first place? If the grader has to look
THAT hard, how does the barely detectable flaw cripple the grade? Reminds
me of Seinfeld episodes in which Jerry had to hunt for the most absurd reason
to fault a new love interest. In our cases, we are now going out of our way to
find "flaws" we can't see, then questioning why the card hasn't been roto
rooted by some dude with an xray machine and an electron microscope!
Some of us are asking the wrong questions.

Trent King
Couldn’t agree more, and I think you articulated the entire point of my post better than me. The fact that I was scrolling through the endless rough looking raw cards on eBay and immediately stopped and thought “wow that one looks way better than everything else”, should be an indicator that a 2 is a tough grade to the naked eye. Seems that sometimes we’re so focused on the minutia that the grading scale can miss the mark in the common sense department. Just glad im not the only one with that sentiment!
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