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Originally Posted by Smanzari
Grade chasing is one thing, but selling an altered card as non-altered is another. If this is the case, any respectable dealer should offer a refund or an exchange, and if applicable, should be put on blast for selling altered cards
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On the flip side of this; maybe the dealer had no idea the card was altered. if I were the dealer and I had some random guy who supposedly bought this 59 Mantle from me at a show a few weeks/months ago come back and say they wanted a refund because SGC said it wouldn't grade I'd probably laugh at them.
1. Some of these guys are doing shows almost every weekend. How do you expect them to remember your singular transaction of buying this Mantle from them. That card could have came from anywhere.
2. Say I as the dealer did remember the transaction; I have no way of knowing what the buyer did to the card or how it was handled before it was sent to SGC or since it was returned.
And 3. Like Adam (Exhibitman) said, if you wanted a graded card you should have bought one. Once you visually inspect and pay for a card at my table you'd own it. I'd personally never sell an altered card unless it was slabbed as such, but I also wouldn't give refunds on raw cards based solely on a third party opinion.