Posted By:
HalleyGator
MW: The card you show is nowhere near the paper loss that I was talking about. An 1895 black backed Mayo with white splotches where the black paper is missing is what I consider "paper loss".
The minor creases and wrinkles also seem to get "picked at" more by PSA.
I WAS NOT DEFENDING ONE GRADING SERVICE OVER THE OTHER ... JUST STATING MY EXPERIENCE.
If you want the truth, here is what I think happened:
I think someone at PSA saw all the SGC grades and said (consciously or subconsciously): "We need to make sure that our grading is NOT more gracious than the competitors' grading." Thus, I got shafted.
So why didn't I remove the cards from their SGC slabs before sending them in??? ... Because I was hoping that it would work the OTHER way, where someone at PSA would say: "This person is choosing to go with us instead of our competitor, so we should reward him with some liberal grading."
Naive? Stupid? Lazy? Curious? Probably all of the above!! 