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DavidI agree that grading is an inexact science and grading companies shouldn't be held legally responsibily for a '2' versus '3' debate. I also think that everyone makes honest mistakes, and am not overly (I said overly) bothered if the occasional fake slips through. Graders should be offering compitant, inteligent and careful 2nd opinions, nothing more and nothing less. I tend to beleive that it is not the good graders that are a problem as much as the collectors who obsess over getting 10s and resubmit over and over the same modern insert they pulled from a pack until they get the desired grade.
However, if a person or company is going to accept payment to judge authenticity and assign a grade, a certain degree of compitancy is required. If 80% of a graders cards are obviously trimmed or if 90% of a graders 'cards' are intentionally or uninentionally misrepresented, this does does not meet the required threshold. I will not be surprised if some of the worst graders find themselves some day in legal trouble, whether it's criminal or civil.