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Posted By: barrysloate

To give my thoughts on Bill Heitman's question about how competent graders are: I think they are all pretty competent, and after grading so many cards on a day by day basis they only improve with practice. The problem is grading companies are a business, and time is money. I'm not sure the graders have the luxury of spending too much time with any one card, as orders have to be processed and shipped out according to a schedule. Unfortunately, under those time constraints they will undoubtedly miss things. I always assumed because of the various tiers that a card which generates a $50 grading fee will be looked at more carefully than a common that brings in $8. However, I have no first hand knowledge if that is true.