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T206CollectorI've been criticized recently for some of these views, but basically here's where I come out on this:
(1) This Board is the closest thing to a consumer policing mechanism for vintage baseball cards -- it does a very nice job of ferreting out criminals, crooks and grading company flubs; and
(2) SGC already provides a money back guarantee for overgrades.
Why do you need anything else?
If you are the proud owner of a trimmed PSA 8 T206 Tommy Leach portrait, and your card is trimmed, your beef is with the grading company -- if PSA will not provide a money back guarantee for the market value of the mistake, then how can you trust (hundreds of) thousands of dollars in those grades.
For the umpteenth time, the biggest problem facing this industry are the collectors that have already invested (hundreds of) thousands of dollars into high grade PSA product that is not backed by a money-back guarantee. If you have an entire set of PSA graded T206 cards in high grade, why would you ever subject yourself to an independent review of those cards? You only stand to lose (hundreds of) thousands of dollars.
So, you all know my points already, but in my opinion, unless you go with a third-party grading company that stands behind their grade to recompense for lost value (e.g., SGC), then you are nowhere.