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T206Collector...all you want, but how about some examples? In my opinion, the expectation is based on words, not an understanding for why a card should grade a 5. I am having a hard time explaining this thought, but basically, Ted has a defitional issue rather than a slab issue. His definition of EX is different from what PSA or SGC would call EX. So, when he buys a card raw, he can define the card how he likes. But when he buys a card that has been graded, the industry standard definition makes it harder for him to buy cards. Frankly, that is the whole point of using an industry standard that can be checked by a respected 3rd-party authenticator. Long gone are the days of dealers selling Walter Johnson portraits and calling them NrMT-MT to collectors who couldn't find the hairline crease, or spot of paper loss. I have yet to see a comprehensible argument made by a raw card collector about how to deal with the dealer who charges you $2,000 for that card which is worth $500. This is ESPECIALLY so in light of the internet. Instead of complaining about having to pay for a PSA 5 on ebay, keep in mind that without PSA, you would never have found that card on ebay. Period. There would be nowhere near the same market for T206 cards on the internet were it not for PSA. You may want to revert to a time when you and your buddies hung out at convention centers in the mid-70's or mid-80's and swapped cards without regard to value and exact condition. But I got pretty tired of driving home from a card show, having spent hundreds of dollars on a 1933 Goudey card that was described as EX, only to see the back crease in the car ride home. Thanks to PSA, those stories are much less prevalent.
Finally, I don't have any PSA cards, because again, I hate them. But here are some SGC 60's, with offcenter issues and corner damage, that I believe are quite accurately graded:
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/images.asp?cardid=28334&usetid=1015
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/images.asp?cardid=28238&usetid=1015
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/images.asp?cardid=28434&usetid=1015
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/images.asp?cardid=28468&usetid=1015
Not off-center, but this is Ted's card, with worse corners, in my opinion, in an SGC 60 holder:
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/images.asp?cardid=28516&usetid=1015