Posted By:
Charlie BarokasBarry,
Selling under your own name has nothing to do with getting bumps or the lack thereof. The point is that bumps will not do you any measurable good as a dealer if your cards look consistantly overgraded.
In my opinion, large dealers do not have control over grading companies but their submission volume may give them the benifit of the doubt on close cards some of the time. Again, it doesn't help the grading service or the larger submitter to have a ton of overgraded cards in their holders. For example, 55 Bowmans graded by GAI. Each submission no matter who submits it will have some favorable and some not so favorable close calls on cards that are tweeners. It is the job of the collectors and dealers to ferret out the opportunities amongst the many cards that are put up for auction.
CB