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SolomonMostly involved with running my rental car & parking business, lot more interesting and involved, a "real" job.
At times, I felt when I left the hobby that the % of bad new cards were as high or higher on some issues than older ones. The biggest problems I see is that, with many issues (especially post-90), it is almost impossible to tell the difference in cuts on the edges, because most modern cards are guillotine cut. So, if you have a properly sized card, it's good. It's much easier to tell a bad cut on a '57 Topps card than an '89 UD Griffey.
The more I've thought about it, I think most problems with grading companies stem from incompetance vs. illicit behavior. I just don't think they can spend enough time examing cards for $5-10/card, and make a profit.