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Marc S.in all seriousness, if you look at the industry dynamics as a whole...the biggest change in the hobby over the past 10 years is that grading fees have GONE DOWN. People submit lower-grade, less valuable, more modern cards to PSA, SGC, etc. today than they did 10 years ago. Significantly more...to the point that from an industry perspective, the grading companies are much happier to have higher volume, lower margin business than the reverse.
At the end of the day, the only real way to address the needs that you so desperately advocate is to go back to grading fees of $8 - $10 on every card that is submitted, so that additional grading scrutiny can be assessed to each card graded. This wouldn't even begin to address the legacy issues, but it would address the prospective integrity issues.
That said -- I cannot find any compelling reason that any of the grading companies would make such a change and switch their business model. Unless that happens, it seems like we are asking for Tiffany quality service from Joe's Diamond Shack.