Posted By:
Charlie BarokasDan,
What is the moral obligation? If Kevin renders an opinion in conflict with an opinion of a professional third party grading company, does that make Kevin's opinion correct and the third party grading company's opinion wrong?
I think we have to be careful annoiting a person omniscient who has no experience grading baseball cards professionally. I think the professional grading service has the advantage in seeing the card out of the holder whereas Kevins opinion would come from the outside looking in.
If GAI and Mike Baker are endorsing Kevin 100% as Jim says, why don't they join forces to try and reinvigorate GAI?
For Kevin to be successful he has to be affiliated with a grading company or start his own with a written gurantee and the financial means to backup his opinion.
To simply state that he is comfortable or uncomfortable with a graded card being un-altered is not very potent.
I think an independent operator would also have major liabilities trying to profit from deeming other grading companies cards altered in the holder.
CB