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Joe D."However, I was not aware that that is their policy. If it is, then why the reluctance of some collectors to re-submit their cards to detect for alterations? "
I am guessing the reluctance is to send it to a competing grader? and not a re-submit.
I don't understand the purpose of a general resubmit of all your high grade cards to detect for alterations. If the cards are slabbed.... they should have already been checked for alterations. Are you suggesting that cards are just 'checked again' for the purpose of 'checking again'? Then, why not an annual review, or a quarterly review, or a monthly review?
It doesn't make sense to me to have the same grading company check again for the sake of checking again.
I can understand if you have reason to believe a card is grossly misgraded - bringing it to the attention of PSA or SGC and seeing what remedy they will take to make right on the situation.
I do not know what their official company policy is.
But I have heard (here and elsewhere) that they look to make good on situations where it becomes apparent that the have made a major mistake in the grading. To clarify... I am not talking about a 2 that might be a 3, or a 6 that might be a 7 - that is subjectivity and not inaccuracy. I am talking about the example of a high grade card (8) coming back as altered.
I don't think either grading company wants a grossly misgraded card out there.