Posted By:
Joe D.barry:
"The owner may have the right to say don't touch my card unless you bump it a grade, and the grading company might see an obvious error that needs to be corrected . Who wins that argument, legally or otherwise?"
In that case - the owner would have to give consent to the change.
Something most important to consider.
Neither grading company is selling 'absolute truth'. They are selling subjective opinions. They cannot say in absolute terms that a prior grading was incorrect and a new opinion is correct or more accurate. Cannot - and most likely would not. All grading companies covet and enjoy the 'grading is subjective' pretense. As soon as they start claiming absolute truths - they open themselves up to a whole bunch of other problems.
That is why they offer the 'do not crack' on cross grades.
And if I write a minimum grade on a reholder they cannot touch my card in that case as well.
I cannot assume, you cannot assume, they cannot assume the most current subjective opinion is any more valid than the prior subjective opinion.
king and corey:
we just don't see eye to eye on that one.
In both cases - the card is sent to a grading company for evaluation. But in one of those cases, you accept that a grading company can back away from grading. Why put the obligation of a mandatory grade in one case and not the other? Why not - if you send a card to a grading company - they grade it... plain and simple? The answer is what I have been saying all along. Because the card and the slab are your property. Also see the above point that grading is subjective. They cannot claim to be absolutely correct, ever.
FYS:
As per the quote you pulled from the SGC grading policy.... If SGC ever downgraded a resubmit and handed me what they thought was fair in compensation (without talking to me about it prior to taking action) - it would be my very last submission with the company. Also - they have a spot on their orders that say Minimum Grade. If I fill that in - they have no right to ignore it - they can refuse service - but they cannot ignore that term that I put on the order.