Posted By:
Frank Evanov" I assume that PSA has armed its graders with very specific direction for each grade level to help the bump review. It would say something like "if a card comes in with Grade X, then look only for features Y and Z (something like undented corners or even borders or something) and if they are present assign the card a new Grade X.5. If not, leave it at X." Clearly this review would take far less time than a full intitial eval of a raw card, no? So why no discount?"
You make some very good points. This month's PSA SMR magazine [in very tiny print on page 44] notes on half grades: "While PSA graders will evaluate all of the attributes possessed by a card.....there will be a clear focus on centering. Generally speaking, for an upgrade a card must exhibit centering that is 5-10% better than the lowest % allowed within a particular grade"
Essentially, if you are going to spend the bucks to get the bump, you had better have a very sharply centered card; otherwise you're wasting your money..
Frank