Posted By:
Tim KinserlowMatt(plifter),
That is just it, you did come here to vent. You know it, as you had an axe to grind with CU for giving you the boot. You was hoping for everyone on here to agree with you, and make you feel some vendication, so you could throw it in the faces of the CU members.
You started this same topic on CU, and got booted when you started making crazy rants, threats, and everything in between, when people did not agree with your wild ideas. That is when CU sent you packing/banned.
You are better off leaving the graded market alone, until you understand it. No company is perfect, they have all made mistakes. They will all make mistakes in the future. GAI has a dark cloud(not just due to their business relocating and that whole fiasco), and there was a fair share of over-graded and altered cards that got through.
People found this out the hard way, when they tried to cross them to SGC and PSA holders. You have just experienced it as well, with this Goudey Ruth. Learn to deal with the truth, and do not make excuses to bash a company because they are catching flaws that were over-looked by GAI.
As for your Goudey Ruth, I will bet that SGC finds the same issues PSA did, and will not cross it over as a 4 or 4.5. Will they be the villan next??
SGC is a bit more tough on vintage than PSA(in my opinion), so if PSA did not cross it, I very seriously doubt SGC will either.
You card is not worthless, but it is worth less than what you paid for it. Did you get a bit of a shaft by buying a GAI holdered Goudey Ruth, while paying pretty good money for it? You could say that, and will feel it, if you ever try to recoupe what you have in it. Reality is hard to take, sometimes. We have all been burned at one time or another, but it's what you learn from your mistakes, that makes you better educated next time.