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E, DanielBeing real Jim, yours has been the lone prolonged voice on this board lauding Mike Baker over and over as one of the 'best in the business' over the last couple years.
That doesn't actually make it so. Certainly his influence over grading standards and consistency was unimpressive at GAI.
I'm personally disappointed in GAI's failure because I belive there was an honest and hard working effort to create another viable grading business, and more choices are always good.
But while many nice cards ended up in GAI holders, so very many of them were grossly graded or flat out misses on condition or tampering it was laughable. I trusted my own eyes to buy the card - not the holder, but to think you considered moving your collection from one standards-questionable company to another even more deficient does not speak well for your trust or understanding.
And in the end, Mike Baker and all else involved sank this ship with a shoddy business plan, no interest in quality standards and a standard set at the least good instead of the being the best.