I think we can all hopefully agree that third party grading does many good things, but that many things about it could be a lot better. How about if everything we utilize with grading were in place, but instead of using numerical grades which signify very little, we had adjectival grades.
How about getting a card in a slab that reads "VG, light creasing", or "EX, slt o/c." Frankly that would be more useful to most collectors than a number. A 3 can mean pretty much anything, but a very brief description might be more useful.
I'm in no way advocating the end of professional grading; I'm just suggesting that those numbers create more problems than they solve. They exist solely to keep the grading companies in business.
Okay, I'll await the fallout over this idea.
