I am biting a large protion of my tongue here but I will say one thing on this:
"but we collect primarily for fun. I know that I've personally almost never kept a record of any card that I've bought --- simply because it doesn't matter to me"
I am calling bullshit on this statement.
Touche' Wonka for stating the facts! You will always be my hero!
And you stated them softly as the Levy's were good friends of yours, you should be a politician.
All of you here know that I am not a fan of 3rd party grading as I have made that very clear. Cards I submit get double checked mainly for this reason as the companies feel I may be trying to set them up for something like this incident.
In this particular case, my opinion is that SGC has done nothing wrong, nor is liable for anything except mislabeling a flip.
As Eric stated, they should return the card raw plus the grading fees plus all shipping involved and call it a day. SGC has my full respect and support in this matter. Eric, you have a good head on your shoulders.
Also, I would like to state that there is no way the pictured card above is BROWN, or even close to BROWN print. Even Art M. who is legitimately color blind can see this Old Mill is not BROWN. No offense Art.
This entire incident has been driven by one thing and one thing only.
The dollar.
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