Bobby,
If sellers are concerned that their GAI cards are being purchased by people who are just going to send them in to SGC or PSA and try and have them cross over (and then sell them for a higher price) then why don't those sellers just send the card/s in to SGC or PSA themsleves?
Now, I can understand if somebody new to the hobby or who doesn't have a clue about grading companies is selling this card on eBay. I can see where they might not be aware that an SGC card will probably be worth more in this grade than a card in a GAI slab. I will cut those sellers some slack.
Howver, in this case, it seems that Carterscards is NOT a newby seller and that they KNEW that GAI cards graded early in the company's history have a better reputation than those graded at a later date. Thus, they played up that fact to try and get a higher selling price.
As I see it, Carterscards was HOPING whoever won their auction was "buying the slab and not the card" while also HOPING that the buyer didn't know about GIA's reputation.
In this case, they were wrong and have been called out on it.
David
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