Patrick
Than you were mistaken with the intent of third party grading. There is a difference between eye appeal and technical grade. This is a mistake made by many people. A flaw on a card that at first glance looks perfect is still a flaw, even if it is hard to detect. These are the kinds of cards I usually collect. They offer a nice looking card at a lower level, though they usually cost more than a card in the same grade range with worse eye appeal.
Your grading criteria would be impossible unless a card was graded for each specific category centering, corners, gloss, registration, etc. This would make the cost of grading substantially more along with being confusing as hell and we still wouldn't be able to put a final grade on a card because you want the exact same centering for every card in a grade. It is a buyers responsibility to ask question or ask for scans to see if the card is a 6 because of centering or wear or something else. Than a buyer needs to determine if he is willing to pay more less or the same as what the card usually brings. Third party grading was never intended to completely replace personal preference.
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