[steve B]

I forgot to mention that I wouldn't be surprised if a good percentage of graders weren't involved with the hobby before becoming graders. And that might put some people off a bit(Not me, but some)

While they might not always get some stuff until they have experience, they also would be less prone to looking at a less common or star card differently than a common.

I'm sure we've all seen those dealers who have boxes of commons properly graded as VG but seldom a star that isn't at least ex+ even if it's worse than the commons.

Steve B