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Old 12-02-2022, 10:30 PM
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One of the challenges from the TPG perspective is that the way cards have transacted over time has shifted dramatically. In the early days of PSA, most cards were still transacted in person at shows. There were major auction houses for high end stuff, but as a percentage of volume is concerned, the majority transacted in person. But now we live in a world where most transactions occur online where people upload 2D scans at best, and crappy photos at odd angles at worst. Flaws are easily hidden, and TPGs do the hobby a disservice by not calling out those flaws either on the flip or on the website when looking up the cert. I'd like to see PSA put things like creases, wrinkles, pen markings, and pinholes on their website when you look up a card's cert. It would require very little additional effort on their part to include this information. Especially with cards that are submitted at the Express level or higher. It's ridiculous that you can have a 52 Mantle in an Authentic holder and not even know what's "wrong" with it.
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