Allow me to post a perfect example showing how much BS this move by PSA is.
When Bobby's group sub was submitted in 2021, qualifiers were the order of the day. If you didn't want them, you could choose "no qualifiers" and all was peachy, but if you had no problem with them (as I do) they would be applied when necessary. Then a funny thing happened. While PSA held this sub for ransom for a year and a half, they suddenly decided to
CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME and leave us in the lurch.
For a moment, let's all forget that every time we say what number a card will receive, we are wrong...
I sent in this sharp cornered
1966 Topps #561 Choo Choo Coleman high number, because it is absolutely sweet, but off-centered. I fully expected and wanted it to get a PSA 8 OC
(again, assume the grade guessing is correct), but in the interim PSA eliminated qualifiers, so it came back downgraded to a straight PSA 6. And here's the problem. No one will say,
"Man, that card is real nice, probably an 8 that got a 6 due to its centering." Nope!! The thought will be,
"Gee, that card is a 6 AND it is ALSO off-centered, so it's really nothing but a PSA 4."
That, my friends, is a screw job!!!
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