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Posted By: ecacra

I actually think the use of fake grading companies is a serious problem that enables a huge chunk of scammers to get away with fraud in their Ebay Auctions. Since the suggestion is that a third party has evaluated the card, given it a distinct serial number, and authenticated it, I do think there's liability beyond just poor feedback on Ebay.

There are middle of the road grading companies (I guess GEM would be an example) but this thing with Sellers making up their own grading companies to sell Sports Illustrated cut outs, or make cards out of old sports magazine photos really needs to stop.