"No Qualifiers" dis-allowed on PSA subs

[55koufax]

Anyone else getting this feedback from PSA? Apparently there is a "moratorium" on specifying No Qualifiers on a PSA submission these days?

What could possibly be the reason?

[CardPadre]

Here's the whole story....
https://blog.psacard.com/2021/06/24/...lifier-policy/

[bnorth]

That is interesting. This pretty much sums it up if you don't want to follow the link.

The qualifiers will be used infrequently and at the discretion of the grading staff when they feel it’s in the card’s best interest to apply a qualifier.

My opinion is qualifiers are the stupidest thing in grading by a county mile.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

Here's the whole story....
https://blog.psacard.com/2021/06/24/...lifier-policy/

I think this line is adorable. "The qualifiers will be used infrequently and at the discretion of the grading staff when they feel it’s in the card’s best interest to apply a qualifier."

[bobbyw8469]

I think qualifiers are great. If I have an outstanding card that some kid marked up with a pencil, I rather it be 8 (MK) than a PSA 2. Just saying.

[Fred]

Getting back to buy the card, not the flip.

Shouldn't the grade of a card reflect the standards that are published by the TPG? Oh yeah, qualifiers... sheesh. Let's just allow the TPGs to not mean what is published by adding little letters to the flip.

[ledsters]

I think “MK” qualifiers are needed by all grading companies. I’ve bought a few cards graded by SGC in the past, where you cannot see the pen mark on the front or back of the card, because the ink or pencil lead has faded away. The indentation of the writing is there, but, you can’t see it in the scan. When I got the cards in the mail and saw the writing evidence, I was not happy.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I think this line is adorable. "The qualifiers will be used infrequently and at the discretion of the grading staff when they feel it’s in the card’s best interest to apply a qualifier."

That's great. If you are disappointed by the grade you can at least be glad it was in the card's best interest

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I think this line is adorable. "The qualifiers will be used infrequently and at the discretion of the grading staff when they feel it’s in the card’s best interest to apply a qualifier."

A noble cause to have the cards best interest in mind as they grade it. Don't want hurt the cards fee-fee's

[Vintagedeputy]

“Instead of qualifiers, all cards will be issued a participation trophy because they tried”.