PSA (OC) - What's the Point?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by mferronibc

It seems to me that these cards should sell for between an 8 and a 9 then. Without a qualifier it would have been an 8 based on their own centering standards but instead usually sell for 2 grades or more lower.

Beautiful Aaron.

Unfortunately most people aren't going to evaluate every single card to say "well, this is a 9 (OC) but by my judgment it could still get a straight 8 and not a 7 because it's not 60/40, but it's not so bad as 70/30 and definitely not so far as 75/25..." Very few people care that much if the card looks decent to them. In those situations, I think the "mark of the beast" (the qualifier) takes over - and it will simply sell for lower. I'm encouraged that many on this thread see the value in qualified cards that are still beautiful, but I think the hobby in general still dreads them and avoids them like the plague - which is why it's still possible in many cases to get such good deals on those cards.