Why is this considered altered?

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Hordfest

I think what frustrated me the most as I alluded to above is the fact that they graded my Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller and did not find alterations.

All three cards have similar tape damage. All three cards came from the same collection owned by one owner. Doesn't PSA have specialist graders to handle sets like this? I would hope these were assigned to some old timer at PSA who really understands vintage oversized Goudeys and has graded many of them, and that these cards aren't going to random new junior graders who spend 95% of their time on modern cards. But based on the inconsistency i feel like these cards didn't go to the same couple of graders who know the set well.

It’s extremely frustrating. I'm with you there. Three of my last five high-end submissions were handled by graders who simply could not have had any vintage grading experience whatsoever. Turned my SGC 3.5 with no creases or surface flaws into a PSA 1, and SGC 5s into PSA 3s. Just mind-numbing levels of incompetence. And it was every card in those orders too. Then, in my most recent submission I get fair and accurate grades and a $1000 upcharge. It's a complete crapshoot. I have lost all confidence in PSA. The only reason I send them cards at all is because the market is too stupid to figure out that they're actually the least competent graders of any of the big 4.