Grading hits home

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Posted By: Judge Dred

Lots of hoopla on this one. Personally, I wouldn't bother going to the authorities on this because they have better things to do than monitor our hobby. We should be able to police things (a bit) on our own. This forum allows us to voice our opinions and it provides a method of "spreading the word." To me this is just a bad call by a grading service and it was a bit deceptive on the part of the submitter to conceal the hole. I know that PSA would not grade anything higher than a "1" with a pin hole.

BOTN, I don't know you but here's my thoughts on your following comment:

"The card is also not trimmed according to 2 people who have far more experience grading cards than all of you who post here combined"

I found that a bit irksome because I'm pretty sure my standards are probably more strict than most and I've seen enough vintage cards in my time to provide a decent assessment. I've not seen this card in person (out of the holder) so I can't render an opinion on it. I'm sure that there are plenty of experienced people that post on this board who can probably provide an opinion on this matter. Please don't take this as a "personal attack" because it isn't meant to be so. I just wouldn't under-estimate the people that post on this board.

This board can be interesting, educational and entertaining. There's a lot of passion in here sometimes. So long as it doesn't get too far out of hand it's great.