No Returns on Graded Cards

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Posted By: warshawlaw

If the seller posts a good scan of the front and the back of a slabbed card, what more do you need to make an informed decision? As Gary accurately points out, there are people who will bitch about a graded card's grade and try to get a discount. My policy is no returns on graded cards for that reason. The grading doesn't eliminate subjectivity completely (the grader has some too) but if you trust the grader and see the scans you can buy with considerable comfort. I think it is a fair trade-off. That's why I am no longer buying GAI-graded cards except at a considerable discount to the price the same card would fetch in an SGC holder. I think GAi overgrades by at least 1 grade. I have never had a GAI-graded card that crossed to SGC at the same level after I've cracked it out and submitted it. SGC, on the other hand, I trust, so I am comfortable offering on their cards with a no returns rule. Others trust PSA or GAI; that's their choice.