Is the Grading System Broken?

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Posted By: barrysloate

You can disagree with me anytime, I'm not all that venerable.

You make some good points about searching for those undergraded cards, and I know you like to resubmit looking for that higher grade. I guess it would be hard for me to find fault with that. But there is so much money at stake that I just thing there really is a lot of pressure to get it right. I would expect a little bit of inconsistency but I am not comfortable with the level that I see. And I hear too many stories about things that go on that make me very uneasy.

If a very good customer is offered a bulk discount or a little more timely return on his submission, that's fine because good customers are entitled to favorable treatment. But if they are getting friendly grading bumps to keep their business, then that crosses the line. You tell me, is that stuff going on?