PSA 7 --> SGC Auth

[DanP]

OK, I'm not looking to start an PSA or SGC bashing session with this post. I love SGC and think PSA is OK. I bought a PSA 7 Fan Craze Flick from the recent Heroes of Sport auction.
http://heroesofsportauctions.com/Lot...aspx?lotid=789

As I do with all of my pre-1930 cards, I sent it into SGC right away. I never break cards out of the case for 2 reasons:
1. I'm afraid I'll damage the card
2. I don't want to take a chance with a card not crossing over with at least a grade close to the original

I received a call from SGC stating that they didn't notice when examining the card through the PSA case that there was color put in his hair. He felt bad and was very sincere explaining the situation. So now I have a $50 card that I paid $260 for. I usually overpay and screw up on my own, now that I am trying to be more careful buying only PSA or SGC graded cards, I'm still get screwed!

I guess I couldn't complain to PSA since we would have no proof that the card with the color was the actual card that was pulled out of the PSA case.

I know a lot of you say "buy the card, not the holder", but I don't see any way that I could have noticed the problem through an image on their web-site.

To top it off I just sold a card today for $3.25 that I paid $88 for last year.

Oh well, just had to vent...

Dan