Brief Rant

[sportscardpete]

I think the "breathtaking" guy makes out with his cards..


In all seriousness the only problem I have with these types of auctions is that the scans are so good you think the card could grade higher than it actually will.

[D. Bergin]

I think "B" would annoy me far more then "A".

People can charge whatever they like for their cards, but to deceptively offer cracked raw cards, making people think they will grade higher then they actually will is pretty scummy IMO.

[markf31]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I think "B" would annoy me far more then "A".

People can charge whatever they like for their cards, but to deceptively offer cracked raw cards, making people think they will grade higher then they actually will is pretty scummy IMO.

This has been discussed before. I have no problem with someone cracking a card to try to sell it for more as a raw card. There are many cards that present nicer than their assigned grade...so why not. And a grade is afterall just an opinion, one person's VG could be another's VG/EX.

Now I do have a problem if they crack a trimmed or authentic grade and try to pass it off as something that it's not, that is disingenuous and scummy.

[t206blogcom]

Well, I recently bought one of those *breathtaking* cards and it came back trimmed! So I'll hold my breath in the future.

[peterose4hof]

Are these "breathtaking" cards coming from seller G_L_A_H ?

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by peterose4hof

Are these "breathtaking" cards coming from seller G_L_A_H ?

That's one of them, although I personally think they are all the same selller.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by markf31

This has been discussed before. I have no problem with someone cracking a card to try to sell it for more as a raw card. There are many cards that present nicer than their assigned grade...so why not. And a grade is afterall just an opinion, one person's VG could be another's VG/EX.

Now I do have a problem if they crack a trimmed or authentic grade and try to pass it off as something that it's not, that is disingenuous and scummy.

+1

[chaddurbin]

i avoid auctions with "BREATHTAKING" and +++++++ after the grade and "God bless America..." in the description.