How Far does the CU dictatorship go to silence whisleblowers?

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by BigRedOne

Ahhh! teh ole grammarr(2 r's?) Polelice.... Wait.... Polease..... Wait P..o? Wait aminute.... Poleast.... No that not wright.. POLIGHTS? Aw shucks! i'd bst just go wit Coop..... Wait.... COPE.... Dam it..... COPS.... YESSSSS!


John

conspiracy theory probably isn't the ONLY reason he got kicked off the CU board

[barrysloate]

Clever post John...and you still haven't put out your last name so I'm guessing you are about to be kicked off your second message board this week.

I see your name up at the top. I stand corrected.

[markf31]

IMO...I think it’s too easy to simply point to high profile instances and examples and scream conspiracy. The examples that you bring up and quote are obviously the high profile ones from either big sellers like Probstein, famous collections like the Young collection or even more famous cards such as the T206 Wagner that get discussed almost to nausea on boards. When cases like these get favorable grades or re-grades, it’s easy to point and yell and scream conspiracy because of the high public profile the seller, collection or card itself already have. But the fact is that the majority of PSA’s work never sees, or is never subject to the high levels of scrutiny that these examples are. If Fred Shmuck from Anytown, USA re-submits an 8 and gets it bumped to a 10 you most likely will never hear of it.

[Wite3]

Originally Posted by markf31

If Fred Shmuck from Anytown, USA re-submits an 8 and gets it bumped to a 10 you most likely will never hear of it.

Probably because it never happens...

[Leon]

First of all I also don't think there are conspiracies going on or favoritism at PSA (in the way of a preferential grade). I think with a company that large they just make some mistakes. I would be shocked if Joe O had anything to do with a fraud type issue at his company. Could it happen and him not know about it, absolutely.

As for the card that went from an 8 to a 10, Joe told me it is rare but does happen. I asked him about that particular card last time he and I spoke, which was a few months ago (I believe). I don't think anyone would be too happy if they owned a card in an 8 holder and then saw the same card a bit later in a 10 holder. That is a lot of extra value. And lastly I appreciate the original poster putting his name in his post. Our rules are quite simple.

[vintagecpa]

Originally Posted by Leon

As for the card that went from an 8 to a 10, Joe told me it is rare but does happen.

I would love know the serial numbers of the last 5 cards that went from an 8 to a 10. It should be absolutely impossible for this type of bump to ever happen. I would like to know if a senior grader is required to verify a potential PSA 10 that could push a $50 card to $3000+?