Want to share a positive experience with PSA.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by sdkammeyer

If they screw up 100,000 times and fix the problem 100,000 times are they considered a legit company?

Yes. They have looked at millions of items which would put their success rate in the 90+ percent.

Problems will come up in business. What is important is how you solve and work through them.

[sdkammeyer]

Well then obviously you guys have more faith than I do. And to me it IS NOT a psa v. sgc v. beckett thing...... it is a graded card thing.

Why do we have MULTIPLE mistakes to begin with? If I work at a car dealership and I mess up while replacing brake pads one time it might get overlooked .... the second time I get fired.

There should NOT be more than a couple "oh we f*cked up" cases when it comes to the grading of cards. You guys seem to give waaaaaay more leniency than necessary. I am not sure if it is out of allegiance or just plain ignorance (and believe me I mean no disrespect to anybody) but this is NOT an issue that we should be dealing with on a daily basis.

PERIOD.

This should NOT be as common of a thing as it is .... and the more we "just live with it" the more it becomes commonplace and "ok" for the graders.

This has become total bullsh*t. This is happening WAAAAY too often, from any company. If these fools think that we, as collectors, should take their word as "god", they better get their ducks in a row or the whole "graded card industry" is going to hell.

just my 2 cents.

steve kammeyer

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by sdkammeyer

Why do we have MULTIPLE mistakes to begin with? If I work at a car dealership and I mess up while replacing brake pads one time it might get overlooked .... the second time I get fired.

Because the service that we are paying for is a subjective opinion. There are guidelines and a structured order, but ultimately at the end of the day it boils down to someone's or a group's opinion. There will always be human error within this business, but as someone stated earlier it is not IF they make mistakes- it is the frequency and their rectifing measures that they should be judged upon.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by sdkammeyer

Well then obviously you guys have more faith than I do. And to me it IS NOT a psa v. sgc v. beckett thing...... it is a graded card thing.

Why do we have MULTIPLE mistakes to begin with? If I work at a car dealership and I mess up while replacing brake pads one time it might get overlooked .... the second time I get fired.

There should NOT be more than a couple "oh we f*cked up" cases when it comes to the grading of cards. You guys seem to give waaaaaay more leniency than necessary. I am not sure if it is out of allegiance or just plain ignorance (and believe me I mean no disrespect to anybody) but this is NOT an issue that we should be dealing with on a daily basis.

PERIOD.

This should NOT be as common of a thing as it is .... and the more we "just live with it" the more it becomes commonplace and "ok" for the graders.

This has become total bullsh*t. This is happening WAAAAY too often, from any company. If these fools think that we, as collectors, should take their word as "god", they better get their ducks in a row or the whole "graded card industry" is going to hell.

just my 2 cents.

steve kammeyer

I think every collector who buys graded cards feels your pain Steve because chances are, somewhere along the way we've all bought a graded card, and got it in hand, and after inspection wondered "how the hell did this card get this grade???".

I have a card that is graded a 4 but under closer inspection of the back, I can clearly see the number 134 lightly erased from the back. In all other aspects, it's a 4. But, knowing that it had a 134 erased from the back, I wouldn't feel comfortable selling it as a 4 without disclosing this (not that I ever plan on selling it ).

Sincerely, Clayton