Why I like qualifiers

[CMIZ5290]

I have a bunch of qualifiers, especially T206s, and T206s are much more forgiving on centering than some of the other issues. The centering tends to be not as distracting as other cards..But the bottom line is, 95% or better of collectors hate them. Yes, they are good values for the dollar, but so many people these days are hung up on centering...Big time

[ullmandds]

not me...i prefer a low/mid grade centered card to a severely oc high grade any day of the week!

[xplainer]

I'm a nobody in this hobby. And I know opinon holds little value.
But, I can not see that card as a PSA8 OC. The off cut is terrible and the red spots on the back are overlooked.
Andy, not dogging your card, just the jump in grade by PSA. Sorry, but I had to say how I feel.

Off to the blackballed corner.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by xplainer

I'm a nobody in this hobby. And I know opinon holds little value.
But, I can not see that card as a PSA8 OC. The off cut is terrible and the red spots on the back are overlooked.
Andy, not dogging your card, just the jump in grade by PSA. Sorry, but I had to say how I feel.

Off to the blackballed corner.

also raises an issue how the oc moniker can be used on a card like this with a severe...disfiguring off centeredness...whereas sometimes I see cards designated oc by psa that look pretty well centered to me.

[pokerplyr80]

The OP did mention MC and not OC which is for the more drastic miscuts. Still a nice upgrade from a 2.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

The OP did mention MC and not OC which is for the more drastic miscuts. Still a nice upgrade from a 2.

ahhhh...but still!

[bn2cardz]

As pointed out this is a MC not OC. MC is used when ever the card is cut so that it shows a bit of the next card or in the very least text or photo is cut into.

Those that don't like MC or OC cards won't buy the card no matter what it is graded. They can see that flaw very easily. My point is that to me I prefer MC cards to regular.

When I have my Miscuts graded I want it to be graded fairly on the rest of the aspects. In this case there could possibly be other miscut e98 Macks, but this would be the best graded miscut. If you don't like miscuts it won't matter to you.

I understand if someone doesn't like qualifiers in their collection, but they can just simply not buy them. I can't easily distinguish a grade of a card that is miscut but graded by SGC merely off the assigned grade. I have to look very hard for other flaws.

When a grading company lumps factory "flaws" in with the post manufacturing flaws it can unfairly represent the card to an entire aspect of the hobby. That aspect is those of us that actually like factory flaws/errors. For a more thorough thought about this check out Frank's "Thoughts About A Grading Proposal" thread.

[bn2cardz]

I will say that this may seem like I am against SGC because they don't do any qualifiers, but I actually prefer them when it comes to my t205's and t207's. PSA still doesn't checklist the backs of these like they do for t206's (where they go all the way down to factory numbers). I really run into a conundrum when I have a Miscut (or other qualifier) that is a t205/t207 on who to use.

Good thing I don't grade very often (this is my first submission in over a year).

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

As pointed out this is a MC not OC. MC is used when ever the card is cut so that it shows a bit of the next card or in the very least text or photo is cut into.

This definition can then only apply to cards that have like borders. For cards with a full white boarder, it can be cut the same as a card with full bleed or a pattern/color border, yet have a different designation.