The Opportunity

[mq711]

Great idea, and they could add card size and centering dimensions to the certificate.

[buymycards]

This will be a great opportunity for the shady characters to cheat and scam their customers. The LOA's will be as reliable as a PSA 10 slab.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by buymycards

This will be a great opportunity for the shady characters to cheat and scam their customers. The LOA's will be as reliable as a PSA 10 slab.

An LOA from a reputable dealer will have value. A LOA from a shady character will have none. Same as with GU stuff.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mark17

An LOA from a reputable dealer will have value. A LOA from a shady character will have none. Same as with GU stuff.

The problem I see is how would people know who the reputable dealer is. There is one seller on your list that the only way they sold something authentic was by accident.

[MULLINS5]

I agree that there should be more offered for higher end. I don't think, though, that PSA will offer more for the same price, and for the what they charge to authenticate and grade higher end I'd already expect a full report on the item.

I've read the high fees are for insurance reasons...but there's only about $800k in reserve for payouts. If that's the case, where's the money?

[Fballguy]

Do dealers want to be authenticators too?

[Mark17]

GU dealers aren't shy about describing their items to the best of their knowledge and ability - and putting it in writing in the form of an LOA. Why not for cards, too?