PSA Stain Fail Rate: 75%

[ALBB]

Yea, this grading stuff can be a real crap shoot !

[raulus]

Hi Jolly:

I noticed that you covered the original certs. By chance were any of them early grades? I hear a lot around here how early grading was often more generous than current grading, so I’m always curious about whether that might have played a role in your experience here.

Naturally, if true, then that phenomenon is just another reason to question the legitimacy of a TPG whose results are inconsistent over time, albeit perhaps in a predictable fashion.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by raulus

Hi Jolly:

I noticed that you covered the original certs. By chance were any of them early grades? I hear a lot around here how early grading was often more generous than current grading, so I’m always curious about whether that might have played a role in your experience here.

Naturally, if true, then that phenomenon is just another reason to question the legitimacy of a TPG whose results are inconsistent over time, albeit perhaps in a predictable fashion.

The cards run the gamut of timeframes. Of the two that got the 'correct' number, one was pretty old and one was pretty new. Two of the three bad ones were old and one was the newest graded of the entire group. I only eliminated the certs to head off the contrarians who'll go look up the sold prices on-line (although I bought some of these in person) and change the direction of the thread the way they do.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The cards run the gamut of timeframes. Of the two that got the 'correct' number, one was pretty old and one was pretty new. Two of the three bad ones were old and one was the newest graded of the entire group. I only eliminated the certs to head off the contrarians who'll go look up the sold prices on-line (although I bought some of these in person) and change the direction of the thread the way they do.

Cool cool. Totally understand, which is why I just inquired about them generally, rather than asking to see the old certs specifically.

And not really surprising that the results were so inconsistent.

Time to crack and resubmit!

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Of the two that got the 'correct' number, one was pretty old and one was pretty new.

If a card is submitted twice and gets two different grades, how do you know which grade is the 'correct' one?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

If a card is submitted twice and gets two different grades, how do you know which grade is the 'correct' one?

Whoa...I think you just blew my mind.

(In case it wasn't clear, with 'correct' I was referring to the pair of PSA 7 ST cards that properly came back as straight sevens.)