This is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Is this normal for an SGC card??

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

So . . . . . on the subject of detritus in the slab . . .

Maybe 3 years ago I bid on the card below. I could tell from the auction house picture that there was something on the slab, either a stray hair or maybe a scratch on the case. Worst case, I figured, was detritus in the slab, and I thought in that event I could then send the card in for re-holdering. The card got a clean grade from PSA (as you can see) so I wasn't worried the card was actually defaced.

Well, I won the card, and when it arrived it was not detritus, but pencil scribbles on the card. (It loops around the K in MICKEY and down through the f in outfield.) I contacted PSA, sent them pictures of the scribbles and then sent the actual card in for review.

Amazingly enough, they confirmed the unqualified grade. Their reasoning was that it was "the grader's judgement" whether to qualify the card. I pushed back, saying their written policy required a qualified grade in the event a card is marked, it is not a judgement call.

Their written response, which the customer service rep said came from their "head grader" was that the pencil scribbles were "not in the nature of a mark" and that even if they were, were "not significant enough to warrant a qualified grade".

I called the CS rep to make sure I understood what she was saying and she told me she had gotten that specific language from Reza for her response.

These are the facts and only the facts. I leave it up to you to decide what is and is not a mark, because I cannot make sense of it.

Yes..that is a mark and should have been graded as such. They missed it, and didn't feel like dealing with it, so they came up with a kokamamie (sp?) excuse and threw that out there. Hopefully you didn't pay full price for it.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Yes..that is a mark and should have been graded as such. They missed it, and didn't feel like dealing with it, so they came up with a kokamamie (sp?) excuse and threw that out there. Hopefully you didn't pay full price for it.

Ha, no. In fact, I paid a premium. If that was a stray hair instead of a mark, it would be a nice 4. Detritus is your friend Bobby. It brushes away.

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[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Ha, no. In fact, I paid a premium. If that was a stray hair instead of a mark, it would be a nice 4. Detritus is your friend Bobby. It brushes away.

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Hello detritus my old friend
You're inside my slab again
TPGs grading without QC
Plastic's what it's all about, you see
And no one bothers asking why
If the grades are high
It's the sound... of silence

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Hello detritus my old friend
You're inside my slab again
TPGs grading without QC
Plastic's what it's all about, you see
And no one bothers asking why
If the grades are high
It's the sound... of silence

LOL that was a riot!

My top 5 Net54 cards this year:
5) The Moldy WaJo
4) The Headless LaJoie
3) The Hairy Mantle
2) The Armless Cobb
and... wait for it...

1) The Detritus Mays!!

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Hello detritus my old friend

You're inside my slab again

TPGs grading without QC

Plastic's what it's all about, you see

And no one bothers asking why

If the grades are high

It's the sound... of silence

Heard.

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