Net54 speak translation / what it means really

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

Fun topic. Lots of you of hit on the more well-known ones, so here's my
offering. I'm surprised- I guess that's the proper word- by the number of
folks who can't grasp that a card can possess good centering, or be
well centered, and not be "perfectly centered". I'm a centering-oriented
person, and even I am taken aback by people who say they don't like a card
because it's not "perfectly" centered, especially vintage and older. I usually
say something to the effect that it seems the person is looking for a card
that is a 9, but somehow got trapped in a 7 holder. It's the old Inigo Montoya
quote from "Princess Bride"- "I do not think that word means, what you think
it means". It's a quirk I suppose Trent King

The hypothetical card of which you speak:

If they're selling it, they'll say the NM 7 is "dead centered" and "should have been a Mint 9."

If they're trying to buy the same card, they'll say, "it's a little off-centered, that 7 was a generous grade. It looks more like a 6."

Same card, same person, 2 very different perspectives. The rough translation? They're basically saying, "Free money, free money. Somebody told me flipping cards was easy. C'mon, man...gimme free money."

[Spike]

"WTB, paying top dollar" _sounds_ simple, until the lengthy email chain about what does and does not count as a comp. And heck with "eye appeal," I'm looking for "wallet appeal." :-)