The Authenticator Strikes Again

[raulus]

The concept of the authentication process seems sound. Obviously this outcome is a complete bastardization of that concept.

Peter - Just out of curiosity, what kind of volume do you have on eBay that is subject to the AG? Do you sell 1 piece per year, so they're basically hitting you every time? Or are you selling 1,000 items per day, so they only bounce you out 0.01% of the time?

Just trying to get a better handle on the stupidity rate.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

The concept of the authentication process seems sound. Obviously this outcome is a complete bastardization of that concept.

Peter - Just out of curiosity, what kind of volume do you have on eBay that is subject to the AG? Do you sell 1 piece per year, so they're basically hitting you every time? Or are you selling 1,000 items per day, so they only bounce you out 0.01% of the time?

Just trying to get a better handle on the stupidity rate.

This was through a friend who sells a fairly high volume. But not the first time it happened with a perfectly nice SGC slab. The irony, they slab countless altered cards, but reject an SGC slab with a barely visible surface scratch.

[Snapolit1]

Authentication and grading feeds an egotistic, OCD, selfish urge among many collectors to have the best judged version of something. As a collector, I love the rush of having the highest graded or a very highly graded anything. The idea that my card is a 1 or 1 or one of the nicest 10 or 20 or 50 of something is a real turn on, pardon the terminology, to me as a collector. Shallow? I am sure many would say so. Different strokes for different folks as they say. I have ungraded. I have beaters. And I have 1 of 1s and 1 of 3s. There is no way the unslabbed beater is as cool to me as the stunning 1 of 1 or 1 of 3. Sorry. That's what museums are for. The best existing version of something.

Not an argument for altering cards. . . .

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This was through a friend who sells a fairly high volume. But not the first time it happened with a perfectly nice SGC slab. The irony, they slab countless altered cards, but reject an SGC slab with a barely visible surface scratch.

I guess we should applaud them for their sudden desire to enforce standards and attention to detail, and respectfully request that they apply that same diligent and watchful eye to their primary service, and not just to this random sideline endeavor.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This was through a friend who sells a fairly high volume. But not the first time it happened with a perfectly nice SGC slab. The irony, they slab countless altered cards, but reject an SGC slab with a barely visible surface scratch.

PSA: Professional Slab Authenticator. Useless program done by a totally corrupt company.