SGC vs PSA , cards with qualifiers

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Qualifiers vs lower grade with no qualifiers..makes no difference to me. I buy the card, not the grade.

I am in this camp. I don't have many altered cards though (at least graded that way, who really knows?)

My favorite MK qualifier is a tiny erased mark, with only the indention left, on a blank back. Think '21 Exhibit Ruth (I don't own one yet).....would be a 1 to 1.5 with said erased mark, but could otherwise be a 3-4.
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[toledo_mudhen]

I think, at some point, that the TPG who also includes an "explanation" of the grade assigned will have a huge leg up on all of the others.

I know that in my recent experience with SGC - I got a bunch of 3s & 4s on cards that I knew were easily 5s & 6s and when I contacted them to ask for some "additional" remarks on what they had seen to cause the low grade - I was told that - "Yea, we don't do that"

Great Response SGC - Note to self "SGC not going to be my 1st go to option" on future card grading.

For those of you who have been following my rants - I know that it sounds like total sour grapes and that I must be an idiot. However, I do "Know what I Know" and have been a vintage card collector (and TPG Submitter) for nearly 30 years. This one isn't going to "go away" any time soon.

Mudhen - Out

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Leon

I am in this camp. I don't have many altered cards though (at least graded that way, who really knows?)

My favorite MK qualifier is a tiny erased mark, with only the indention left, on a blank back. Think '21 Exhibit Ruth (I don't own one yet).....would be a 1 to 1.5 with said erased mark, but could otherwise be a 3-4.
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I love marked cards. I can get a nice card with a little ink on the back for a nice discount.I just crack it after because I don’t like the grade. I want it to enjoy and look at. I will not buy OC unless it’s the reverse giving it that, simply because I just don’t like them graded or not. Different strokes for different folks.

[BioCRN]

Since we're talking about marks on cards and grading, for those out there sensitive to owning cards with marks you're going to want to check anything SGC 2.5 or below closely because they allow them through the 2's.

[JollyElm]

Here's a thread I started many years ago that starts a little slowly (or has a different focus?), but then finds its footing as a (fun?) Guess which card has an OC qualifier? 'contest.'

Check it out...
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=265200