One idea, likely heavily flawed, for fixing some of the ills in our hobby

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Posted By: barrysloate

I agree that all of this kind of falls in the laps of the grading services. At a time when card altering was both rampant and undetected, an opening was created for the grading companies to come in and closely examine cards with equipment collectors did not have. That is why I think it is critical that they perform the most precise analysis of each card possible, and keep mistakes to an absolute minimum. My take is they could be doing a better job than they are doing now. And I disagree with Michael that the number of altered cards that slip past the graders is .1%. I must tell you, in the strongest possible terms, that you will find out sometime in the future the number of altered cards that make their way into holders is distressingly larger than that. Please don't ask me for a percentage, because it would just be speculation. But .1% couldn't even hit the broad side of a barn.