..on the subject of being banned

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Posted By: David Davis

For PSA this seems to be purely a business decision. Even though Kevin is trying to educate and improve people's skills for the card collecting hobby, it conflicts with the fact that PSA is a publicly traded company, that will looketo protect it's product, bottom line and reputation.

The fact that Kevin can get altered cards past their graders as examples of PSA's shortcomings, only proves to them that malevolent actions by others can result in more altered cards getting into their holders. As far as I know, Kevin is the only one open and honest about his actions. If I were Joe Orlando, I'd try to hire Kevin ASAP to educate his graders, point out shortcomings in the process, etc.

Until one of PSA's hall of fame collectors converts all their cards to SGC, or an auction house such as Mastro decides to stop using PSA for submissions, or even to sell any of their cards, this type of bullying will continue to be the norm.

It would be interesting to know how many cards PSA rejects on an annual basis due to trimming, chemical alteration, recoloring, etc. If even 1% of that number gets by their graders, it could still have a huge impact on the hobby.