Proper way to crack a card out of the slab?

[calvindog]

And does he liberate them?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by calvindog

And does he liberate them?

He liberates me.

[teetwoohsix]

I've never cracked a card out of a slab, but after reading RobG's post, it got me wondering about something. If I recall correctly,don't these TPG's advertise that their slabs are tamper proof? Meaning that if you tried to open the slab,it's supposed to crack (like RobG's BVG slab),and not remain intact?

RobG-would you say if you were to put your card back into the intact holders,and seal them cack with glue,would it be obvious that the slab had been tampered with (like,would there be "frosting" all the way around the slab,or some other obvious sign)?

Thanks,

Clayton

[4815162342]

When you guys break cards out of their holders, do you send the flips in so that their respective populations can be updated?

[glchen]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

When you guys break cards out of their holders, do you send the flips in so that their respective populations can be updated?

When cards are sent for crossover to PSA or SGC, do they send the flips from the old slabs?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by glchen

When cards are sent for crossover to PSA or SGC, do they send the flips from the old slabs?

About a year ago this question was asked to SGC - they said they have never received any SGC flips from PSA. Don't know if they send PSA's back to them and if so that PSA does anything about it either.

It should be understood that pop reports are not accurate anyway for many reasons. What they are useful for is comparing relative populations as we can reasonable assume the inaccuracy is relatively equal. e.g. if 100 T205 Cobbs are graded and 200 T205 Matty's are graded, we can conclude that Cobb is tougher then Matty.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

RobG-would you say if you were to put your card back into the intact holders,and seal them cack with glue,would it be obvious that the slab had been tampered with (like,would there be "frosting" all the way around the slab,or some other obvious sign)?

Clayton, I believe I threw the slabs away, though I can check when I get home. I do remember (after breaking the SGC and PSA cases open) putting the two pieces of plastic together and thinking/wondering how an experienced slab-popper might be more careful and possibly get it to look legit. I could tell that if I had tried to put it together, it would be obvious when compared with a non-tampered slab that it was tampered with. I believe there have been tampered slabs on ebay for SGC and PSA - but perhaps those were old slabs and they've improved their technology?

Originally Posted by 4815162342

When you guys break cards out of their holders, do you send the flips in so that their respective populations can be updated?

I didn't send in the flips, but I do have them and would include them with the cards (or send them in) if I were to sell them.

Rob

[4815162342]

I believe the next evolutionary step for slabs will be RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) chips embedded in the flip.

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks RobG,,,,,,I guess BVG slabs aren't the best looking,but at least they are solid and not as easy to manipulate.

Clayton