WTF??? Can't believe they cut this up for a card...

[RichardSimon]

Do they even care? NO
Do they worry about it? NO
Do they sit up at night worrying what real collectors think about this junk? NO
They just keep producing more schlock.

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Do they even care? NO
Do they worry about it? NO
Do they sit up at night worrying what real collectors think about this junk? NO
They just keep producing more schlock.

Richard,
I think that sums it up in a nut shell!

[steve B]

There is some small hope for change.

I bought my first few 2012 Topps Sunday and the retail ones don't have any of that stuff at all, at least in the boxes.

Kind of refreshing, no autos, no scraps of something, just cards.

Steve B

[howard38]

The cutting up of the ball doesn't bother me as much as the PSA grade does. Three crummy looking autographs on a grimy piece of leather should not grade a nine just because Topps decided to put a piece of cardboard around it.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by howard38

The cutting up of the ball doesn't bother me as much as the PSA grade does. Three crummy looking autographs on a grimy piece of leather should not grade a nine just because Topps decided to put a piece of cardboard around it.

The cutting clearly bothers me...BUT looking past that, I definitely agree with you, the grade is technically correct for the card, but completely strange considering the auto's themselves...

[RichardSimon]

Would you expect PSA to give a low grade to a new Topps product?

[Orioles1954]

Neither the cutting up of this ugly ball or the PSA grade bothers me. I could also get on a soapbox about the modern insert hobby and about cutting up jerseys and balls or whatever....it just doesn't seem worth it.

[travrosty]

grading the strength of autographs has been a scam from the beginning,

psa does not guarantee the grade from further fading, so how does anyone know if a 9 grade autograph is still a 9, or has deteriorated into an 8, but still has the 9 designation? you pay for a 9 and get an 8. the grading scale is all made up anyway. just another revenue stream like rookiegraphs or whatever else nonsense they think up a couple times a year to get more money.