Psa,bgs,sgc

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by glchen

They have an agenda to make a profit, but TPG's are still an objective third party between the seller and buyer of cards. It's much worse when the seller of a raw card is giving their own grading system and saying that this card is EX even with paper loss, creases and writing on the card. In that analogy, it's like the judge for your trial is the same person who accused you of the crime. (or think Roger Goodell deciding the appeals of the same punishments he just carried out).

I see your point here and Im not questioning honesty or their right to make a profit. What I am questioning is why it seems to be relatively known that:

1) Dealers with larger submissions get higher overall grades
2) They grade to "protect" the registry and are reluctant to give high grades at times as that will affect the price of the market
3) Their relative attitude towards crossing over cards left in other TPG case (Sgc seems to be excluded here)
4) Sometimes cards, t206 wags/plank/etc, tend to be on their own grading scale

I have experienced some horrible mistakes including tpg 4's and 5's that I bust open and have rips, paper loss, creases and other blemishes that should have made them a 1 but their tpg case does a wondeful job of hiding those flaws in scans. For $15, or whatever the price, they just do a better job in my opinion and if that dictates the graders slow down, than hire more...mistakes would cost me my job.

Ive never sent a card in and never will but Id like to think everyone in the industry in honest...but thats just stupid hoping. None of the factors I mentioned should be relative in a cards grade in any manner. Since I have no experience in the matter I can only go by what others say and there's folks in this post that admit to these doings as well and thats what surprises me. Raw guys can do the same thing as well, but they arent paid for their opinions. Blast away...