Joe Orlando - New Job

[taul166]

Did folks hear Joe Orlando, formerly of PSA and just recently Collectable, now works for Heritage?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by taul166

Did folks hear Joe Orlando, formerly of PSA and just recently Collectable, now works for Heritage?

I am not surprised, when he left PSA many felt that is where he would end up.

[oldjudge]

I’ve always liked Joe—I wish him well in his new job

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

i’ve always liked joe—i wish him well in his new job

+1
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[clamendo]

I saw Joe at the National. He always has a smile on his face and is a great guy. I’m sure he’ll be successful.


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[Peter_Spaeth]

Joe did a phenomenal job growing the PSA brand. My opinion, and it's just that, is that he did not do enough to stop the proliferation of trimmed and altered cards.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Joe did a phenomenal job growing the PSA brand. My opinion, and it's just that, is that he did not do enough to stop the proliferation of trimmed and altered cards.

What do you think he could or should have done to prevent this?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snowman

What do you think he could or should have done to prevent this?

Scrutinized subs from known/strongly suspected card doctors much more closely. Not allowed the cozy grader dealer relationships that were fostered at the Invitationals. Not gone into the ostrich act when the scandal broke. In general, across the board, made it a much higher priority and a part of the company culture than the other way around. Made the graders use the tools actually available to them like a blacklight.

[mantlefan]

Best to Joe O. in his new gig.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Scrutinized subs from known/strongly suspected card doctors much more closely. Not allowed the cozy grader dealer relationships that were fostered at the Invitationals. Not gone into the ostrich act when the scandal broke. In general, across the board, made it a much higher priority and a part of the company culture than the other way around. Made the graders use the tools actually available to them like a blacklight.

Do you think he was blindsided by the extent of the trimming scandal, or do you think he was mostly already aware that this was happening and he just didn't think it was that big of a deal?

The challenge I keep coming up against when entertaining this thought experiment is that even if they had tried to crack down on known trimmers, I don't think it would have made much of an impact on the problem at large since there are a seemingly endless number of group submitters that they could still send their cards through.