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Originally Posted by chandman
I purchased a card a few months back. I have no intentions of grading the card as I truly believe you buy the card not the grade. I believe I paid nm/mt comps for the card.
After inspection I’m happy with the front surface. Clean of any scratches. Corners and edges are sharp. Centering is definitely off. But most importantly the image is sharp and hasn’t greened.
But there is a small surface dimple or indent on the back surface. How much does this count against the condition.
Here is the best image I can take with my phone that shows the defect.
I battle with this in cards. I personally feel the front of the card carries more weight and eye appeal dictate what I collect.
And try not to get caught in the trap of grading or slabbing cards. Does anyone else have an opinion on this.
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I agree with you about the front carrying more weight than the back.
I can give you an example that comes to mind. I bought a Aaron Rodgers chrome black refractor /100 in raw form. From the listing photos, the centering was slightly off but noticeable. Everything else looked great as far as I could see. When I got the card I inspected it closely and noticed that it had an indent on the back of the card, near one of the bottom corners and right on the edge of card. I was able to determine that the indent was caused by the card being damaged by BGS at one point while they were “crimping” the card sleeve that they use inside their slabs. The dent was definitely noticeable.
So at some point, someone graded it, BGS damaged it, they didn’t get the grade they wanted and cracked it, then I won it in raw form in a probstein auction. I never bothered to send it in for grading because of the issues I mentioned. Eventually I moved on from the card and sold it to a fellow packer guy whom I’ve done several deals with. He sent the card to PSA and it came back a 9 mint lol. Grading is done on a whim, that’s my belief anyway because there seems to be no consistency at all.