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I got a lot of laughs and flak in the early 2000's when I was ripping '78 wax boxes and a full case of racks building my compete graded set. Was told that modern JUNK would never amount to much. I didn't care. And they were all WRONG lol. I wouldn't attempt building this set now.

if it looks like an 8 to you, expect to get a 6.

@BBBrkrr said:
If you get a resolution on this then let us know. I've had many many cards I'd subbed that were returned as Min Size that I sent in again and they were graded the second time through. I only do vintage so I have my own opinion that there's so much variation from older cards and inexperienced graders are just really inexperienced.

Inconsistency seems to be the consistency...

The rep I'm speaking with, who I have to assume is both speaking as an agent of PSA, is firm in the assessment that the physical size of the card is open to the interpretation of the grader. They have used the term "subjective" in emails to clarify that it is an opinion, and they have further asserted that the opinion may change if I was to resubmit the card. I am assuming that some of the tougher questions I have asked are reviewed before response as most questions are answered within a day while a few of the tougher ones I mention have taken a few days before a response is provided.

This N6 is something that has started popping up for me with recent submissions over the last 3+ months and in my last submission it was 3 cards out of 9 total. 2 of the 3 were from PSA slabs which were graded 8 and 1 was from a SGC holder - also 8. I'm hearing from a few other people that they are having the same experience - many times resubmitting the same card and receiving a grade.

One of the people I spoke to referred me to a Sports Card Nonsense video which discussed this subject with a dealer who had a similar experience.

This from a company which has spoken openly about training graders, monitoring process trends to inform improvements to their grading consistency. So on one hand they acknowledge that graders make mistakes but that doesn't mean they will stand behind their product.

My final request was to get vouchers for the 3 cards to submit, in the slab, under review and they refused, again asserting that the graders opinion is final.

This reeks of a company which believes that their position in the market is unassailable. Let's see what Blockbuster, Toys-R-Us, Borders, Blackberry, Compaq, Pan Am, Sears, Tower Records, and Enron think.

So nice to see so many 10's. Congrats on a terrific box break!

If I got that Yount I’d consider the box a success.

Don’t ever open another one because you can only be disappointed after this rip!