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How does this card get an 8?

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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
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    Big diamond cut, seems odd it would pull an 8.
  • kobykoby Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    There's no way that card is an 8. 8 MC maybe. Grader must have had an off day.
  • thefootballcardstorethefootballcardstore Posts: 512 ✭✭
    Why would anyone send that quality card in for grading knowing it was cut wrong?
    Jeremy
  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    Unfortunately, diamond-cut 8 NQ's are all over the place. This card was most likely appropriately graded given PSA's standards on centering, but I wish PSA had long ago established more stringent guidelines for diamond cuts because they really detract from the eye appeal of a card. I think I'd rather have an 75-25 card than a card that slopes from 55-45 on one end to 45-55 on the other.
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  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    i must have been asleep when submitting this one. i had a montana come back a 7 and its appearance is much better than the payton.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭
    One Word:UGLY!!!
  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    It's still a technical 8. It won't sell for anywhere near the price of an 8 though.
  • Steve1124Steve1124 Posts: 198 ✭
    I'm surprised PSA doesn't have a qualifier for such cards: "DC" for Diamond Cut. It is very mis-leading to just grade it like any other "legitimate" 8.
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    I don't think that is so much diamond cut, as it is miscut. The bottom looks fine, the top is just plain cut wrong. The MC qualifier would be appropriate.
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  • bobsbbcardsbobsbbcards Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭
    If I understand correctly, MC is used only on cards where the card is more than 100-0 off center (some part of the picture is missing). Another way to say the same thing would be the card shows part of the neighboring card on the sheet.

    Edited to show that I don't know what I'm talking about. Here's PSA's definition of "MC":

    Cards with a factory miscut, such as a diamond cut, or when another card's image is on the original card will be designated "MC."
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll give the seller credit for showing a clear scan of the card - which is the only way that I will bid on a card. Too many times on this type of graded card the seller gives a scan which is not clear and is small, taken with a digital camera from ten feet away with the stipulation of "no refund on graded cards." Cards such as this are clearly a flaw in the PSA grading system.
  • JonBJonB Posts: 495 ✭
    wow... someone was sleeping a psa
  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Is the card still an 8? It looks like it has slid way up under the guard in the holder and is likely pinched by the ridge. Yikes.
  • SoutherncardsSoutherncards Posts: 1,384 ✭✭
    Just another shining example of a horribly graded PSA card....way to go guys
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