here are the cards DSL doesn't grade

Carew29

DSL'S Ungradeables

My first time linking. hope it works.

gosteelers

Some of these are just a little OC!

Mark

Carew29

Somebody had asked a week ago here what DSL and 4SC do with the cards they don't like.

ctsoxfan

This is not at all unusual - they often sell raw lots and partial sets, and they are exactly what you think they are. I bought a wax box from them a while back (1983 Football), and the contents of the box, while not searched, were in rough condition - I'll bet they were from a case they cracked and found not to contain gradeable cards.

ldferg

carew,
thanks. i was the one that was asking.

kuntryboy

For 30 cents a card those are damn nice cards. And the lot has a bunch of HOFers.

Carew29

These cards are all--O/C, Diamond framed, some have "butt holes"(printer term for those tiny round circles), which are all clearly visible in their nice scans. If that 74 Carew was centered i would have put a bid on the lot for that card. Believe me, if DSL don't want these cards either do you.


" Never tell a joke that ain't funny more than once!!"

54topps

DSL is great for buying PSA graded cards but not raw. I made the mistake of buying a raw 1975-76 Topps hockey set in what they called "MINT" condition. Not 1 cards was MINT and maybe 20% would even get an 8.

williplett

DSL's trash wouldn't be your treasure juding by those pics. Not even the supposed preferential grading they get from PSA could save those bow wows.

SDavid

I bought a wax box from them a while back (1983 Football), and the contents of the box, while not searched, were in rough condition - I'll bet they were from a case they cracked and found not to contain gradeable cards.

That sounds like a few other "reputable" dealers I know of.

CDsNuts

Such as?

Lee

SDavid

Let's just say that when a dealer - any dealer - sells a "case fresh" box, you should ask yourself why he broke the case in the first place and why that box is for sale (especially if it's vending). The answer isn't because he can't unload the case for as much as the sum of the individual boxes. There are plenty of high-end buyers out there who would gladly pay the per box amount for a sealed case just to know that they're getting material that hasn't been sorted through in any way. Even sealed cases on ebay sell well compared to boxes if it's a popular set.

ctsoxfan

Good point - in my case though, it seemed like the cards were not stored in a dry climate, and were moved around quite a bit. I am sure they bought a sealed case looking for cards to grade, cracked a box or two, and saw it wasn't going to happen...and sold the rest. While there is nothing wrong with this, I did learn a lesson on why not to buy unopened product from certain dealers.

Also, I think dealers would sell boxes versus sealed cases because of the lower cost per item. It is much easier to unload boxes than a sealed case on newer product, but the sealed case is worth more obviously in the vintage unopened category.