Qualifiers: why should they be grade-dependent?

Steve1124

I don't know if this debate has come up before, but i just don't understand it when i see a card for sale, that is obviously way off-center, but because the GRADE is low enough, it doesn't get the "OC" qualifier. Conversely, if a card has even MINOR pencil marks on the back, it will get a "MK" qualifier--no matter WHAT grade it is. The logic there obviously is "It's either marked or it isn't". Why not the same consistent logic on centering? A card is either off-center or it's not! Just because one may be willing to accept a lower grade, in order to not receive a qualifer, doesn't make the card any less "off-center" (just as the "marks" don't suddenly disappear if a lower grade is assigned). Seems to me that the centering should be one of the factors in the overall grade. In THIS regard, i agree with Beckett's system of grading.

Do you agree/disagree?