Do psa graders have pop report access while they are at their work stations?

mmync

Just curious.

fandango

no....Joe O stated this before

swartz1

That is a good question though - because I was initially thinking yes...

storm888

It is not realistic to think that most/all graders do not have the info in their heads.

Does it cause them to "look hard" at certain cards? Probably.

ALL "value-added" services are about "wealth-creation." Inflation must be guarded against.

CDsNuts

Well, we know they have computers in front of them and as PSA employees I'm sure they have access to the pop reports. Whether they take the time to look certain cards up is another question.

NickM

Uh storm, how many cards could you store the pop report info for in your head?

And why would graders want to spend time memorizing pop report figures for cards or looking up pop report figures?

Nick

storm888

"Uh storm, how many cards could you store the pop report info for in your head?

And why would graders want to spend time memorizing pop report figures for cards or looking up pop report figures?"

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I am pretty sure that some graders are interested in the relative-rarity of
the items they grade.

EVEN I know some low-pop cards, and I know many low-pop items
in stamps/coins/currency. MANY card collectors know MANY pop-#s.
It's not a great feat of memorization; more about knowing what is rare/scarce.

If a "perfect" card that has been pop1 in 10 for years presents at a grader's station, I
would expect him to know that. There is nothing untoward about having that
knowledge; it seems likely, though, that there might be some extra attention
paid to making sure that a firm consensus was reached.

Protecting a population of high-grades from sliders presents no conflicts.

psafan

Do they give the graders a pop quiz on the pop reports every few weeks to make sure they are all studying up?