Frosty edges?
mrmint23
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The seller's ID is a bit bothersome too. Seems like a young seller that's been on a heavy buying spree after a 7 month hiatus. Maybe trying to get some fast cash to pay for some of it now.
Who knows? I hope everything goes smoothly for the buyer of that '53 Mantle. Not a bad price @ $560.01.
PoppaJ
<< <i>that card is a reprint.. >>
What causes you to believe this? As Kirk stated, it looks nice for a 3, but could be due to a crease or wrinkle. With the background, can't tell if the edges are frosted.
"Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it"
and took a bath on it.. they have a grainy appearance and a redish tint
<< <i>I think the top and both sides look frosty but I cant tell for sure due to the white background. >>
After looking closer, the top and sides do appear frosty
"Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it"
<< <i>Bottom line here is PSA needs to make new holders NON TAMPER PROOF sort of like Becketts. >>
Wouldn't non tamper proof mean people could get into them? lol
They need super tamper allowable cases so we can rest easier thinking we got a great deal
The Mantle slab looks like it has been tampered.
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<< <i>Bottom line here is PSA needs to make new holders NON TAMPER PROOF sort of like Becketts. >>
Wouldn't non tamper proof mean people could get into them? lol >>
LOL yeah sorry
Steve
So this one is no deal as it is already around that mark.
Too much downside for me.
I have no idea if it is real or a reprint.
Steve
It's actually a pretty good idea to go after low/mid grade cards. Most buyers wouldn't suspect a scam for a lower end card.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
Since there might be almost 10-million slabbed cards in circulation - and it
took almost 20-years to hit that number - a holder redesign will have about
ZERO
effect on the problem.
<< <i>Since there might be almost 10-million slabbed cards in circulation - and it
took almost 20-years to hit that number - a holder redesign will have about
ZERO
effect on the problem. >>
Well that's not really true.
ONE way would be you could trust cards in the new holders.
As it is now, if you want a PSA card, you're always taking some risk.
<< <i>
<< <i>Since there might be almost 10-million slabbed cards in circulation - and it
took almost 20-years to hit that number - a holder redesign will have about
ZERO
effect on the problem. >>
Well that's not really true.
ONE way would be you could trust cards in the new holders.
As it is now, if you want a PSA card, you're always taking some risk. >>
Yeah, I gotta watch out for that shady '87 Topps Jim Beattie...
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Since the slabs are not free AND workers have to be paid
to slab cards, I don't see how the "fortune" is made.
Especially, since almost NOBODY is going to pay to have
their cards reslabbed.
ANY holder - maybe not the doorstops at Beckett - is easily tampered,
and can be counterfeited. A new PSA holder would be no exception.
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Readers of this board - and others - have had FULL and COMPLETE
access to the relevant security-info for SEVERAL YEARS.
While it is NOT OK to cheat folks who did not do their homework, at
least some due diligence needs to be done by folks who are going
to participate in ANY hobby.
I really do NOT want to pay a few dollars more to get a card graded
so that folks who don't do their own DD can "feel" secure.
And, "feel" would be the right word.
A new holder will likely have NO impact on previously slabbed cards.
Does anybody really think folks are going to reslab millions of cards?
How long would it take for sophisticated crooks to figure out how to
tamper/counterfeit the new holders? Not long, I suspect.
The benefit, if it ever showed itself, would be seen a decade or more
down the road. THAT delivers us NO help NOW.
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Civil actions and criminal charges are the way to hamper the fraudsters.
VeRO is the best/fastest/cheapest path to getting that job done.
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"...How many threads on ANY collecting site do you see someone questioning a BGS graded card? .."
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The grading is sometimes questioned.
Their slabs are kinda neat looking if you only have a few, but
they are too big, I think, if you have TONS of cards.