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Question about TPG's grading counterfeit cards

minors4meminors4me Posts: 37
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hypothetically speaking of course image if one or more of the 3 major grading companies had numerous copies of a particular counterfeited card in their slabs how would you go about proving this and correcting it? again hypothetically speaking image

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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I suppose my first step would be to call one of them up on the phone and explain why I felt that way.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • minors4meminors4me Posts: 37


    << <i>I suppose my first step would be to call one of them up on the phone and explain why I felt that way.


    Steve >>

    I already tried that, all i got was "not in out slabs" and a bold face lie about population numbers.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Ok assuming you spoke with a low level flunkie, I'd ask to speak to a supervisor.

    If that failed I'd keep calling until I reached the top, if all that failed. I'd post about it here.

    Then when that even failed I'd wait a few months and post it hypothetically. image


    Seriously, if it meant really a lot to me and I had some serious money involved I guess I'd call

    an attorney and get some legal advice regarding the matter. If I did not have much invested in it

    I'd simply not worry about it.

    Not sure what else to tell you but I feel your pain.


    Steve
    Good for you.
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  • wallst32wallst32 Posts: 513 ✭✭
    Well the first step is providing the evidence. You can't just call them up and say you made this error, by default they're going to stand by their product and service. You need to show them a counterfeit card, a genuine card, note the differences, and then provide examples of the counterfeit version in their slabs.
  • hhmag70hhmag70 Posts: 2,107


    << <i>

    If that failed I'd keep calling until I reached the top, if all that failed. I'd post about it here. >>




    Then wait for the poof.
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    There is really not a whole lot you can do, PSA will not buy back all those fake Chong McGwire cards. They dropped the ball on that and thats not the first time...
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    I thought they were suppose to buy all those fake Chong cards back, or else what is the point of slabbing?
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  • minors4meminors4me Posts: 37


    << <i>There is really not a whole lot you can do, PSA will not buy back all those fake Chong McGwire cards. They dropped the ball on that and thats not the first time... >>

    thankyou, at least i now know i'm not crazy. image
  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515


    << <i>Ok assuming you spoke with a low level flunkie >>



    I'm sure you send $100 plus cards to them to have graded and complain when you don't get the grade you want. I suppose anyone that provides a service to you is also a low level flunkie? Cashiers, operators, customer assistance? Maybe even the moderators on this board?

    Edited to add: OK, I read the "seriously" part. Peace be with you all. image
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I think the better question with that card, is if PSA bought it back from you, would you get enough to cover the shipping it to PSA to begin with?
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭✭
    I thought this thread was about Emmitt Smith Burger King rookies.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm sure you send $100 plus cards to them to have graded and complain when you don't get the grade you want. I suppose anyone that provides a service to you is also a low level flunkie? Cashiers, operators, customer assistance? Maybe even the moderators on this board? >>




    1......No, never complained, grades are what they are. I did complain once when I felt a few cards were man handled and the grades were reduced because of that.
    Generally the grades I get are in line with what I expected.


    2........No, not anyone, but I sure have had my fair share of them. Probably split along the lines of 50/50 image

    3.......No, the mods generally do a decent job. That can be attested by the persons who have been banned from here.


    Peace be with you too. (Said in all seriousness)


    Steve



    Good for you.
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