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What about the grading part of the equation? Do you think that this card is going to sell for more now that it is a 9.5? What if it had been an 8.5? That would have meant less money for Beckett, right? That is the conflict of interest to me.
Do you think it is a shady practice? What about starting an auction for a raw card then grading it after the auction starts (9.5 no less)? To me I think it is a HUGE conflict of interest but wondering what everyone else thought. Here is the auction BTW:
Rodgers
So in that respect, Wonderbread should not be selling their own bread at their own store?
So you are saying that they started the auction at 8 PM, then decided to hurry up and grade it, then changed the description at 6 AM the next day? Are they grading 24/7 at Beckett? And are you saying that Beckett should not be selling any cards, or just their own graded cards? So in that respect, Wonderbread should not be selling their own bread at their own store?
Also, I don't think they should sell any cards, graded or not. They come up with a "value" of the cards, then sell those cards. Doesn't sound very ethical to me. They are supposed to be an unbiased third party. How can they claim to be that when they are profiting off of the grades they themselves assign?
Agreed 100%. They assign the values to the cards. They should have no hand in selling/buying of cards. That's my opinion.
Jason
Do you think it is a shady practice? What about starting an auction for a raw card then grading it after the auction starts (9.5 no less)? To me I think it is a HUGE conflict of interest but wondering what everyone else thought. Here is the auction BTW:
Rodgers