KSA Grading? Cases are Junk.

[whatsabluejacket]

So I searched the forums and couldn't get KSA to come up in a single post.

I purchased a Nash SPx rookie stars auto/jersey card on EBay recently which was graded a KSA 10. I bought it because I wanted the card and the price was decent, not because it was graded.

Anyway, the card arrived today and I ran my fingernail under the edge of the case and will hardly any pressure at all the case opened right up!

The card and the grade are legit because it's a numbered card and the number is listed on the grade. I just think it's funny - what a piece of crap! Based on the way the case opened, I'm pretty sure it had never been opened before, but based on this experience with KSA, I don't think I'll be sending them any cards anytime soon!

One top of everything else, the case is pretty scratched up and detracts from the card.

[mr ozzie]

It may have been tampered with already if it's easy to open like that. It should be as good as PSA at the very least.

[whatsabluejacket]

You're probably right - but I don't understand why. The card is authentic and numbered but just in case I requested verification from KSA.

Like I said, it doesn't matter to me as I didn't buy it for the grade. It's a plain blue jersey swatch so that wasn't tampered with.

If the case hadn't been so scratch up I probably wouldn't have messed with it. I guess I just put the card in the one touch and save the case for the H of it.

[roy.the.greatest]

Scratches on KSA/PSA/BGS/SGC holders are a problem. This is why I don't like grading which is way more a business over a quality service for collectors. How many graded "gem mint" cards without perfect corners that I have seen over the years...

[mr ozzie]

Scratches on KSA/PSA/BGS/SGC holders are a problem. This is why I don't like grading which is way more a business over a quality service for collectors. How many graded "gem mint" cards without perfect corners that I have seen over the years...

Scratches on a holder a problem? That's why Ultra-Pro invented graded card sleeves.

[roy.the.greatest]

Scratches on a holder a problem? That's why Ultra-Pro invented graded card sleeves.

Absolutely a problem. Dealers don't use sleeves, moreover they don't meticulously manipulate holders, this is why most graded holders are scratched 2 minutes after beeing in the hands of a dealer. Check the dealer's showcases on card shows, you'll see by yourself.

[mr ozzie]

Absolutely a problem. Dealers don't use sleeves, moreover they don't meticulously manipulate holders, this is why most graded holders are scratched 2 minutes after beeing in the hands of a dealer. Check the dealer's showcases on card shows, you'll see by yourself.

Knock on wood, but I have yet to buy a graded card with a scratch so noticeable that I'm not happy about it. It's better than some people laying their fingerprints all over the card, but that's just me.