Its a bit unrealistic to expect a company who makes their money from grading not to take the opportunity to make more money every which way they can.
Also that people working for that grading company realizing they could supplement their income by going into business for themselves. While AFA/CGA may not have direct links to selling collectibles they grade, they do employ people who have their own collectible business, and AFA fields calls so that their colleague. Say someone inherits a collection and is looking for a way to liquidate it. Grading companies like AFA do field these calls to colleagues with their own business. I speak from experience because this is what happened to me. Its not a story I heard. This happened to me when I called AFA. I suppose this is called "networking" and for dealers who are left out of the loop, ethically challenged behavior. But if your hand is getting buttered, then you'd call this legitimate networking. ________________________________ From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Grading At 01:43 AM 10/12/2011, Adrian Cowdry wrote: Personally, if we have to go the way of grading then fine....but the cost of grading a Rodan or a Frankenstein 1931 should remain the same not a percentage of the value of the card...which seems to be the case with Comics. I agree I think getting a % of an Action #1 makes them want to grade a book higher than it should be graded. whether they realize it or not ------------- From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> <snip> Of course it is essential that the grading company stay away from the business of actually selling posters themselves to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
