Observed arrival · 2026-10-30
DUMBA Grading and the Turd Standard
A comic card-grading operation says it adds intentionally crooked brown stickers to cards that have already been graded.
○Open
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$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Collectors of already-graded trading cards
- Worth noticing
- Its sample certificate records a 3.2-degree sticker tilt and says the card received no bids.
Field notes
The page lays out three tiers—Bronze Skidmark at $18, Gold Loaf at $149, and a two-kernel “Grand Dookie” at market rate—using hand-counted corn as its eye-appeal scale. It describes the physical job in unusual operational detail: a brown sticker goes onto an already graded slab with super glue, then Scotch tape, and placement is intentionally crooked by at least two degrees. The founder story places the grading work at a folding table, coffee in hand.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade
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