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CCD scanners can scan cards in thick cases that other scanners can't handle so it's possible your scanner isn't "fine" depending on the model. You can try doing what scrubeenie said with a CCD scanner or just remove them from the one-touch (which is different than a slab, just to be clear, because those are completely sealed while this is just a one-touch with a sticker on it). Thanks, scrubeenie, for the clarification 

I mean it's really not that important to me to buy a new scanner and break the seal on a sealed case so that a couple of scans are marginally better. I just won't bother. Thanks for the help.

And that's totally fine. I at least wanted you to understand that you have options that would pretty much guarantee that your images would get accepted in those cases, but I realize they're not for everyone. I was of the mindset that I didn't want to crack open some of my sticker-sealed cards like that in the past but then I decided I was fine doing so because I wasn't going to be selling/trading them.

Yeah I guess it makes sense now why so few of those cards have scans. 

just a thought - brainstorming - with regard to scans that don't meet standards, with regard to crooked, cropped too much, cropped not enough ....

what if there were 2 standards ?

new releases less than 5 years old, a rigid standard.  if a poor scan is submitted, and rejected, someone else will probably submit a scan.

but for older releases, it should be a looser standard.  whatever is submitted, should be accepted, and tagged that it needs an upgrade.  

the goal is to have images, and in some [many] cases, an image that is not judged to be 100, is better than no image at all.

How about all NEW scans meet these requirements?

https://www.tcdb.com/ImageGuidelines.cfm

Regardless of age or scarcity of card. Scanning a base card is no easier or harder than a card that is SN10 or a printing plate. (I know from experience, I have scanned all 3 types.) I just don't understand why these requirements are so hard for people to meet. I literally have a 12-year-old PC (running Win 7 still), with a cheap all-in-one scanner/printer/copier/fax, and I can handle meeting the requirements. I can't imagine how much "easier" it would be to meet these requrements if I was using newer technology.

Apologies I have been trying to get these to show up in the post but for the full effect I guess you will need to click the link below marked "scans."

I cannot address the original concern posted as I wasn't the one to reject that scan, but I have seen others of the original poster and they are quite good. I have had to trim a bit here and there but nothing at all that would warrent exclusion. 

However this has sparked a conversation on pictures vs scans, being able to self-approve, how to do it best etc...

When you click on the link below you will be taken to an imugr page of scans I have collected over the past several months that were in the queue awaiting approval. The user names have been taken out. This is what is waiting in the queue often. If you ask why some are getting so picky it is when these are unleashed in the queue....and some get through. The site has standards and rules for how ADMIN wants images for a reason...these are the reason.

Again as to the original Altuve scan I see nothing wrong. As to the OPs other questions...this is why there are standard rules on TCDB.

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Great examples, rmpaq5. All of these show why photos don't help the site, and there's some that are making me scratch my head. Why would you try to submit something being held up by a display stand? Why would you think a photo with a huge reflection from a flash would be acceptable? And what would make you think that a photo of a card in a toploader that still has painter's tape on it would get approved?

I may try to add a few images I've gathered myself to this thread. Some folks obviously don't know what the guidelines are and I'm happy to help educate them but others put more effort into trying to pass off photos than they would scanning. My favorites are the submissions where the uploader's face and/or phone can clearly be seen in a reflection on the card! Then again, someone trying to send a phone screenshot of a COMC image (which is against MULTIPLE rules!) is a first for me. 

It's not a sealed case nor a sealed slab. The only purpose of the sticker is to keep the one-touch from opening during transit.  They also use stickers on toploaders to keep the card from sliding out. They could have used blue painters tape to keep it closed. But they use a pretty Topps sticker to keep it from accidently opening.  

Cerialthriller wrote:

I mean it's really not that important to me to buy a new scanner and break the seal on a sealed case so that a couple of scans are marginally better. I just won't bother. Thanks for the help.

someone also rejected this for low quality. Can someone tell me what's wrong with this? The back and the other three cards I scanned were accepted but this rejected?Link