GUIDE · Jun 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Grading Standards Across the Wholesale Industry
Grade A here is not Grade A there. A field guide to reconciling grading systems across suppliers, so you can price accurately across sources.
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Grading is the single biggest source of dispute in wholesale device trading. Two suppliers can list the same device as Grade A and mean two very different things. Here is how to reconcile them.
## Read the definitions, not the labels
Every serious supplier publishes cosmetic and functional criteria per grade. Read them. Compare them.