Good point, Randy.I suppose that is my point. I, like most users, don't care about the standards used to manufacture my Ring doorbell as long as it works. But for those in the industry, those standards make a difference in the materials and sub components they use to manufacture the doorbells. A standard to grade or rank the physical condition of hats would help those of us in the "hat collector industry" be more consistent in our description of hats and it would be easier to provide those descriptors to the general public to help educate them on how to judge the condition of hats. Such a standard would be far from perfect but it would be a start in helping us define and refine a common vocabulary and a common understanding to hopefully reduce those hats with torn sweatbands being described as "mint condition".
Maybe some of the good folks on the FL could create a subcommittee and come up with some suggestions for definitions.