Yesterday I went grocery shopping and before I got home I grabbed the mail. My recent purchase from ebay had arrived! Always a good feeling getting those packages, like christmas. We all know that feeling. Anyways, I get home and unpack my groceries and cannot find the package I grabbed on the way in! I could have swore I had grabbed it when I was grabbing everything out of my car. Anyways I search my apartment and assume I somehow left it in the car. I end up getting busy and completely forget to check in the car last night. Today, after work, I thoroughly search my entire car and still cannot find the package! I start retracing my steps and go back to where I parked my car last night, thinking I had dropped it on the ground. Still nothing…
I went back to the mail room and nothing. I get back to my apartment and search again. Still nothing. Finally I decide that I’ve lost it somehow and I cannot believe I did this!
So I decide to make a snack and BAM! Look what I found! In the fridge! My package. YESSS!!
Now for the pictures.
And there you have it. A cold magmar.
I don’t think it’s damaged at all but what if I had taken that package out of a very hot environment and brought it quickly into my cold apartment. Would that cause condensation on the inside of the PSA case and damage the card? I’m not very keen on the science behind condensation. Thoughts?
I have this problem when I purchase cards in the winter. Sometimes the temp gets below zero and my mailbox is outside. Bringing the card from my below zero mailbox, into my 70 degree house, causes the card to get condensation. I have never had a psa card get affected by this, but I also let the card sit in its package in my house for a good hour to acclimate before opening, just to be safe. This way the card warms up slowly with the package.
The first time I noticed this I was pretty worried and monitored the card closely. Luckily there was no damage. I’m not even sure if condensation damage is possible in a PSA case, but it sure looks possible.
Wow that’s a great story. Technically it is possible for condensation to form in a PSA case. If there’s any air at all in the case it’s possible with the right temperature conditions of course. Has anyone ever experienced any actual damage from this?
