I call them delusional.
I am them
So if you crack open a PSA 8 card, does that somehow change the POP report of how many of those cards exist? Like I heard others say they’ve cracked open a few PSA 10 Charizards and sent them to Beckett in hopes of getting grade 10 from them.
I also agree with Gary that a graded card will pull in more money that raw mint cards. If someone is spending $xxx on a graded card, they wouldn’t risk the same amount on ungraded. At least I wouldn’t. (This might have changed the original subject of this post)
If you crack open a card the PSA population of that card still doesn’t change. Hence on a few popular cards there is a huge amount of 9’s out there
Please, always send the labels after cracking back to PSA for pop correction.
There are a few MINT 1st ed holos on eBay right now. They’re in the Seattlegoodwill page. Two venusaurs, hitmonchan, magneton and mewtwo. Like they look pack fresh minty. So minty you can smell it through the screen. I wish I had the extra money to bid on them.
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They had a Blastoise that went for more than the PSA 9 price… Crazy. I wouldn’t get into a bid war on these.
I actually meant to mention these guys before. Where do they find that stuff? Do people really donate high value cards to them all the time? I guess Seattle is vintage WOTC heaven. 
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Yeah I was watching all their items, they’re going for a lot. The blastoise is here
www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-Pokemon-First-1st-Edition-Base-Set-Shadowless-Blastoise-2-102-/401460751354
It went for $1500 and it looks like it has some holo scratches, gambling on the 10.
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I could understand paying psa 9 price but anything more is just insane. I was thinking the same too. Someone must have came in and donated a huge collection not knowing they just donated several thousands of dollars to them. I know my local goodwills would never go through the trouble of researching these and putting them on eBay. Why can’t someone bring in this collection and me pick it up for $20?!
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Will do Gary, didn’t realise you could actually do this and I don’t crack open PSA cards but if I ever do I will send it in
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Good job brother:)
Do you have to pay to send them in/pay shipping, or do you think a photo would suffice?
Yes, sent in. Just a small envelope and stamp.
Lol in 2017-18 good luck!
It will be very difficult to find. But yes, it’s possible.
Just always ask for images of the front and back when buying and for clear description of any flaws.
Boy those holo singles on the goodwill page went for heaps! Far above psa 9 price on some. The bidding does look odd though with a 0 feedback bidder raising the price on many of those cards… at least it’s all going to a good cause, right? Haha
I just realized they all sold for exactly the same price. So it was (0) bidder bidding the same max on all of them, but the winners must have bid much higher just rolling the dice on getting a 10.
Damn. Exactly $1424 on all of them. I’m guessing the buyer will just return anything that doesn’t look Gem Mint.
Which one of you is it? 
Those goodwill auction holo cards were cleannnn!
Did anyone see the grey stamp non-holo cards in the other listings? I wanted them so bad but spent too much already on Christmas stuff.
I chose not to purchase the holos but went for the non holo listings and didn’t win a single one, lol. I was just greedy with my bids, should have gone higher in the end
Wow I was surprised those holos went for so much, sure they looked high potential for 10s but sometimes defects don’t always show up in pictures.
I made a bid for one of the non holo lots but didn’t win, still trying to complete my holo set first so didn’t bid as high as I would have. If those non holos are all mint the buyers will still have a bargain at those prices.
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If anyone’s curious, I’ve bought a few PSA 8 holos that have PSA 9 worthy front and backs but major centering issues. I don’t care much about centering so I’ll probably do this for the rest of the holos.