Just a hint for the PSA graders here

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So I’ve graded some very expensive cards in the past but when I was thinking about another card of mine that I want to grade something came to my mind. What if the package gets wet because of snow, rain or whatever…

There are those sealable plastic bags in supermarkets. I dont know how good they are regarding water resistance but it’s probably better than nothing…

Just thought I’d share this although some might have already sibmitted cards like this haha :blush:

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Do you mean ziplock bags or heat seal bags?

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I actually don’t think a package to PSA would spend a substantial/if any amount of time out in the open vulnerable to the elements. I’d assume PSA would have to have an area specifically designated to accept their boxes/packages, considering they would get thousands of these things. They aren’t going to be sitting on someones front door step for a day.

However I’d want to do that sort of thing anyway, you really can’t be too careful protecting your PSA packages.

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I went overboard with my submission. Because the package sent a considerable amount of time on the back of motorbikes (express delivery to a local business that has a fedex account)…

Cards in soft sleeves
Soft sleeves in card savers
Card savers in zip-lock baggies
Baggies in a bigger bag
bag wrapped in bubblewrap
bubblewrap in a cardboard box
cardboard box wrapped entirely in gorilla tape.

Excessive, maybe. But when that box contained every single one of my Chinese holo cards (at the time, 69 cards), I didn’t mess about.

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  1. PSA has you ship to a PO Box that belongs to USPS so that the item isn’t just “dropped off” they leave it in a secure locker until someone from long beach comes and picks it up. My co-workers dad who graded stamps for a living use to make runs to the post office and their box was next to PSA’s PO box.
  2. It’s all indoor. (So I wouldn’t worry about rain either, plus California’s in a drought, fml right?)
  3. It doesn’t snow in that part of California.

Other then I believe @milhouse is on point.

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This is all accurate except the driver is in Newport not long beach.

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A word of warning about using zip-lock-style bags.

Many Yahoo Japan Auction sellers send their cards sealed in those types of bags. And more than once, I’ve received cards in which the zipper itself has folded over in the mail and pressed against the card, leaving a straight crease mark or indentation.

To avoid this, I now tell sellers who send cards to me not to use zip-lock bags.

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Of course PSA wont leave the package outside. I’m talking about the time during shipping… I mean the packages have to travel a long way (airplane, cars) so I think it could definitely get wet :confused:

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Edit: nice catch.

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