Small rant maybe but is it only a thing in Europe currently that more and more people have the opinion that scratches on Slabs are reducing the value?
I had the 4th customer in 1 week who wanted to check for scratches on the slabs? Ended up not paying any attention to that, I don`t want to deal with any of that but did this occure to other people as well?
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I dont see why it would matter, but have you told those people about the reholder service if its PSA though? Ive not seen people too picky, but I beleive it.
The reholder fee is like $13 but the return shipping is really high, like $25 or so. Also can’t return it with another PSA sub, so it costs close to $40 to reholder one card
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I believe the straightforward answer would be the current wave of new collectors who are unaware that:
a) Most scratches can be buffed out with a polisher like Plastx, &
b) In cases where scratches are more severe, most grading companies will be re-case the slab.
But beyond that, I also believe that this current wave of collectors is more pretentious than ever. There is a trend to maximize the appeal of every card they own, only going after 10/10+ grade labels, decorating slabs with color matching guards, and so attached to cert numbers / pop reports. These aren’t wrong on their own but this mindset of having only perfect cards tends to lose the focus of ptcg collecting at the end of day imo.
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The psa case gets scratched so the card doesn’t. Its amazing how people are micro analyzing the most pointless stuff with these cards now.
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just send them this.
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The reveal goes crazy
Personally, i use meguiars m105 compond for really great clariety on my slabs. And people do seem to appreciate a newly polished slab.
Never thought my automotive detailing hobby would intersect pokemon but here we are.
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Like others have said, just use plastx. I’d only be upset if it had deep scratches that polish couldnt get out. I use plastx and then throw it into a graded guard.
Let the circle go back to penny sleeve in a binder already.
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