Just got back a PSA 10 1st Edition Shining Tyranitar from grading. Yes!
However there’s a dirt mark right in the centre on the top back of the card. This is very annoying. As every time I see the gem grade I will know it is flawed by this spec.
I mean it is great to have in the collection. We only look at the front of the card anyway. But to see this is straight up bs from PSA. What am I paying for here? If they grade it a 10 at least make sure the card looks 10 worthy and not with this on the back!
I know cases get starched and titles mislabelled but this is on the card.
Can I send this back for them to remove the mark? Or shall I just live with it there?
Selling it would be difficult as any high value collector will see this and pass.
I live in the UK so time and money isn’t on my side either.
i would worry even less because it’s on the back.
although to me it could look like a small nick in the surface, but it’s hard to tell from a picture.
this is really minor compared to some other things we’ve seen.
SAME thing happened to me, sort of. There’s a huge spec of dirt right on the face of my PSA 10 card I bought off ebay. I don’t know what I’ll do about it, the seller said no returns and I don’t know if I want to spend money to get PSA to take care of it.
Unfortunately due to the nature of the way these are made, and the fact PSA graders don’t work inside a vaccuum, this is going to happen…many of mine had these types of issues, sadly but it’s just life. As long as we have air, things like this will happen as dust particles do go airbourne and most unseen until placed against something a little darker.
I honestly wouldn’t worry with it being on the back…
Also, whats really sad is that one of my cards came back from PSA (it’s a 10!) with a finger or thumbprint on the holo! I have never touched this card on the holo so it’s defo not mine, and touching the holo is something I wouldn’t do…specially on high end cards!
I dont think psa cares much for little bits of dirt as its not a condition issue. Ive seen shining japanese charizard with a dirt plonk on the back and other cards with dirt graded a 10. Evntually the shit will just rub off into the case or whatever and even if you cant get it off it wont really matter. IT wont matter dude. DOnt worry about it. xD that thing im seeing is so small errrrrrrrrrrr, i think your overthinking it.
Its not really a condition issue.
Rest easy young one.
More importantly if someone tried methods of removing it, they could actually damage the card lol and then you will turn it into a condition issue, and I dont think psa wants to risk these nightmares. The thing is there is a difference between a stained card and just a piece of dirt sitting on there. I have a card with a piece of dirt on it, and if i would continue to rub that shit it will most likely scratch the card surface. THis is an ex card that i love
Normally I agree and love raising a fuss over any injustice. I get that from being a child of the 60s. In this case though he blew the picture up 20times and it’s still tiny. My guess is that it was on the card which is no big deal at all and the graders aren’t allowed to remove anything “fixed”. If it is a spec of foreign substance, and it bothers you, then stick it in you’re recase stack to have done later.
