PSA Returns And Prices?

[pokemoncollector7]

Fourthstar covered everything i was going to say. Thanks pal.

[hisoka107]

@pokemoncollector7

I find it hard to believe someone would willingly get rid of a 10 just to buy a 9 version of the same card.

But it’s entirely possible I’ve just never seen that yet.

I did this at first when I was getting into psa collecting. I never realized it was possible to go after the 27 gold stars in psa 10 or the shining or crystal set.

[pokemoncollector7]

@hisoka107

@pokemoncollector7

I find it hard to believe someone would willingly get rid of a 10 just to buy a 9 version of the same card.

But it’s entirely possible I’ve just never seen that yet.

I did this at first when I was getting into psa collecting. I never realized it was possible to go after the 27 gold stars in psa 10 or the shining or crystal set.

I get that. Most of those types of sets seem so huge at first. I never thought id complete my gem mint english shining set. But i managed it well over a year ago and im far beyond it now.

Of course dulbasaur has the advantage of getting multiples of some of the most expensive english stars in gem mint like it was nothing.

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@xuzu

@woolsluk

Did you buy these cards purely to grade and then sell? If so don’t you think that grading so many will devalue the cards in the long run faster than if everyone just graded what they needed to collect and sold when they needed to rather than just always having a sale in mind?

The flip side is that it’s a perfectly legitimate thing to do for anyone who wants to, and ultimately puts prices down for all collectors. Isn’t this better than keeping prices artificially high and excluding people who can’t afford it from the hobby? I would rather my collection tanked 25% in value than people purposely preventing themselves from grading cards I may want to buy, to keep their values higher.

For me the value is in owning the card, not how much it’s worth and when I buy cards I do take into account resale value but overwhelmingly I write that money off as gone because it’s the card I prefer to have over the money!

Couldn’t agree more with you. It is the line between a collector and a profiteer