For a bulk submission - is there a best practice for the the total number of a single card you should place in a bulk order?
For example - I have 16 copies of a single card I want to include.
Should I break this up across multiple submissions?
I’d love to hear from some experienced submitters as this will be my first.
I’m going through Ludkins if that makes any difference.
I’d send them all at once.
Definitely split up cards you have multiple copies of. You do not want to submit them all at once. The people who grade your cards are human and are likely to get fatigued if they grade multiples of the same card. It can lead to harsher grading.
I’m not doubting this is a possibility in a tiny percentage of instances, but do you happen to have any evidence to back up this claim?
No. Nobody who makes these claims do. You can just as easily make up the claim that graders grade consecutive cards easier becuase after seeing 6 of them they get fatigued and looks at the subsequent cards less closely. Since every card starts at a 10 this makes them overlook more imperfections and hand out more 10s.
Would you say this applies to non holo cards with excellent fronts on them? Like if I sent in thirty and they’re all 7-9 range then they’re really just looking at back edge wear and whiting right?
I only ask because it will be my second personal submission ever and I have aloooot of duplicate non-holos.
I’ve submitted dozens of mint copies of the same card before (mostly holos), and have received 10s on 90% of the cards, as well as a mixture of 9s/10s. Not a huge sample size, but from my experience I think your results will be quite similar either way.
Same as @tornelos, here. In my experience it makes no difference at all.
If they are all in the same condition shouldn’t matter.
This applies to all cards. If you send in 30 and they are all in that range expect they will be graded in that range, some might be lower, some might be higher. They never just look at back edge wear and whitening. They look at the whole card, surface and all.
I apologize for spreading this misconception! I genuinely thought it was a true issue, but I am wrong.
I completely made up this baseless claim to provide a counter to the other completely made up baseless claim. I do think mine holds more logical merit but I also do know that there are no tips or tricks to consistently inflate ones grades. Every grader is different and theyll all generally grade your card about where it “should” grade on their scale regardless of how you submit.
This is helpful, thank you
@brendantheclayboy, @gottaketchumall, Thanks for the advice 