Ok, I have had this Charizard for years and never bothered to do anything with it. Do you think it would be worth the effort to try to get a compensation from the PSA financial guarantee system? Anyone have any experience with higher value cards like this which are obviously misgraded, will they be hesitant to do anything about it and is it even worth the try, especially since I’m located in Europe.
@emba, it’s probably not worth it
Are you the original grader? I think their guarantee only applies if you bought the card from someone else, not if you’re the original grader.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking also… just wondering if anyone has had any success on a similar situation
Nope I didn’t grade it myself, I never had a membership personally and always used a middleman
@emba, Ok so you’d be eligible for the guarantee. In my inexpert opinion you’ve got a very solid case but from what I’ve seen, PSA fights tooth and nail to avoid having to pay out their guarantee. Sorry that’s not much help
@lamplamp, Yeah, I have heard people have had really hard time to get any kind of compensation even if the card is blatantly misgraded by multiple grades higher than it should be
PSA will fight you tooth and nail to not cover their finical guarantee.
If you choose to proceed with this battle, just be ready for a 3+ month long back of going back and forth with a rep who will get back to you maybe once a day at the very most.
Fastest and most likely scenario is you send it in, a “head grader” looks it over and tells you “in their opinion, this fits the criteria of a PSA 10.”
I’ve seen worse 10s
The last time I did this I had to do it as a review. It took five months and luckily my card was not as pricey so I was able to request a credit towards orders and expedite of those order. you can receive compensation in the form of a check but they will use “market price” at their own discretion and swoles experience with higher tier is that it’s a fight. It may not be worth it.
Yeah thanks for the replies, probably not worth to even try it then.
Just curious, if any of you were the one selling this card on ebay, what do you think would be a “fair” price to list it at, assuming “normal” psa 10 copy would yield around 10k? (last one sold at auction for about 11k$ I believe). The flaws would obviously be stated in the listing/description/photos etc.
It’ll still sell for a high amount. buy the label, not the card.
When you have a card that’s a very strong 9 reviewed wondering why the hell it didn’t get a 10 and if they are gatekeeping “Sorry, this card won’t cross over”
When you have a card that’s very obviously not a 10 and you ask them about their financial obligations regarding the “gaurantee” backed grading: “Oh that card still fits within the grading scope of a 10”
Ask whatever the last PSA 10 sold for. Even though yours is weak af, it should sell for the last price to be “fair” rather than asking for a new all-time-high. People buy labels. It’s very obvious that people give way more of a shit about what these slabs say than what the actual card conditions are. That’s why these companies can charge whatever they want even though their turnaround time is garbo, their fees continue to skyrocket, and they don’t want to be accountable for anything that they charge for.