womp womp
TL;DW “Repaired” cards send back by PSA and marked as Altered. Some non-repaired cards included in the order were also marked Altered. So the result was all cards in the order were not graded and sent back by PSA.
I don’t know if PSA does this, but would be nice if they kept scans of repaired/altered cards. I would think the positioning of holo pattern dots/stars would act like a card “fingerprint” and make them much easier to compare and identify.
First and last time I bet. 
Absolute clown. Just a trash clown.
“I did not make any additions…”
“I did not make add any content to these cards”
After adding a chemical compound that fills in scratches. After “polishing” which, when done to a car, is altering the paint by either filling in scratches or removing a layer of outer coat surrounding the area with abrasive liquid so to level out the area and improve gloss.
Clown. I hate these people. Just the fact that he refers to the persian as a very rare card when it was a played card that he cheated the card’s legacy to declare it an arbitrary condition rare card that it really isn’t makes me more irritated than I can say.
At the very least, flag the person who sent it in to be more cautious.
100% agree. What these people would do to make 20 bucks genuinely drives me nuts
It’s the ‘100% this will get a 10’ that made me laugh
Good for a laugh
The sooner these ‘repair’ nuts leave the better
edit: made the mistake of actually watching the video. This guy is like a perfect encapsulation of the negative parts of Thu Hobbey right now
Love the salty comments. “I would sue them” 
What a bunch of clows.
Looking at newer certs psa 9’s and seeing how clean they are 
hmm. Do we think people are starting to see the effects of what card cleaning can do to a card after some time has passed , and possibly contacting psa about it not knowing they bought an altered card and wanting a refund?
Props to the grader who called this out, I’m sure a lot of altered cards still get through but it makes me really happy to see that they are trying to stop them from getting through
these cards def have a polished look to them. bought a couple cgc 9s a while back to crack that had a similar look and thought they were probably polished too. there are a couple ebay sellers that are constantly putting up dozens of CGC 9-10 vintage with super shiny holofoils.
It is getting to the point where I trust the “older” certs ( me being told 4-6 mill certs are old now lol ) that have a lower chance of being “professionally” cleaned. Was getting super crazy how clean holo’s were looking for lugias from neo gen when i was still on the search for them. Thankfully i had someone help me with also telling me most have been altered that have the 10-13 mill certs
I am in no way an expert but I would agree that there are a lot of new cert vintage cards with holo foil that looks too shiny or polished. It’s hard to describe with words but it just looks unnatural or uncanny.
If a lay person feels something is off, I hope PSA can detect more of these altered cards in the future.
Edit: here are a couple examples of new cert vintage cards I strongly feel were polished. Again, I’m not an expert so would love it if others could chime in with their own assessment.
Well at least on psa scans I’ve noticed that they changed the camera/scanner/lighting from even pre 1 mil cert which makes the cards shinier. I had submit a few pack fresh vintage holos across a couple submissions and the scans look amazing, bright, holofoils. So i wouldnt make a hasty generalization that new cert = polished
With AI now, it seems like only a matter of time before PSA uses holo patterns to recognize cards and track the history.
Turn Pokemon cards back into worthless card stock and you’ll stop the altering/restoration.
Do we know the possible damage of what could happen after some time has passed on cards that have clearly been cleaned ? Any kind of chemical reactions that show visually the card looking like it did before or worse? Scary to think about what could happen to someone who does not know what they are potentially buying and years down the road start seeing there card showing damage and wondering why.
Getting real tiring seing all the niche ways to financially abuse the hobby.
Thank you for showing this lugia as i too saw this on ebay , and was thinking the same thing. The lighting that that Lugia is shown in from my knowledge, will show print lines if any in some way and from what i can see , i dont see them and im assuming the streaks are on the case
