Share your slabs that were overgraded

[suicune]

Recently bought a slab without taking the look at the back thought I got a good deal until I looked at the back

[Alec]

Nobody owns slabs that were overgraded. Only other people do.

[ShinPorygon]

Bgs below 9 is the wild Wild West.
I remember I saw a psa 4 crossover to a bgs 9 before.

[pwavy]

[hermit]

[Typhlosion_Collector]

There’s a market for 1s. Not so much 2s. Had a couple better looking than this get 1s.

[Llyrwenne]

Roughly two years ago, I bought a PSA 8 1st Edition Light Azumarill to crack open for my Yuka Morii collection. The listing had two available, but only one of them was pictured. In retrospect, I should have messaged the seller about this, but as they were a legitimate and trusted seller, I thought nothing of it. Surely any PSA 8 copy would meet my standards for a binder copy!

Well…

I got sent the one that wasn’t pictured;

Even a casual glance would immediately be drawn to the extremely noticeable scratch on the face of the card, glimmering with the shine of the exposed foil layer below. I cannot even begin to comprehend how this could have escaped PSA’s notice.

I thankfully was able to return the card without issue after putting in a polite and generically phrased return request, which the seller professionally and swiftly processed.

[ShinPorygon]

You be surprised. You’ll see some 10s have scratches too, but not as deep as the one you showed.

[breakingpokemon]

I’d still consider that an 8 if everything else looks good lol

[willyboy]

PSA 10 regrade potential?

[breakingpokemon]

Dang…Xiao strikes again

[JoshsOddCollection]

LMAO

[jabby]

I’ve bought many what I felt were undergraded slabs, but never any overgraded ones that I can think of. I always seek out ‘strong’ cards if I can, even though it’s all subjective in nature.

[octaane]

Wow, this takes the cake for me - how the hell did this get through?!

[suicune]

someones getting fired… I think you can get a large payout if you go to PSA.

[Will]

Is this the card where there was a mint card that also ended up in a PSA 1 holder due to them being switched during encapsulation? I feel like I’ve seen this before for some reason, maybe you’ve already shared it in another thread.

[kevinertia]

I’ve been through tons of blatant misgrades at this point, but my first will always be my favorite.

[suicune]

when the grader grades their own card

[A.P.Speeze]

I feel there are a lot of early to mid era Japanese new back cards where the grader just ignores whitening.

[camrok37]

I’m so confused by this - is there a background story to this card?