The Giant Professional Grading Thread

Currently waiting on my return of cards I sent in earlier in the week. One of my grades though was on one of my 1999 1st edition charizards, which I got as a kid, prob around 99-00. It came back as N3. Pretty ticked I wasted a bit chunk of change but I can’t see how it was tampered with. They were stored in my furnished basement in a closet for the last 20+ years. Is it possible PSA made a mistake? Would it be even worth trying to resend to try again?

… if I could figure out how to load photos, I could give a better idea lol

Anyone got back an N3? Even if they were personally pulled ? Is it worth a resend again or would you get another N3.

Depends, it will get N3 again if justified and it won’t if original grader made a mistake or new grader makes a mistake.

Short answer, nobody knows :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyone has a link to that thread about a bgs card that kept being upgraded to a gold label after a few resubmissions? I really cant find it :sweat:

www.elitefourum.com/t/gary-s-just-a-thought-on-what-affects-the-hobby/29424/12

www.elitefourum.com/t/gary-s-just-a-thought-on-what-affects-the-hobby/29424/12

ETA: I linked the photo since I found it, but I was never certain if there was any proof these were all the same exact card.

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Did you buy this along with blastoise and Chansey from Cordy for 14k AUD? i offered him 15k just for the zard but was literally a day late

Sorry to hear about the PSA stuff up, condition wise this zard should be a 9 i reckon, front and back was super super clean and i remeber the only problem with this card was that it was very warped

Sorry to hear that @muners. Their “guarantees” are 95% of the time a myth. I’ve been waiting six months as they “review” a card they damaged which I had photo and video proof of exactly how it looked within the cardsaver used to mail. Just like that $5k down the drain. Frankly it made me unwilling to submit rare cards again even if the PSA grade carries a premium because I do not want to risk damage.

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I really should have been able to pick up on this by now, but when somebody refers to the population of a PSA 9 card, are they referring to the number of 9s or the number of 9s AND 10s?

only the 9’s. if you check the cert nr you will find how many 10’s there are by looking at the “higher population” column.

I submitted 52 cards last October, modern Pokémon and DBS promos plus, which took over three months to go from received to entered. All cards were easily checked.
Now, where did that order go? They’re searching:(

Move over PSA, there’s a hot new grading company in town:

www.ebay.com/itm/384214378348?hash=item5974f6276c:g:HsUAAOSwIndgwZxT

Personally i’m getting all my cards graded with EMA moving forward.

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SHEEEESH > BGS Black Label > PSA 10 > CGC 10

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Dude I actually lost it when I saw the back of the label

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LOL I didn’t even see the back until now.

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Yeah I know how to check pops, I was just wondering about a semantic thing. But that answers it. Interesting.

ISO general timeline possibilities for PSA shipment post paying for upcharges with a middleman.

I am aware theres going to be a wide variety of experiences but would like to hear peoples experiences anyways

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You could also look at Champion’s Path Charizard VMAX, see that the 10’s are 3x more populous than the 9’s and deduce that talking about 9 populations only include’s the 9’s.

Coming up on 3 weeks for me currently, I think a lot of people are in the same boat at the moment, from past experience its usually a few days max.

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~2 days to ~2 months. These are both timeframes I’ve actually experienced. (2 months is rounded up, it was actually “only” May 5th to June 28th)

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I could do that, but I didn’t have a specific example I was looking at at the time, and that still would only have indicated what that specific person was referring to. Easiest to just ask.