If this is the official PSA scan, it’s unlikely that these spots are on the case.
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This doesn’t look good for a 9. Doesn’t look like dust either.
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Looking at a newly eBay listing for a PSA 10 Unlimited Shining Gyarados, was super excited as I am actively looking for one at the moment.
Looking at the back picture, fell this shouldn’t be a 10, especially the top right back corner.
What do you guys think? Still very new to buying 10s, as I mostly bought 9s, would like to get a clean 10.
Edit: didn’t realize the image saved from eBay was this small 
Corp the back.
thank you,
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It’s not a PSA 10 that I would buy.
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That’s what I thought as well, thank you. Just curious if you would consider buying a PSA 10 with 1 white dot corner? Seems lots of the owner WotC slabs have it.
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I would consider buying any copy that looks good enough for you regardless of the assigned grade. Newer PSA certs have some very nice scans that you can look up. Personally, I would only buy a 10 if I felt that it would consistently 10. Some 9s are very competitive and even a single white dot can cause a card to flip-flop between grades.
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I don’t often buy English Vintage PSA 10s because they regularly look like PSA 9s. If cards meet my subjective standards for a 10, I’ll buy them. Otherwise, I will stick to 9s and save a ton of money.
One white dot would not really bother me. But if there are multiple issues that are easily noticeable, I will not want to buy it.
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Facts and most people buying them know this to be true. As much as I love graded cards that significant price difference between a vintage 9 & 10 is literally backed by the slab and that company’s guarantee. I’ve had 10’s that would 8 and 8’s that would 10 on other days, if you want a 10 just make sure the card condition inside is one you can live with and accept it won’t be perfect 
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Hey Guys
I would be thankful for a second opinion.
With the scratches on the Holo and the strong withing on the lower left side of the back. Is this more likely to be a 4,5 or 6?
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I am sorry that I am not adding value to the question you asked, but just for my clarity, even for a Masaki card, does the difference in the grade of 4,5,6 add any significant value from one grade to next? Isn’t it just best to have this as a raw binder copy and save the money spent in grading?
Cheers!
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Yes, but I am still curious.
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It’s hard to say for sure without seeing better pictures or seeing it in person. I’m sure others in the forum have graded much more than I have, but to me this looks like it would be a 6 at first glance.
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Probably a 6. 5 if you’re unlucky and 7 if you’re very lucky.
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Recent sub. Concerned with the last card displaying “no grade no charge”
Ive seen these graded by psa in the past… any reason why they wouldnt be grading this?
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Isn’t that a jumbo card?
They cost more to be graded and have to be sent at a different service level/tier be return shipped separately etc thats probably why
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Gotcha. Super weird that they even let me submit it through the same submission centre then. Since at this tier they actually had the jumbo cards searchable
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It also may have happened if the address and name of the person is still on the back of the card. I am pretty sure I remember hearing that if you don’t cover that up then PSA will refuse to grade it now.
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It does have the address and name of the winner on the back so that might be the case…
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Just saw this video about Beckett refusing to reslab due to the card not meeting it’s minimum grade 
. Very oddhttps://youtu.be/sNjHX0bGyrE?si=fM3eV77mzl2Lznkr
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