The Giant Professional Grading Thread

[johndavidd]

Thank you for the response - Much appreciated !!!

[zorloth]

Just noticed that one of my PSA 10s has a giant binder indent…

Suffice to say that I no longer want it in my set. What should I do? Even though it’s subtle, I feel like it would be unethical to sell it without disclosing the ding. And it’s not valuable enough that it’s going to be worth fighting with PSA over. So IDK what to do with this thing lol. Should I just crack it and sell it raw as a damaged card?

[chrisundrum]

@zorloth

Just noticed that one of my PSA 10s has a giant binder indent…

Suffice to say that I no longer want it in my set. What should I do? Even though it’s subtle, I feel like it would be unethical to sell it without disclosing the ding. And it’s not valuable enough that it’s going to be worth fighting with PSA over. So IDK what to do with this thing lol. Should I just crack it and sell it raw as a damaged card?

Its not unethical to sell while disclosing the dent. Maybe use it in another deal?

[zorloth]

@chrisundrum, sure, but I just assumed that no one’s going to want to buy a PSA 10 with a dent in it for a price remotely close to the normal PSA 10 price. People who buy PSA 10s (assumedly) want gem mint cards. If I keep it in the slab and disclose the dent then I think no one’s going to buy it (unless I price it at like $20 or something).

[kingboo64]

@zorloth

@chrisundrum , sure, but I just assumed that no one’s going to want to buy a PSA 10 with a dent in it for a price remotely close to the normal PSA 10 price. People who buy PSA 10s (assumedly) want gem mint cards. If I keep it in the slab and disclose the dent then I think no one’s going to buy it (unless I price it at like $20 or something). I’m

You’d be surprised. People buy labels

[muk]

@kingboo64

You’d be surprised. People buy labels

I agree. Just disclose the damage and put in on ebay for a bit less than the usual going rate and you’ll probably sell it faster than you’d expect.

[justinmew]

I didn’t know where to put this post, but has anyone else ordered card savers from PSA store and not received them?

I ordered some a month ago and haven’t received any word of them being shipped. I also messaged them and they didn’t respond. Is this part of their strategy to slow down the flood of incoming cards?

[zorloth]

@muk

@kingboo64

You’d be surprised. People buy labels

I agree. Just disclose the damage and put in on ebay for a bit less than the usual going rate and you’ll probably sell it faster than you’d expect.

Lol you guys were right. Sold it at asking price within a few hours.

[admiral]

What a sucker

[zorloth]

@admiral

What a sucker

I mean, I clearly disclosed the damage in the description and photos. It’s a very low pop card, so the guy probably just needed the 10 for his set. Luckily I have a few 9.5 candidate Aggrons at CGC right now, so I should have a replacement in due time.

But yeah, a lot of people do really just buy the label lol. It does happen to still have amazing eye appeal, though. Aside from the ding, it was one of the cleanest 10s I’ve owned.

[awsmofo]

@justinmew

I didn’t know where to put this post, but has anyone else ordered card savers from PSA store and not received them?

I ordered some a month ago and haven’t received any word of them being shipped. I also messaged them and they didn’t respond. Is this part of their strategy to slow down the flood of incoming cards?

I ordered them and had the same problem as you - emailed with no response inquiring like a month in it seemed with no status or update. Then randomly got a priority flat rate box with them in it last week. So they’ll come one day.

[serpintaxt]

@zorloth

Just noticed that one of my PSA 10s has a giant binder indent…

Suffice to say that I no longer want it in my set. What should I do? Even though it’s subtle, I feel like it would be unethical to sell it without disclosing the ding. And it’s not valuable enough that it’s going to be worth fighting with PSA over. So IDK what to do with this thing lol. Should I just crack it and sell it raw as a damaged card?

Did you grade it? If you bought it then just send to PSA and get your $$ from their guarantee.

I don’t necessarily agree that it’s “unethical” to sell it without disclosing the ding. I know it’s not the most popular opinion here, but I am a firm believer in that when a label and grade is cast, it is canon. PSA guarantees this for a reason.

I do not try to explain why I think a card got the grade it did in my listings because of this - PSA has effectively taken the subjectivity out of it.

Do you have other examples of binder wear like this causing PSA to grade these cards low? I have not seen it personally, so just curious. I can barely see what you’re getting at in the photos.

[serpintaxt]

@zorloth

@muk

I agree. Just disclose the damage and put in on ebay for a bit less than the usual going rate and you’ll probably sell it faster than you’d expect.

Lol you guys were right. Sold it at asking price within a few hours.

I should really read the entire thread before I reply… heh

[candle]

@zorloth, that was your aggron?? I almost snapped that off until I saw the dent lol. Glad you made the sale, and I hope you have a replacement soon

[zorloth]

@candle

@zorloth , that was your aggron?? I almost snapped that off until I saw the dent lol. Glad you made the sale, and I hope you have a replacement soon

Yup! It pained me to sell it because I probably will never get to acquire another PSA 10. But I’m confident that I have at least one 9.5 at CGC right now, so I’m not too worried!

@serpintaxt - I didn’t grade it; I actually bought it from DACW several months ago. Only noticed the damage today .

[knotchi]

What do you y’all think about selling weak PSA 10’s, like that Aggro through PWCC?

[serpintaxt]

@knotchi

What do you y’all think about selling weak PSA 10’s, like that Aggro through PWCC?

why not? You know StockX sells PSA and BGS graded cards and you don’t even get to see a picture of what you’re buying? It is the epitome of “buying and selling labels” - I kind of like it as a seller lol

if this were sports cards, I would think differently as face value is way bigger of a deal there, especially w super vintage stuff.

[peanutbutt]

@octaane

@peanutbutt

Hope this works!

TBH this looks off center - look at the right border vs the left border. Can’t offer speculation vis a vis grade, but the centering seems off.

Thanks a lot for your reply octaane! I appreciate it. Was thinking the same thing that its OC for sure - just hoping for the best that I can get a 10 on it somehow, because I’m super attached to it! Cheers ^^

[nish]

@ankleguy

@nish

What do you guys think my Mew could get? I just shipped it off to Ludkins for a CGC sub and it’s the first time I’ve ever graded anything myself so I’m extremely nervous. The whitening on the back edges are by far the worst thing about this card that I could see

imgur.com/a/3PwYz0U

Front looks clean, back has little bit of whitening on the edges. I’d say its looking like an 8, maybe 7.5 on a bad day.

I figured I’d follow up on this just so there’s another data point out there. It got an 8 with 8 corners and edges, and 9.5 centering and surface. Here’s the HQ scans from CGC

www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/3788217011/

[shadowless]

No idea where the CGC thread went but I finally have a few slabs in hand and wanted to say that I really like the case. I also like the label, hated it when I saw it on images but actually having it in hand they appear very different to me. Overall great quality, I dislike the fact that the label itself is loose, it moves around quite a bit.