The Giant Professional Grading Thread

[yellowgameboycolor]

Anyone done a Super Express lately? Just sent off a Shining Zard and hoping to at least get it before end of next month.

[admiral]

@pichufan

I’m considering separating Shiny Vault cards into their own subset which would split Hidden Fates into two sets and ultimately lower the numbers here, but I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not yet.

Nah, leave it all combined

[traineramy]

@shadowless

Great news, I have to say I´m really pleased so far with what PSA did after they got acquired. Before, news and changes like these were pretty much unheard of - CGC also lit a fire under their butt I assume.

That’s what happens when you get an actual collector in a position of power

[cardstockpile]

@mrpandachum

here come the robots

am I ready for stricter grading? probably not. Maybe this will decrease the crying over how long it takes. I’m sure it will increase the number of people crying over low grades. “why did my card get a 2!?”

Article

I think this is a great acquisition for PSA. I think it will obviously take quite some time before this process can be implemented but it is nice to see them investing in the future and taking steps to enhance the customer experience. While obviously this may hurt some who crack and resubmit or perhaps benefit from human error - it should ultimately make the process more streamlined and consistent.

[pokematt]

@mannynotfound

From the AI company PSA acquired:

source: www.linkedin.com/posts/genamint_coming-soon-activity-6721868563436597249-qetg

Looks like it could be a pre-grading tool users can use before submitting to get a better sense of expected grade. It’s probably going to take years of training data before an AI model is good enough to truly grade a card, I imagine they will start using this to detect centering/whitening and give cards a rough grade estimate that’s ultimately confirmed by a human grader.

I feel like if PSA tried to implement something like this they would lose a ton of money… Think about all the people that submit expecting a 9/10 grade and get lower because they missed something or didn’t bother checking the card twice… PSA is more than happy to take your money and find the dent you missed when you checked the card lol

[cqllectibles]

@yellowgameboycolor

Anyone done a Super Express lately? Just sent off a Shining Zard and hoping to at least get it before end of next month.

Just submitted a Super Express last week.

Two cards total; one Luigi Pikachu FA and a DBS Apex of Power.
Received - 4/12
Entered - 4/13
Shipped - 4/15

[admiral]

@pokematt

I feel like if PSA tried to implement something like this they would lose a ton of money… Think about all the people that submit expecting a 9/10 grade and get lower because they missed something or didn’t bother checking the card twice… PSA is more than happy to take your money and find the dent you missed when you checked the card lol

I dont understand the problem here?

[pokematt]

@admiral

@pokematt

I feel like if PSA tried to implement something like this they would lose a ton of money… Think about all the people that submit expecting a 9/10 grade and get lower because they missed something or didn’t bother checking the card twice… PSA is more than happy to take your money and find the dent you missed when you checked the card lol

I dont understand the problem here?

PSA losing money?

edit; nvm went right over my head for a sec lol

[yellowgameboycolor]

@cqllectibles

@yellowgameboycolor

Anyone done a Super Express lately? Just sent off a Shining Zard and hoping to at least get it before end of next month.

Just submitted a Super Express last week.

Two cards total; one Luigi Pikachu FA and a DBS Apex of Power.
Received - 4/12
Entered - 4/13
Shipped - 4/15

Oh wow thanks didn’t think it would be THAT fast.

[knotchi]

@yellowgameboycolor

@cqllectibles

Just submitted a Super Express last week.

Two cards total; one Luigi Pikachu FA and a DBS Apex of Power.
Received - 4/12
Entered - 4/13
Shipped - 4/15

Oh wow thanks didn’t think it would be THAT fast.

I can also confirm Super Express is going that fast. From the day I sent the card out, it took a week for it to get back to me from PSA.

[admiral]

Anyone sent in just packs to grade?

Wonder if they take quicker because its sent to a diff company, not PSA?

[surfnsnow]

@mrpandachum

here come the robots

am I ready for stricter grading? probably not. Maybe this will decrease the crying over how long it takes. I’m sure it will increase the number of people crying over low grades. “why did my card get a 2!?”

Article

www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/business/artificial-intelligence-regulation.html

Not so fast! LOL

Here come the Mentats

[andrewvt36]

My bold prediction for the graded card market is that 5 years from now, you won’t be able to get a card graded for under $50.
There’s just too much value there for the companies themselves to not absorb it. It sounds crazy but when you understand that things like sports cards will pretty much always financially make sense to grade, then the price rise is inevitable.

That said, something like AI grading has the chance to make it very easy and fast for a company to grade a card, without much labor. So that is the option to go for if a company wants to preserve a cheaper option.

I’m enjoying seeing the companies jockey for position right now. I’d love to see something bold out of BGS next.

[alovell]

I’ve always graded through 3rd party grading companies but decided to use my CGC membership to submit some cards last month.

My First question is: After The package says “delivered”, how long does it take for CGC to show the submission in my account? Currently my account shows that I don’t have any submissions. I’ve expereinced enough waiting in Pokemon to know that I’m 95% okay, but just for peace of mind, it’s killing me.

Second question: I don’t expect Ludkins or Graded Gem to take the time to respond to me but the whole not knowing where my order is at, kills me. Does anyone know if either of these companies have plans to customers more in the loop or is this more of a problem with PSA and CGC themselves and not the third parties?
**Current Bulk submissions:**Graded Gem to PSA (September 2020)Ludkins to CGC ( January 2021)Ludkins to CGC (March 2021)Personal Sub to CGC (April 2021)

I really have no idea where any of my cards are at in the process. If someone came up with a good solution to this, I’d easily pay extra money just for peace of mind.

[pentagon]

Another quick query

The grading companies ask for a value

A raw card is worth considerably more

A 6 rated card may be lower than threshold, a mint 10 above?

Do you just go with what your hoping it’ll get / what you paid for it?

Appreciate any guidance

Pentagon

[admiral]

If the card is mint I just do PSA 8/9 prices.

Or you can be like most of the whingers on this forum and value it at $199, submit it under bulk and moan when you get upcharged.

[kemost]

As I have a lot of cards that have value long below 50-100, and is only for collection, i realy hope they will offer low end grading as an option also. To grade a 5-10 Ex Emerald card, that probely only will get PSA 7-8 for my collection is not cool with these prices.

Maybe they should make a step-priscing, where PSA 10 cost the double of lower grader…

[pentagon]

Amazing cheers guys

[admiral]

@kemost

As I have a lot of cards that have value long below 50-100, and is only for collection, i realy hope they will offer low end grading as an option also. To grade a 5-10 Ex Emerald card, that probely only will get PSA 7-8 for my collection is not cool with these prices.

Maybe they should make a step-priscing, where PSA 10 cost the double of lower grader…

Why do low value cards need to even be graded? Just buy the slabs yourself amd clip them together

[kemost]

@admiral

@kemost

As I have a lot of cards that have value long below 50-100, and is only for collection, i realy hope they will offer low end grading as an option also. To grade a 5-10 Ex Emerald card, that probely only will get PSA 7-8 for my collection is not cool with these prices.

Maybe they should make a step-priscing, where PSA 10 cost the double of lower grader…

Why do low value cards need to even be graded? Just buy the slabs yourself amd clip them together

I would liike to have some card that i collect together, like my Ditto-collection from Delta Species, and when put opp, i need it Graded as look much nicer