Hey, no problem! I’ll try my best to answer your questions but note that I don’t have THAT much experience with grades and it’ll be better if you can find someone with more experience with grading. At huge chunk of my knowledge stems from reading hundred of forum pages over the years.
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I think you will need a high intensity light and hit it at an angle to come up with a better conclusion. I think this is, based on your pictures, printed on the card because it seems to be able to be seen at all angles which makes it more likely it’s already on the card.
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If it was inked with a sharpie or something, then the grader would have definitely missed this and it would no longer deserve a 9, but from what I am seeing and what I THINK the grader also thought is that it’s just an ink error from the printers. You may have also a better chance to see if there is a pattern by looking at the back of the same card listed elsewhere; they may all have this random black dot. Printer ink errors as minor as this doesn’t affect the grade further from a 9 I believe (this is my guess though, someone should chime in if I am wrong).
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It’s possible but it depends on where the black dot comes from. If it’s a sharpie mark, for sure yes, if it’s an ink printer error, probably not. I can’t give a definitive answer to this.
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It depends on the preference of the buyer; some rather scratches on the holo than edgewear, some rather edge wear with a perfect holo, and some rather a creased card than a marked card. If your card is immaculate except for that black dot, and it’s confirmed the black dot is simply printer ink from manufacturing, I think it won’t greatly affect the value. After all, this card passed the parameters of PSA and if it doesn’t then you will be reimbursed. That’s why members here always chime in buy the card and not the grade, because even PSA 10 cards are not perfect, and if the minor imperfection is exactly the damage you hate the most on the card, then you will not be pleased.
@karmaawhoree, from what I read in threads, they base it on auction realized listing prices, and you can argue with them in regards to how much you get reimbursed. Of course they will try to offer you a deal that is in their best interests, but I am sure there are other factors that would come into question: how much you paid for the card, how old the data is for the auctions historic pricing, etc.
If either of you want a journey where PSA messed up VERY BADLY grading of a card and the process of reimbursement, you can take a read at this thread: www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-you-have-to-be-kidding-me-6-21-19-the-conclusion/23208/1