I’m curious how people feel about cards in between grades. Personally I’m not a huge fan of them, I’d almost rather just have a mint 9 over a 9.5 and I’d happily pay a bit less or possibly slightly more for a 5 vs a 5.5 grade if the card is rare/obscure and have limited listings. Do you think this stems from me being a bit of OCD or is this a common thought among collectors?
I like buying BGS 9.5 - good deals usually
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It’s fine for cards with subgrades, although that is a whole nother topic on repeatibility on a half grade on 1 subgrade.
But I prefer seeing whole grades
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Yea I don’t mind 9.5’s as much specifically but still like prefer whole grades
I agree I think its perfectly fine on sub grades and don’t bother me at all but prefer whole grades as the final for the card
There seems to be a vast majority who dislike the .5 grades with psa especially the 8.5 for some reason lol
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I have zero issues with it.
If they had a way to accurately quantify a grade down to the hundredths place, that would be nice too.
The Charizard is a 8.43 - okay I know exactly what I’m buying then.
Either do whole numbers for cleaner labels and simplicity, or more incremental grades like we see on other forms of media like magazines and games as either the nearest 10th or 100th.
I think doing this would make grades more respectable. There’s a reason why 10s are memed on. Having to distinguish between “strong” and “weak” grades is silly.
I like buying 8.5s to crack since I hate that grade like most and the deals are better, for PSA and CGC lol
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It always feels like im just overpaying for a lower grade. An 8.5 feels like an overpriced 8. And these companies cant even reliably grade a card the same on a 10 point scale, let alone on a 20 point scale which makes half grades meaningless.
If you measure something and say it is 10.5 inches but re measure it and its now 11 inches, you don’t say “this is definitely 10.5 inches.” You’d say its about 10 inches.
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Not a fan of them for my own collection unless I am cracking them out of the slab. They just feel weird and out of place, and I’m much rather have a whole grade value.
I’m not a fan of them. I’d rather pay the premium to get the higher full grade or save money and get the lower full grade. Now that I think about it I wouldn’t buy a half grade even if it was cheaper than the lower full grade so maybe I just like round numbers
Boy, you’re gonna love TAG
Totally Accurate Grading?
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Hell yeah I would.
I’d crack all the German 3.99s and create a budget army
Here is the total population for Jungle for PSA. 310k total graded, about 1k with half grades. By that logic, half grades are fake. There is probably only one grumpy grader at PSA that issues half grades. If they were real grades, there would be a bell curve for 8, 8.5, and 9 grades, but there isn’t.
The point of a business is to make money right.
So it’s in any grading companies best interest that their brand is reputable.
What makes a PSA 10 so desirable if PSA gives 9.5s?
It makes sense that newer companies would, to try and compete, but PSA already has the reputation so for them specifically, half ratings don’t really make sense.
Edit - Also, it sort of invalidates all of their past grades. They would want to stay as consistent as possible in something like this.
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editted typeO: ‘0’ to ‘10’
I’m also of the mindset: If it’s not a 10, then it’s an 8.
is 9.5 halfway to a 10? It’s NOT a 10 tho. and if it’s not a 10 or not a 9, then it’s the one lower. We don’t need a scale with 20 gradients. 10 is sufficient. I feel similarly about 10 Pristine. "So your “10” is not really a 10, huh?
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No point in paying a premium over a 9 if it’s not a 10.