PSA Return of Value Service @ $30 / card
 

Wow, a lot of qualifiers there. For instance "must include a minimum of 20 cards with a declared value limit of $499 per card. In addition, PSA is requiring customers to only submit cards from 1996 to 2022 at the Value level"

So much for vintage or prewar....

The anticipated turnaround time is also four months.

SGC’s price is $10.00 lower ($30.00) and the turnaround time is only approximately 30 days.

I simply don't have any vintage......and $30 is still too steep for me.

PSA is taking back any idea of people sending modern to SGC. Smart move PSA.

I feel like our Swingin' 60's sub should be renamed the "Alexander Solzhenitsyn" sub, old timers will get my reference.

The 1996 cutoff is a bit surprising, for sure.

They’re likely making sure customers look to PSA for grading new product releases. Keep ‘em sending in those Prizm base rookie cards…

I don't collect cards from 1996 to 2022 so I'm curious about how many cards from those years would have a value of at least $499 which is a stated requirement for submission through the Value Service.

Its not a value of at least $499,
$499 is the limit of value you can send.

Thanks for the clarification. I've never sent anything for grading and am not familiar with the process so I read it as a minimum value not a maximum.

-edit- Oops...misunderstood your comment as why it would be worth $499+ rather than a min/max value thing.

One of 10+ colored borders with a number stamped on it makes the card worth 100s-1000s these days.

I don't mess with much new stuff, but this is how it works. A lot of people are excited to get "hot boxes" with colored borders of short prints more than they're excited to get a certified autograph card.

Not passing judgement, but I'm not a huge fan. I don't open a lot of new stuff, but I sell or trade almost everything that's elevated in value because they put a different border on the card and stamped a number on it.

in real life. ZERO, IMHO.