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Originally Posted by Snowman
It’s extremely frustrating. I'm with you there. Three of my last five high-end submissions were handled by graders who simply could not have had any vintage grading experience whatsoever. Turned my SGC 3.5 with no creases or surface flaws into a PSA 1, and SGC 5s into PSA 3s. Just mind-numbing levels of incompetence. And it was every card in those orders too. Then, in my most recent submission I get fair and accurate grades and a $1000 upcharge. It's a complete crapshoot. I have lost all confidence in PSA. The only reason I send them cards at all is because the market is too stupid to figure out that they're actually the least competent graders of any of the big 4.
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Good morning.
I would love nothing more than to see the hobby move on from PSA, but I'm just not sure how we can drive that change without accepting some monetary loss in the short term. The path dependency is strong and PSA is just so entrenched....