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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
Doubtful. PSA's entire model is wishful thinking: almost anyone who submits a card, especially a pack-fresh modern card, is thinking of one thing only--freakish spontaneous wealth. If the TPGod labels my LeBron RC a 10 I make thousands of dollars, even after PSA reneges on my contract and holds it hostage for a higher fee than agreed. The few who aren't thinking of the money are thinking of their registry positions or their set compositions. Please sir, may I have a 10? Those people are the ones who will probably quit, but overall they are a pimple on the elephant's backside compared to the gamblers.
I've done it too, so I am not throwing rocks in glass houses. I paid an 'upcharge' a few years ago when my Russell RC came in a grade above what I thought it would. Happily, I might add, since the $25 fee increase bought me a $400 value increase.
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This touches on something that I was wondering. What is the stated value supposed to represent? The value of the card raw, the value it would get with a reasonably predicted grade, etc?