PSA Grading Fees 2019

[Lorewalker]

Boy is it ever getting expensive to grade with PSA. Anyone else get the email earlier today with the increased rates? I think we all got the message that they want their piece of the market.

I don't have an issue with their raising fees but the part that does not sit right with me is how inconsistent they are and how often so many people claim they have to resubmit the same card. I am sure sometimes it is wishful thinking on the part of the person submitting. For these new fees they really need to get it right the first time and my guess is the increase in fees will not bring with it an increase in accuracy.

[oldjudge]

I haven’t submitted much in the past, but this year I submitted about 100 cards and I was very pleased with both the turnaround time and the consistency of the grades. The customer service was also outstanding.

[rats60]

It is basic economics. When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. More people are grading cards, so their wait times have gone up. They also have hired more graders. You raise prices until it causes demand to drop.

[Kzoo]

Someday, I'm going to have a really hard time shelling out $5k to get a card graded that's 'valued' over $100k. Yikes!!

[JohnP0621]

I submitted a card that I picked up at the Philly Show yesterday.(1 K value)
I was surprised when they told me that they lowered the return shipping and insurance cost from $18 to $14 .

John P

[swarmee]

All the people that submit at the Regular submission or bulk submission are unchanged on price starting next year (although bulk increased just months ago). So for the majority of submitters, this won't affect them at all.

[x2drich2000]

$200 for a T3 is absolutely crazy. I can't imagine many more will be graded at that price.

[Throttlesteer]

Amazon should get into grading cards....on second thought, that's a terrible idea

[Touch'EmAll]

2 years ago I sent in couple times when they ran a special bulk rate $6. per card. Now I see $10. on their monthly special. Doubt if we ever see $6. again. Now makes you think twice for sure on the cheap stuff.

[swarmee]

Yeah, it's $8/card when you send at least 100. (Or in November, the min send was 25 if they were all pre-1956.)

But yeah, cheap prices may not return. One guy on the PSA/CU message board called them about getting a better rate with a prospective submission of 5,000+ cards and was told $8/card was all they could do.