PSA "Over-Slabbing" Issues

[Bjw1978]

I collect a lot of pre-war postcards. I exclusively use PSA for grading/slabbing. I have never had a postcard come back from PSA in anything other than a Tall Boy.

HOWEVER, I just got back an HM Taylor postcard that is inexplicably slabbed in an oversized (5x7?) holder. It looks absolutely ridiculous. I'm going to be sending it back to PSA with a request that they put it in a Tall Boy.

Is this happening to anyone else?

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[Fred]

Here's the other side of the spectrum - if you know about T201s, then you know how ridiculous this is. I removed the PSA cert/serial number so it cannot be de-certified or removed from their data base.

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[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Fred

Here's the other side of the spectrum - if you know about T201s, then you know how ridiculous this is. I removed the PSA cert/serial number so it cannot be de-certified or removed from their data base.

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Now that’s just plain silly.

[raulus]

If definitely happens. For whatever reason, they aren’t very consistent. Could be they’re in too much of a hurry. Could just be they don’t realize it will fit in the smaller size.

[Peter_Spaeth]

SGC isn't perfect either.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

SGC isn't perfect either.

That’s not terrific, but I think it looks “ok”.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

SGC isn't perfect either.

The bow tie really makes it pop!!

[Vintagedeputy]

That does look ridiculous. Sorry that happened to you.

I only use SGC for postcards as I prefer the way their slabs look.

[Lucas00]

Speaking of slabs and sizes used. Huge shout-out to sgc on this 1960 spic and span. They holdered it in a standard size card slab and cut the insert to fit. Every other example I've ever seen of this set graded by psa/sgc is a postcard size slab.

[Lucas00]

(Not mine) had to share this I saw recently.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

(Not mine) had to share this I saw recently.

This is so bad it's funny.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

(Not mine) had to share this I saw recently.

Management; Hey! We have a bunch of these comic book holders layin' around here fellas and we have to move them.

Fellas; Okay Boss!

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Management; Hey! We have a bunch of these comic book holders layin' around here fellas and we have to move them.

Fellas; Okay Boss!

You could be right!

Did someone photoshop that? That just looks so stupid.

[insidethewrapper]

Here's another PSA Nightmare. You pay a good price for professional service and this is what you get back .

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

here's another psa nightmare. You pay a good price for professional service and this is what you get back .

lololololololol

Aren’t there like two quality check steps in the PSA grading process? We may need a third.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Here's another PSA Nightmare. You pay a good price for professional service and this is what you get back .

Honestly, the first thing that came to mind was that butthead that made home made riveted slabs of magazine pictures. My first thought was that it was some type of magazine cut until I read it's a post card. And you get the baggy look as the extra added bonus. That's a really sad encapsulation.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

(Not mine) had to share this I saw recently.

I wonder what the customer thought when they saw the package.

(“…that can’t be my order. I only sent them one card…”

[theshowandme]

Look at any M101-4/5 card in a PSA slab vs. SGC

it is crazy