How Did I Do With These Regradings?

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Originally Posted by puckpaul

One question: when you send for regrading, do you just remove them from the case yourself first? Is that dangerous to maybe harming the cards maneuvering them?

Most companies allow you to submit either in holder (as a "crossover") or cracked out as a raw attempt. Crossovers normally have a lower chance of getting an improved grade, because they cannot always evaluate a card in someone else's slab. For example, try evaluating an edge through a BGS slab. If you send a BGS-slabbed card to PSA looking for an increase or even the same grade, it's unlikely that PSA will agree unless they see the card outside of the holder. However, they will only break the holder if they are absolutely sure the card is deserving of the same grade or better (or whatever you list as min acceptable grade on your form).

As such, most submitters crack them out themselves and take the minor risk, in order to maximize their chance of getting a desired result.