Grading at the National.

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Posted By: Dave Haas

I want to get some cards graded athe Nat'l. I take it PSA charges more for onsite grading? Does anyone know how much? Also, is there usually a line at PSA? and how long do they take to grade the cards. Does GAI and SGC also grade onsite? Thanks for the help.

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Posted By: leon

I know SGC does on site grading. I believe it was $25 last year. Not sure if their are different tier levels.....I tend to get some of my rarer cards graded there as they don't have to take flight.....I know PSA does on site grading but I don't know the particulars and I imagine GAI does too...

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Posted By: P Spaeth

1-800-325-1121

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Posted By: Turner Engle

I heard PSA is charging $30 a card, but I am not totally sure.

The last time I went to the Cleveland national 3 years ago. I know that SGC, GAI, and PSA were all grading on site and the lines were pretty long for all of the companies.

I only had one card graded on-site, and it was by GAI. The turn around time was about 3 hours.

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Posted By: Bob

SGC took longer than GAI in Chicago, at least for me. As I recall, both offered a discount if there were a number of cards to be graded.

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Posted By: Jack R.

Does everyone really feel comfortable with on site grading ?

The person, and hopefully second person/verifier, working there is under quite different circumstances than usual.
The lighting , external sounds, familiarity, reference items available, unusual distractions, Etc., are all much different from the home office and its comfortable surroundings. Not to mention the time pressure is far greater than in the "made-for-grading" home base location.

Are the best graders at the show, or are they manning the homefront ? Are there enough graders there who can properly evaluate a T-206 AND an atomic chrome refrator, the companies know there is a good possiblity of both types being walked in to a show.

I have to feel a more accurate grade might come from a regular submission, siiting in the old easy chair with no really ultra tight dealines in force, utilizing all additonal home-based resources and environmental comforts, than at a fast paced public event.

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Posted By: Paul S

Do you get to stand there and watch while they grade it? Do they tell you what the card will get and give you the option to decline?

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Posted By: peter chao

Paul,

Normally, they have a booth in the with a curtain on it for the actual grading.

They will tell you to leave the cards with them for a few hours and come back.

Peter

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Posted By: Paul S

Bummer

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Posted By: Dave F

So you can't stand to the side and heckle the graders?

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Posted By: Paul S

If the National is the Emerald City, than perhaps the grader(s) are like the Wizard. Some big-faced superimposition up on high, and a booming voice says: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
(insert tongue-in-cheek icon here)

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Posted By: Dave Haas

Being that the graders are going to be swamped with cards, it might be a good time for someone to submit less than perfect cards i.e. trimmed, altered etc figuring that they won't spend the same amount of time grading them as they would back at their home office. Maybe this is how altered cards get slabbed. It certainly isn't an ideal working atmosphere.