What is your PSA number

[Fetamore]

This is my third post of the night (long time lurker) and I'm about to bare my soul to you. First of all, I live on the east coast but I've attended two pumpkin fests in Half Moon bay CA in my life time. Sounds weird, but check it out. More to the point, I've been collecting vintage cards for near 40 years, but just can't bring myself to submit any to grading. I think it's phobia. Anybody else suffer from this?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Fetamore

This is my third post of the night (long time lurker) and I'm about to bare my soul to you. First of all, I live on the east coast but I've attended two pumpkin fests in Half Moon bay CA in my life time. Sounds weird, but check it out. More to the point, I've been collecting vintage cards for near 40 years, but just can't bring myself to submit any to grading. I think it's phobia. Anybody else suffer from this?

I have a friend that will not send cards in for grading because he is afraid he will not get the same cards back.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Fetamore

I've attended two pumpkin fests in Half Moon bay CA in my life time. Sounds weird, but check it out.

I spent my teen years in HMB and still cringe at the thought of what the Pumpkin Festival meant to us. 363 days a year HMB was a small town and prettyeasy to live/get around in, but for that weekend it turned upside down and all roads into an LA freeway (think 405 5 merge at rush hour). I'd usually bail and spend those weekends at friends' houses "over the hill (those from peninsula know what that means)". That said, I'm sure they were great fun for those who attended.

Btw- to the OP, that is a sweet pumpkin. To your question, my condition range varies depending any number of things- era, card scarcity, eye appeal, etc. I still have a lot of raw (never sent a card in for grading), but my graded generally range 2-4 for pre-war, 5 and up for post.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Fetamore

This is my third post of the night (long time lurker) and I'm about to bare my soul to you. First of all, I live on the east coast but I've attended two pumpkin fests in Half Moon bay CA in my life time. Sounds weird, but check it out. More to the point, I've been collecting vintage cards for near 40 years, but just can't bring myself to submit any to grading. I think it's phobia. Anybody else suffer from this?

The pumpkins brought you out!! Please be careful with your quantity of posts. You might break the software. I am sure a lot of collectors get nervous about grading, but to take it to phobia status, I dunno.... maybe a few.
(not I)

and Rayl- we do have an off topic section and pumpkins are perfectly acceptable to talk about there (and in this thread of course)