Question regarding PSA Grading/Miscuts......

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Either grade all cards with qualifiers or grade non of them. Allowing them to be optional makes no sense.

[mckinneyj]

With respect to to the OC qualifier, I believe that if you request that a card be graded without using it, then the best grade that the card can receive is only as high as the centering requirements permit (even if the card is otherwise perfect).

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by mckinneyj

With respect to to the OC qualifier, I believe that if you request that a card be graded without using it, then the best grade that the card can receive is only as high as the centering requirements permit (even if the card is otherwise perfect).

This is why we have a huge disparity in the quality of cards that all have the same grade. Ex: a card graded at a 5 vs a card graded a 5 that was a 7 oc yet graded without qualifiers. That 7 oc will be a sharp card compared to the true 5. The same is true for other grades as well. Remove the qualifier option and grade the card.

[glynparson]

Opt out of mc and mk qualifiers.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by glynparson

You can not opt out of mc and mk qualifiers.

According to an email I recently got from PSA you can opt out of MC. I have a severely miscut card and wanted to know what the highest grade it could possibly get if it had the qualifier. Here is the answer:

The highest grade a card could get with a miscut is a 9 MC. The “MC” would be labeled appropriately if you choose so.

[glynparson]

new policy, but just because a customer service person tells you something at PSA do not take it to the bank. They often do not truly know policy. My information comes directly from a conversation with Joe Orlando from about 3 years ago. I assume he knows/knew the policy correctly. The reasoning is the MC is outside the parameters for centering to receive even a 1 which i believe needs to be 90-10. I don't have the standards in front of me.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by glynparson

new policy, but just because a customer service person tells you something at PSA do not take it to the bank. They often do not truly know policy. My information comes directly from a conversation with Joe Orlando from about 3 years ago. I assume he knows/knew the policy correctly. The reasoning is the MC is outside the parameters for centering to receive even a 1 which i believe needs to be 90-10. I don't have the standards in front of me.

I can accept that because I have never actually done it and I would take your convo with Joe O over a CSR any day.