Do TPGs have any liability at all?

[BLongley]

It is my understanding that declaration of value is for more than just what they should charge you for grading, but in fact if the card is lost in the mail or damaged that is the replacement value for what they will give you, at least this is the case for PSA.

Also, PSA has stated that based on the grade that your card is assigned if there is ever an issue with that card that they will buy it back for what you paid for it. For example PSA has offered to buy the PSA 8 Honus Wagner from Kendrick for the $2.8mm he paid due to the controversy surrounding the card being trimmed, but he did not want to get his money back because he wanted to keep the card.

[swarmee]

Do you have a source or article describing the PSA 8 Wagner buyback offer?

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Do you have a source or article describing the PSA 8 Wagner buyback offer?

Google... and I suppose you could call Joe Orlando and ask him if they really offered to buy it back (or Kendrick and get his side of whether it's true).... but it is clearly stated by PSA as their policy that they will buy back any card of theirs that is incorrectly slabbed for what you paid for it.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by BLongley

Google... and I suppose you could call Joe Orlando and ask him if they really offered to buy it back (or Kendrick and get his side of whether it's true).... but it is clearly stated by PSA as their policy that they will buy back any card of theirs that is incorrectly slabbed for what you paid for it.

I got some swamp land in Florida for sale for those who think that story is 100% true.

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I got some swamp land in Florida for sale for those who think that story is 100% true.

Nice... I will give you what you paid for it

[swarmee]

PSA did call me the time they damaged one of my cards during the process. It didn't affect the value of the card, so I didn't get paid anything. They just wanted to let me know about it. But I've seen other threads here at Net54 saying that PSA reimbursed them for damage on their premises, and some that said that PSA ignored the damage and slabbed the card anyways.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by BLongley

It is my understanding that declaration of value is for more than just what they should charge you for grading, but in fact if the card is lost in the mail or damaged that is the replacement value for what they will give you, at least this is the case for PSA.

Also, PSA has stated that based on the grade that your card is assigned if there is ever an issue with that card that they will buy it back for what you paid for it. For example PSA has offered to buy the PSA 8 Honus Wagner from Kendrick for the $2.8mm he paid due to the controversy surrounding the card being trimmed, but he did not want to get his money back because he wanted to keep the card.

Yeah, but I'm not talking about either one of these scenarios. I'm talking about you send a raw card that's ex-mt, and in the process of handling it, they ding it and (now appropriately) slab it as a 3. Do they have any liability there, or are you just SOL?

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by conor912

Yeah, but I'm not talking about either one of these scenarios. I'm talking about you send a raw card that's ex-mt, and in the process of handling it, they ding it and (now appropriately) slab it as a 3. Do they have any liability there, or are you just SOL?

Probably SOL... I guess you would have to prove the card was in better condition than when you received it back and that the TPG damaged it.

But.... there is always the chance they admit they damaged it....but that's a big chance.... I would hope for them to be honest though.