PSA 8 to PSA 9

[Bkrum]

Curious about the process to do this. In person at a show or send in to PSA? Do you crack it out or does PSA do It? Cost?

[swarmee]

For a "REVIEW" submission, you send the card in the original holder to PSA (either mail or at show) and they look at the card inside the holder. If the card is awarded a higher grade, they crack it out and put it in a new holder. If it doesn't, presuming you listed the current grade +0.5 as the minimum you would accept for the new grade, you get it back in the original slab.

They will also do a "CROSSOVER" submission which is a card still in another company's slab with the same rules: you set the minimum you'd accept; if it reaches that grade, they will crack it and put it in their holder. Otherwise, you get it back just like it was when you sent it.

Cost is the same price as to grade it raw, so whatever service level the card needs based on your declared value, presuming it is not way outside the actual market value.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by Bkrum

Curious about the process to do this. In person at a show or send in to PSA? Do you crack it out or does PSA do It? Cost?

As far as cost goes I send these in on my yearly renewal which consists of 15 free vouchers (Platinum $249.00). The past couple of years have sent them in for review in their original holder and have had some very good success. I have cracked them out before and had good results as well but have not done that recently. I would certainly crack one out and re-sub if it came back the same and I really felt it deserved a bump.

Some will say the best way to get a bump is to crack it out and re-sub it. I used to do that all the time and then as the holders got better it was more difficult to crack them out so I decided to go ahead and submit them for review in their original holder. I have found I have just as good of results by submitting for review versus cracking and re-subbing.

[Bkrum]

Do you pay if they do not give it a bump?

[jb67]

Originally Posted by Bkrum

Do you pay if they do not give it a bump?

Yes, you pay for the review regardless if it gets a bump.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by Bkrum

Do you pay if they do not give it a bump?

..Joe O. just spit-sprayed a very decent Cabernet onto his monitor....

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[Santo10Fan]

Originally Posted by jb67

As far as cost goes I send these in on my yearly renewal which consists of 15 free vouchers (Platinum $249.00)...

Do those vouchers cover all levels? The card I'm considering is $75 fee, a la carte

[swarmee]

The only time the vouchers can be used for higher levels is for on-site submission at the National. Last year I think you could use the 15-count voucher to get like 9 grades on site for up to $2000 or so declared value. So it was well worth it if you could get to the National.

[lowpopper]