PSA (OC) - What's the Point?

[swarmee]

Despite possibly meeting the PSA 8 standards for centering, because it is OC both directions, PSA decided it would not get a PSA 8. They might have given it a straight PSA 7. PSA has some internal rules that state if the card would get a 1 point drop based on the centering, they give it the unqualified lower grade.
If it would be at least a two point drop, they give it the qualifier on the higher grade, unless the submitter asked for "No Qualifiers" when they submitted it.

If you are not a centering OCD collector, you can buy a lot of nicely conditioned cards for much less, as you did with your Aaron. If you sent it back to PSA and wanted it in a PSA 7 slab, they would probably do that for you under the review service. But I doubt it would ever qualify for a straight 8.

It's a strange hobby, huh?

[mferronibc]

Wow, thanks for all the input John - you are very knowledgeable about the process! I probably should understand these nuances before making these big purchases in the future but what can I say I am prone to my impulses. Guess I could have worse habits right?

I have this vision of sitting down with my newborn when he's like 8 showing him this collection I am building for him with a huge smile on his face. In reality I'm sure he's gonna stare blankly at me and be like "Can we go play Xbox now?"