PSA submission advice/experiences

[notfast]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

This is incorrect. Although the second statement is accurate.

Nope.

https://www.psacard.com/resources/faq#104

"Q: How much do I pay, and what is a Declared Value?
A: Once you are prepared to fill out a submission form, you will need to select a Service Level, which is determined by your Declared Value. The Declared Value is your estimate of the value of the item after it has been assigned a grade by PSA. We understand you will not know the true value of the item until it has been graded, so we ask that you form a realistic, educated estimate based on your own research, keeping in mind that the Declared Value acts as a maximum value for shipping insurance purposes and in the event of a claim related to the item"

[pokerplyr80]

Interesting, that's not what I was told by PSA when I contacted them. Perhaps I was given incorrect information, or their policy has changed. I remember having that exact discussion though, as the value at one grade or another would change the service level. I was told use what you think it's worth raw. That's what I've always done.

[riggs336]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Interesting, that's not what I was told by PSA when I contacted them. Perhaps I was given incorrect information, or their policy has changed. I remember having that exact discussion though, as the value at one grade or another would change the service level. I was told use what you think it's worth raw. That's what I've always done.

Clearly their policy has changed. I was told by PSA some years ago to use their own SMR evaluations or a printed guide.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by notfast

Nope.

https://www.psacard.com/resources/faq#104

"Q: How much do I pay, and what is a Declared Value?
A: Once you are prepared to fill out a submission form, you will need to select a Service Level, which is determined by your Declared Value. The Declared Value is your estimate of the value of the item after it has been assigned a grade by PSA. We understand you will not know the true value of the item until it has been graded, so we ask that you form a realistic, educated estimate based on your own research, keeping in mind that the Declared Value acts as a maximum value for shipping insurance purposes and in the event of a claim related to the item"

Personally, I think this is criminal in it's own right.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

Personally, I think this is criminal in it's own right.

Yeah, I’m not sure how an opinion is worth more or less based on said opinion itself. Isn’t that like saying, “in our opinion, you owe us more money.”

You know I would love to see is someone submit at a 9, and have it grade a 10, then when PSA calls to say they graded it a 10 so we need more money from you, the submitter says no. I wonder what the policy is then. Do they downgrade their own opinion And slab it as a 9 just because he won’t pay up?

[Directly]

Its convincing grading can be the way to go sometimes increase selling results by 10 fold ++ (if one is lucky)- when a raw card selling for $100.00 graded may turn into a $1,000 card--I bought a ungraded card for $1200 had it graded sold the same card for $2500.

A collector (investor ??) mentioned he will only by graded cards.

My question when someone comes along and devises a computer driven grading card system, what might it do to the human graded cards values?

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Directly

My question when someone comes along and devises a computer driven grading card system, what might it do to the human graded cards values?

Especially if you can put slabbed cards in said machine and see how the grades compare. Woah Nelly.