Psa no longer putting qualifiers on labels

jchcollins · #1 06-02-2021, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

I used to like sgc slabs for this reason just grade the freaking card. Now they have shifted to psa like, where a mint card 90/10 is an sgc 3. I dont get it

SGC sometime around 2 years ago suddenly became centering fanatics. I had vintage cards that would have been 7's or higher with PSA come back SGC 5's only due to centering. Whatever, but given that SGC is still somewhat more lenient than PSA on corners, the whole thing kind still seems kind of random and doesn't make a ton of sense. Another huge problem is that they seem to get it wrong frequently, and have graders who don't know how to properly compute centering ratios.

jchcollins · #2 06-02-2021, 06:07 AM

Forgive me if I missed this in the earlier comments, but how do we know about this change from PSA? Was there an announcement, or did their submission forms just change and people noticed it?

Given how many people hate qualifiers and have for decades, can't say I'm upset, but it is an interesting development. If this would lead to sellers being more descriptive in listings across the board, I'm all for it.

Johnny630 · #3 06-02-2021, 07:49 AM

I'd be pleased if with the new AI Computer Assisted Grading at PSA if they would be able to pick up alterations especially trimmed/re-colored cards.

I could care less what the hell they do with qualifiers.

egri · #4 06-02-2021, 08:13 PM

I'd like to be an optimist and hope that this leads to less buying the flip and not the card, though I'm not holding my breath.

Kidnapped18 · #5 08-14-2021, 10:10 PM

PSA still lists 6 qualifiers on their website 2 required and 4 optional
June PSA Pop Report shows these cards were added with qualifiers:

1914 CJ #82 Cravath 1Q
1914 CJ #99 Chance 3Q

Like Packs stated in an earlier post why does a PSA 1 deserve a qualifier?

Also I never understood the Registry awarding more points for a PSA 1.5Q than a PSA 2Q
and a PSA 2Q being equal to a PSA 1Q pointswise

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