new low for the ebay authenticity thing

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

Almost certainly so because CSG has to actually do something and evaluate the item, whereas PSA has to glance at it for 2 seconds and go “yeah that’s a slab”.

They also have to assemble the nifty authentication kit and I am sure do some data entry, not to mention packaging it up and mailing. I wonder how many cards are coming into PSA a day now for this purpose.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

They also have to assemble the nifty authentication kit and I am sure do some data entry, not to mention packaging it up and mailing. I wonder how many cards are coming into PSA a day now for this purpose.

As a starting point:

eBay sold listings go back 3 months.

In the Trading Card Singles category there are 138,178 sold listings, with a price over $500.

Of these, 78,981 have a grader assigned to the listing.

78,981 / 90 = 876.566 per day average.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

As a starting point:

eBay sold listings go back 3 months.

In the Trading Card Singles category there are 138,178 sold listings, with a price over $500.

Of these, 78,981 have a grader assigned to the listing.

78,981 / 90 = 876.566 per day average.

I would love to know how many of those 78K slabs they have rejected. None maybe?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I would love to know how many of those 78K slabs they have rejected. None maybe?

I’d be surprised if it’s more than 50 for the entire year, personally. I doubt any data will ever be given.

[jamest206]

Mine may be the first since they sent it to the eye of the hurricane in Sarasota, and it got there yesterday.