PSA 10's vs PSA 9's

[seanofjapan]

I'm looking forward to when they come out with the PSA 11. It'll be a cool press conference.

PSA exec: "The numbers now go up to 11."

Reporter: "Ah, most grading companies just go up to 10."

PSA exec: "Exactly!"

Reporter: "Does that mean the cards are any better?"

PSA exec: "Well, its one better, isn't it? Its not a 10, its an 11, isn't it? Like say you are a grader at another company and you've got a card that is all the way up, all the way up at a 10, but you want to go higher. Where can you go from there?"

Reporter: "I don't know".

PSA exec: "Nowhere, exactly! What we do is if we need that extra push over the clifff, you know what we do?"

Reporter: "Put it up to 11?"

PSA exec: "Put it up to 11, exactly!"

Reporter: "Why don't you just make 10 the best and make 10 be the top number and just make that one the best one?"

PSA exec: (lengthy pause) "These go to 11."

[bxb]

The answer is simple.

If you submit the card, it is a 9.

If someone else submits the card, it is a 10.

[DocScoot]

While my last post was pretty down on the grading process, I did have a more recent experience that was a lot better. I'm just a nobody doing very small submissions from time to time, for reference. I recently submitted some Ohtani rookie cards that I had picked up raw on eBay over the years for next to nothing, hoping to get a few before the hype train. I submitted 7 of these that I thought were 10 contenders, and was thrilled to have 5 come back PSA 10, one in a 9, and just one in an 8. Pretty thrilled with those numbers! I do think it would be next to impossible to repeat this, and very much think the grade depends on the grader's mood that particular day, not a great system to be sure, but for trying to turn a $5-10 purchase into a $300 sale, there's not much of a choice but to play that game.

Originally Posted by bxb

The answer is simple.

If you submit the card, it is a 9.

If someone else submits the card, it is a 10.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bxb

The answer is simple.

If you submit the card, it is a 9.

If someone else submits the card, it is a 10.

This, but I would amend the first sentence to say 9 or 8.