???PSA 60's Special???? - Grades popped!! The eagle has landed!

[cubman1941]

Any movement in the last month?

[Fred]

Can some explain something about grading and fees. If a card is submitted for grading and the card has been deemed more valuable than the price paid for the grading fee, then does the TPG grade not grade it unless an adjusted (increased) fee is paid? I can only imagine this happens very frequently.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Fred

Can some explain something about grading and fees. If a card is submitted for grading and the card has been deemed more valuable than the price paid for the grading fee, then does the TPG grade not grade it unless an adjusted (increased) fee is paid? I can only imagine this happens very frequently.

PSA won’t send it back to you until you pay the upcharge.

Not sure what would happen if you refused to pay the upcharge.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by raulus

Not sure what would happen if you refused to pay the upcharge.

Historically, they have threatened to return it ungraded if the upcharge wasn't paid.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Historically, they have threatened to return it ungraded if the upcharge wasn't paid.

That is a nice strategy to consider. Seeing the upcharge, you'd know what grade it got. So, you decline it, and when they send the card back, you immediately send it off to SGC (knowing what grade it 'should' get) for a smooth $15, and have it back in less than two weeks in a holder without incurring any additional (and excessive) opinion fees.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Fred

Can some explain something about grading and fees. If a card is submitted for grading and the card has been deemed more valuable than the price paid for the grading fee, then does the TPG grade not grade it unless an adjusted (increased) fee is paid? I can only imagine this happens very frequently.

PSA will hold your card hostage and force you to pay the upcharge fee if you want to get it back in its graded holder. Alternatively, you can decline to pay the upcharge fee and they will return it back to you ungraded. However, they will still charge you the grading fee for the service level you submitted it at.

So if you submit a card at the $300 grading fee level, and they want to upcharge you to a $1k grading fee, you can decline the upcharge and they will send your card back ungraded and they will still charge you the $300.

I have done this before.

[bobbyw8469]

I haven't had an upcharge lately. The last time I got one, was when my Karl Malone rookie got a PSA 10. Due to the value, I gladly paid the upcharge.

[bobbyw8469]

Assembly

[cubman1941]

Yea!!!