Ebay will allow purchased cards to be shipped to PSA for grading

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by boysblue

A seller lists and sells a card as NR-MT. The card is sent along to PSA who do not receive a slabbing fee unless it deems the card as NR-MT (or better). Is this correct? If so, then might PSA be inclined to 'soften' its grading standards in certain situations?

Agree.... PSA's conflict of interest is off the charts. Not that their grades mean anything anyway...

Will they be utilizing their 2010 standards, or their "2 points tougher" 2025 standards? Consistency is not exactly their thing, so what's to keep them from approving everything in sight? It's free revenue and profits, with no regulation or industry standards to keep them in check.

This ill-advised program is corrupt and tainted before it even starts.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Agree.... PSA's conflict of interest is off the charts. Not that their grades mean anything anyway...

Will they be utilizing their 2010 standards, or their "2 points tougher" 2025 standards? Consistency is not exactly their thing, so what's to keep them from approving everything in sight? It's free revenue and profits, with no regulation or industry standards to keep them in check.

This ill-advised program is corrupt and tainted before it even starts.

+1. Although, if the flip is the commodity, as Peter Spaeth aptly noted, then this is a good thing for "investors" who want to take advantage of the greater fool theory. But I'm a noob "buy the card, not the flip" collector, so what do I know.