New to this, confused about PSA

[npa589]

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[glchen]

Good question. I'm not sure. Usually for crossovers, you put the same grade as the original holder for Min Grade. So if your card in BVG was 3 (VG), you would put 3 for the minimum grade. (If you absolutely want the card out of the original holder (but want to ensure PSA would slab it), you can put a lower minimum grade than the original holder.

Saying that, I'm not quite sure about the qualifers, since the PSA flip would have the MK qualifier on it. Not sure a BVG 3 would equal a PSA 3 MK. I think SGC lowers the grade slightly for qualifiers since they don't put qualifers on the flip. I would assume Beckett does the same.

[npa589]

Yes, Beckett does the same.

Most of them are BVG 3, and would be (should be) PSA 5. Some have Centering 8, corners 4, Edges 8, surface 2. They might be PSA 6 (MK), but at worst they should be PSA 5 (MK).

I guess I'm just worried about putting something, and paying them to grade it, but not having it graded because it doesn't meet the MIN grade that I wrote.

If they don't end up slabbing it, for whatever reason, do you still have to pay them the 15$ a card?