Sneak Peak at PSA's Newest Slab Technology...

[JollyElm]

Attention collectors!!

We've heard your bitter complaints...I mean feedback...and have responded!! This is the dawn of a new age in grading, and we are here to make your card collecting dreams come true!!!


Introducing the all new...

Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™
"The slab is ours...the grade is yours!!"


Here's how this game-changer (not sure if that pun was intended) works:

1. We receive your submission and get busy inserting your cards into plastic holders.
2. We spin the new 'wheel of grading justice' and it lands on a random number. That is now what your card is graded!! (It's the same thing we've always done, but now there's an exciting new wheel fused to the slab!!)
3. Since the process is so streamlined, you will get your cards back immediately!!*
4. Once you receive your cards, the REAL fun begins...

a) Say the number on one of your cards is higher than expected, but since you were planning on selling the card, you're now full of dread that the tax man will get you. There's an easy remedy. Our Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™ allows you to simply dial the grade down to a lower number and therefore take a loss on the sales transaction. You will owe no taxes whatsoever. We promise!!!**

b) Say a collecting buddy has a high grade card that you want to trade for, but your PSA 3 Mantle isn't worth nearly enough to make him want to swap. What to do, what to do?? Turn the wheel and change it into a PSA 8 Mantle!! Not only will he now drool over your card, but HE will have to add more cards to his side of the deal just to make it worthwhile for YOU to agree to the swap!!***

c) Is your low standing in the set registry getting you down?? Well turn the wheel and go UP UP UP instead!!! Leave everyone in the dust as you make all of your cards 8s, 9s and 10s!!!!

d) Like having half-grades in your collection? Well, golly gee!! Simply turn the wheel until the pointer is hitting the line separating the two numbers and BOOM!!! you got yourself a .5 bump!!!!!!!!! It used to take nice centering to get that!! Ha!!! Those silly days are long gone!!!!

e) Are you at the bar and the ladies aren't paying you any attention at all? Pull your Gregg Jefferies rookie card out of your jacket and turn into a stone cold PSA 10. That ten will make any 10 (obligatory Bo Derek reference) immediately want to bang the living daylights out of you in the disgusting, sticky-floored bathroom!!!****


You've always screamed your cards were graded WRONG...now it only takes your finger to make everything RIGHT!!


Coming soon...hopefully.


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*The term "immediately" not only remains completely undefined, but our personal definition can mean anything from a year and a half up to five calendar years. Your timeframe may vary.

**This is a complete guess. For true answers about tax law, please consult your sister-in-law at your next Thanksgiving gathering. We're told she's a whiz with numbers.

***You may think that he'll notice that the eye appeal is not of a PSA 8, but of a PSA 3...but you'd be wrong. The only thing that matters is the current grade number showing. Dat's it!

****If you could have one of her friends hook up with me, that would be very much appreciated.

[raulus]

Maybe it’s time to add an electronic display on the flip, so that it can be adjusted on the fly.

[mrreality68]

Sounds and looks about Right.

Great Stuff

[glynparson]

Somebody did worse than they thought they would n their grades.

[Yoda]

Ah, err, how does one purchase the wheel (just asking for a friend).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Attention collectors!!

We've heard your bitter complaints...I mean feedback...and have responded!! This is the dawn of a new age in grading, and we are here to make your card collecting dreams come true!!!


Introducing the all new...

Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™
"The slab is ours...the grade is yours!!"


Here's how this game-changer (not sure if that pun was intended) works:

1. We receive your submission and get busy inserting your cards into plastic holders.
2. We spin the new 'wheel of grading justice' and it lands on a random number. That is now what your card is graded!! (It's the same thing we've always done, but now there's an exciting new wheel fused to the slab!!)
3. Since the process is so streamlined, you will get your cards back immediately!!*
4. Once you receive your cards, the REAL fun begins...

a) Say the number on one of your cards is higher than expected, but since you were planning on selling the card, you're now full of dread that the tax man will get you. There's an easy remedy. Our Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™ allows you to simply dial the grade down to a lower number and therefore take a loss on the sales transaction. You will owe no taxes whatsoever. We promise!!!**

b) Say a collecting buddy has a high grade card that you want to trade for, but your PSA 3 Mantle isn't worth nearly enough to make him want to swap. What to do, what to do?? Turn the wheel and change it into a PSA 8 Mantle!! Not only will he now drool over your card, but HE will have to add more cards to his side of the deal just to make it worthwhile for YOU to agree to the swap!!***

c) Is your low standing in the set registry getting you down?? Well turn the wheel and go UP UP UP instead!!! Leave everyone in the dust as you make all of your cards 8s, 9s and 10s!!!!

d) Like having half-grades in your collection? Well, golly gee!! Simply turn the wheel until the pointer is hitting the line separating the two numbers and BOOM!!! you got yourself a .5 bump!!!!!!!!! It used to take nice centering to get that!! Ha!!! Those silly days are long gone!!!!

e) Are you at the bar and the ladies aren't paying you any attention at all? Pull your Gregg Jefferies rookie card out of your jacket and turn into a stone cold PSA 10. That ten will make any 10 (obligatory Bo Derek reference) immediately want to bang the living daylights out of you in the disgusting, sticky-floored bathroom!!!****


You've always screamed your cards were graded WRONG...now it only takes your finger to make everything RIGHT!!


Coming soon...hopefully.


Attachment 566292


*The term "immediately" not only remains completely undefined, but our personal definition can mean anything from a year and a half up to five calendar years. Your timeframe may vary.

**This is a complete guess. For true answers about tax law, please consult your sister-in-law at your next Thanksgiving gathering. We're told she's a whiz with numbers.

***You may think that he'll notice that the eye appeal is not of a PSA 8, but of a PSA 3...but you'd be wrong. The only thing that matters is the current grade number showing. Dat's it!

****If you could have one of her friends hook up with me, that would be very much appreciated.

I like the format!
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[steve B]

Will there be storage boxes made a but taller to account for the wheel?
Will the wheel be fixable so vibrations in transport won't make it jiggle out of grade?

[JollyElm]

Dearest Steve,
Thank you so much for your invaluable feedback, and for your continued overspending...I mean spending regular amounts...to purchase our products.

• Fear not!! Our Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™ system allows your grade to be permanently and absolutely clicked into place forevermore!!! The number is carved into stone*!!!

• And the ingenuous Pull-Tab Vanishment™ mechanism allows you to easily rotate the 'wheel of grading justice' and temporarily slide it right down back into the slab, so it will continue to be the same sized holder you're accustomed to. Each and every dimension of the new slab is the exact same as our previous slabs**!!!!!


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*Permanence is not guaranteed nor even implied, as a mere bit of jostling will get the wheel a-spinning again to a fabulously new number.

**Each and every dimension of the new slab is NOT the exact same as our previous slabs. New slabs are a minimum of two to three times thicker and a half an inch (or more) taller when the Pull-Tab Vanishment mechanism is employed.

[hcv123]

Sure seems like parts of the new process are part of the existing process! Thanks for the laugh!

[steve B]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Dearest Steve,
Thank you so much for your invaluable feedback, and for your continued overspending...I mean spending regular amounts...to purchase our products.

• Fear not!! Our Grade-It-Yourself! Slab™ system allows your grade to be permanently and absolutely clicked into place forevermore!!! The number is carved into stone*!!!

• And the ingenuous Pull-Tab Vanishment™ mechanism allows you to easily rotate the 'wheel of grading justice' and temporarily slide it right down back into the slab, so it will continue to be the same sized holder you're accustomed to. Each and every dimension of the new slab is the exact same as our previous slabs**!!!!!


Attachment 566619


*Permanence is not guaranteed nor even implied, as a mere bit of jostling will get the wheel a-spinning again to a fabulously new number.

**Each and every dimension of the new slab is NOT the exact same as our previous slabs. New slabs are a minimum of two to three times thicker and a half an inch (or more) taller when the Pull-Tab Vanishment mechanism is employed.

Fantastic news! And I can put some tape on that tab and use the whole thing as a team divider for my PSA "A" 1988 Donruss set!
Sooo exciting!