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Brimose
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Friday, August 11, 2017 8:22 AM | |
I'm pretty sure I'm reading it correctly, but since I've never done it, I want to make sure I'm not missing a crucial best practice in the event I want to grade anything in my collection: The cheapest price to get on a PSA grade is $7, and that's if you send 100 cards and wait several weeks, making it a minimum of $700 for the best price per card. Is this accurate?
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Vvvergeer
Posts: 2,058
Joined: Jan 2014
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Friday, August 11, 2017 8:41 AM | |
My recollection is that you are correct.
SGC has specials that I've seen cost as little as $8/card with no minimum. But there are significant mailing fees as well.
But I've never done it either. Might some day. We'll see.
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sandyrusty
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Friday, August 11, 2017 9:02 AM | |
And that is why I don't waste my money on grading. Rather spend the money on 10-15 vintage cards, ungraded of course.
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Mitch
Posts: 258
Joined: Feb 2016
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Friday, August 11, 2017 11:38 AM | |
I know some graders have done intake at local card shows as well but I'm not sure if that is any cheaper. Might save some money on shipping charges. I've never had anything graded either.
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trading4vintage
Posts: 140
Joined: Oct 2016
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RoundtheDiamond87
Posts: 808
Joined: Oct 2015
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Friday, August 11, 2017 1:07 PM | |
That's a lot of slabcracking I'll have to do.
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Brimose
Posts: 269
Joined: Mar 2015
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Friday, August 11, 2017 2:44 PM | |
I've never done it, never had much interest in it, but I just picked up a collection that has a Ripken rookie, Puckett rookie, ARod SP Rookie, and about a dozen other cards that if graded at 9 or 10 would easily pay for the collection several times over, based on recent eBay sales. I'm reluctant to pull the trigger for a lot of the same reasons, but I also don't need these for my PC. They'll likely show up on the buy/sell/trade section here unless I break down and grade them. We'll see.
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switzr1
Posts: 6,332
Joined: Dec 2013
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Friday, August 11, 2017 11:46 PM | |
I'll never see the point of it. The first card PSA ever graded was later proven to be trimmed. Two guys are sitting in jail right now over that. I would never trust them. And who says their opinion is more valid than mine anyway? Does Harvard give degrees in grading cards? What are their credentials?
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.
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avsbruins65
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Joined: Sep 2008
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Friday, August 18, 2017 11:43 AM | |
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Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parralle, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.
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CollectingAfterDeath
Posts: 1,219
Joined: Jun 2016
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Monday, August 21, 2017 2:39 PM | |
Edited on: Aug 17, 2020 - 5:47PM
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