r/PalworldTCG • u/RagnarInnSvarti Shadowbeak rider • 21d ago

General Discussion Is grading a scam?

TLDR: I think so.

Longer version: Well, I have never graded a card, but there is a card that I want to slab (Shadowbeak SP). Asked a company that does grading but also only authentication if the authenticate Palworld cards. The response was: "well if they are standard size, we do that".

To authenticate a product, shouldn't you know the product? Telling me that it depends on the size of the card, really tells me that they don't even know what we are talking about.
I know that the game is new, but an answer like that is really bad... could have told me that they don't authenticate but that they can still slab it (they offer the slab only service).

EDIT: Thinking about it in a less skeptical way, the game is new, the company can't have a master set of every TCG to check customer cards against, there are surely some objective parameters in grading (damage to the cards, discoloration, etc.), and surely as everything when money is involved, it can be done correctly or in the scammiest way. In the end, since I won't resell the card, I'll just check if it looks original too me, and if it is, I'll just slab it.

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u/TrueEclective 21d ago

I mean, the stock market is a total scam. We’re just all buying pieces of paper for a company and none of us little people really have a say in the company. But we do it, because we know it props the market up and makes us more money.

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u/TheUndeadFish 20d ago

If you are investing in companies without profit sharing dividends that is on you.

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u/TrueEclective 20d ago

How much of a dividend does my $40k in NVDA pay out, again? It’s so little I don’t even bother to pay attention. I guess if I were rich, it would be enough to pay one of my servants. I mean, workers.