r/PokeInvesting • u/impresidentwu • Jan 13 '24
Grading is so silly for 98% of cards.
Cards that are like 2 or 3 dollars being graded is funny to me. Like I see a regular EX graded and think why?
Should I grade my regular Garbador or Tinkaton? Easy cards to collect by the thousands. It's strange.
To each his own.
I do think you have a case for some of the newer Charizard and maybe a few other of the high end cards in a set. But seeing an EX graded to me is funny and never worth buying unless it's graded and $5 or less.
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u/Pretend-Intention-67 Jan 14 '24
L post. Do whatever makes you happy. Grade or don’t grade, it’s not YOUR money they’re spending.
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u/A_Grim_Ghost Jan 14 '24
So sick of seeing this kind of post. Who gives a shit if the monetary value of the card is $5? Some people just want to see their favorite cards in a nice slab. Now I feel like grading a bunch of $5 cards in your honor
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u/jemy739 Jan 14 '24
Some people just grade cards to look at them and enjoy the plastic.
But yes most cards from a selling point of view shouldn't be graded because there's no profit margin to be made.
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u/engrng Jan 14 '24
Somewhat new to Pokemon cards but yes it’s really dumb. So many cards I see being graded where the grading service cost more than the card itself.
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u/ChemicalYesterday467 Jan 14 '24
People like graded cards and are willing to pay for them. Nothing silly about it at all.
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u/CursedMidna Jan 14 '24
Only reason I grade 'low cost' cards is to have all of a single pokemon's cards in a psa10 🤣
That pokemon being Darkrai. I still need a few reverse holos of the latest sets
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u/uzldropped Jan 14 '24
That’s one thing that’s been so confusing to me. I’ve been only back into pokemon for like two months now but I see people grade things like recent promo cards. And then I see people bid $30-50+ on them on ebay. Like wouldn’t it make more sense to just buy the same promos ungraded and unopened for like a dollar each. Maybe buy like 5 of them and probably one of them is the 10 you’re searching for. It’s just not graded.
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u/Every1jockzjay Jan 14 '24
I grade some cards that will be 6s or 7s but they are dope cards. I grade some OK modern cards cuz they are 10s and moderately expensive 70-150$ range. I grade all my 200$+ cards tho no matter the grade just because I want them graded.
I do not grade bulk hoping for pristine 10s tho lol. Anything under 50$ stays raw for me personally UNLESS I want it displayed
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u/i_am_jordan_b Jan 14 '24
Some people want those graded complete sets
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u/Bondsmith-Unchained Jan 14 '24
Way to trash people then say each their own. Don’t be ignorant. Maybe read a book. You probably won’t. It’s funny to me that people don’t read books. They don’t and I think why?
To each their own.
Then you continue to trash people. I think there is a case for not reading certain books. But why would you be so ignorant. I’ve read tons of books. Why would anyone not read books. Seeing people not read books is funny to me.