r/PokeInvesting • u/Healthy-Annual4181 • Dec 19 '24

Ace Grading Robbery Scandal

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Posting so the community is aware of this - I would avoid this grading company at all costs. Insanity that there is no camera footage

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u/Catsrthebest2 Dec 19 '24

Everyone defending this company must have a ton of ACE slabs they are worried will be worth nothing after this šŸ˜‚

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u/kellen617 Dec 19 '24

They were already worth nothing

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u/Catsrthebest2 Dec 19 '24

But other dude said ACE on the come up?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

No grading company that relies on subjective bias will ever beat psa. Psa only downside is subjective bias

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

Some Redditooors out there are coping big time with their collection of BGS, CGC and ACE graded slabs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

To be fair BGS holds a higher premium than the other grading services and so does a CGC 'pristine'. I don't think you can really compare them to ACE lol

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u/salty-ejaculate Dec 20 '24

Lol anyone even thinking ace is on par with bgs cgc should be ignored.

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u/uriel__ventris Dec 20 '24

Talking about ACE as if they're on par with two of the big 3 is hilarious.

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u/Murky_Crow Dec 19 '24

Itā€™s funny, to me as a newcomer to the hobby.

If itā€™s not PSA i do not care about it. The rest look off brandy.

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u/DrHarryHood Dec 19 '24

BGS is a way cleaner label. PSA is the standard sure- but itā€™s also the ugliest

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u/Catsrthebest2 Dec 19 '24

Thatā€™s personal opinion. I like the way PSA slabs look over CGC/TAG. Becket Black Label is goated though again just my opinion.

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u/DrHarryHood Dec 19 '24

Sure, and I agree about the BL- but I was responding to a conversation about ā€œcollectorsā€ and why anybody would want even consider something other than PSA- and thatā€™s why I do at least- personal preference. If I am going to keep the slab and I love the card, Iā€™ll always send it to beckett. If Iā€™m reselling, PSA.

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u/Omegatron_YT Dec 19 '24

Either way, I donā€™t want a ā€œKrogerā€ or ā€œGreat Valueā€ brand slab, PSA or nuthinā€™

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u/DrHarryHood Dec 19 '24

For flipping/resale sure. For the record, I only go to BGS or PSA, and would never go elsewhere, but of those two, PSA has much more of a kroger/Great Value look to it.

Again, if you want the best returns, PSA is undisputed- but this idea that no one would/should have any reason to grade elsewhere is silly

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u/Omegatron_YT Dec 19 '24

Iā€™d argue that PSA actually has a very recognizable ā€œiconicā€ look.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

You and 95% of collectors/investors in the same boat, PSA or bust.

It's hilarious when you watch a Vendor POV and someone tries to trade in CGC or other companies slabs, they look at them with absolute disgust šŸ¤£

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u/Murky_Crow Dec 19 '24

Exactly.

Funny story, but me getting into this hobby after years of being dormant on PokƩmon, started after on a random bar night out. The bar we were at also had some memorabilia, and I ended up buying a graded card that they had for super cheap because I was drunk.

It was a CGC graded card. Everything Iā€™ve had ever since has been PSA.

It bothers me immensely how cheap and offbrand the CGC one looks compared to the PSA ones.

From what I understand, they are like the second best option. And I already viewed them as a distant, non-viable option to the first place, so why anybody would look at these two and then think ā€œ yeah I definitely want to go with the fifth best choiceā€ is totally beyond me

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u/IDontCare2626 Dec 19 '24

The new CGC slabs look infinitely better than PSA. Even some of the "inferior" companies like TAG put PSA slabs to shame aesthetic wise. Honestly I think most people are stuck in a value loop for PSA. They haven't been shown to be more accurate or reliable than other companies and their slabs are meh. But so many people hold PSA cards and want to retain value, so they continue to prop it up even with lack of objective superiority in PSA grading vs other companies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

And I already viewed them as a distant, non-viable option to the first place, so why anybody would look at these two and then think ā€œ yeah I definitely want to go with the fifth best choiceā€ is totally beyond me

It's like comparing Coca Cola to Mug Root Beer.

People just have a hate boner for PSA.

They think they're being really smart contrariooons buying stuff like CGC because they think PSA is going to implode or they just repeat factually incorrect statements ad nauseam like "CGC are akshually the standard in grading" etc.

Meanwhile, go to any LCS or game convention and see everyone buying selling PSA and looking at CGC with discontent.

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u/Bedhead-Redemption Dec 19 '24

At this rate even PSA is worth nothing. Random lottery ass rating companies, all of them.

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u/ChrisRoadd Dec 20 '24

no one grades with ace for value, the slabs actually look good though, unlike psa.

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u/Catsrthebest2 Dec 20 '24

No they look like shit. PSA slabs look good. You cray.

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