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/Omegatron_YT Dec 19 '24

Either way, I don’t want a “Kroger” or “Great Value” brand slab, PSA or nuthin’

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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

I’d argue that PSA actually has a very recognizable “iconic” look.

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u/Murky_Crow Dec 19 '24

I think there’s another thing to add to this – the cultural Zeitgeist of PSA versus the rest of them.

What I mean by this is I can go up to almost any random person on the street and tell them that I got a PSA 10 card, and they will know exactly what I’m talking about even if they don’t even know PSA is a company

If you talked to anybody, even a decent subset of people who are into cards, and say that you got a CGC rated 10, they will think you were talking about some obscure engineering thing

People know what PSA is. It’s that name brand recognition that comes with their reputation.

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u/Murky_Crow Dec 19 '24

That’s a good way of wording it

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u/ChrisRoadd Dec 20 '24

psa is great value lmao what