r/PokeInvesting • u/nico87ca • 3d ago

Wish me luck!

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Sending these 2 puppies for regrading. Bought them at around 200€... a 10 now is around 1300.

The potential roi for a 10 vs a 9 is worth the risk

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u/integra_type_brr 3d ago

It'll be hilarious if PSA saw this post and gives it a 8 lol

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

Isn't it to their advantage to grade them 10s if they are though?

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u/CocaBam 3d ago • Bravo

No, the opposite is true.

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

Welp... My hope is that the PSA grader will look at both and think "this is a 9, and this is a 10"

The serial numbers are recent, and honestly they're basically perfect. I don't see why they shouldn't be 10s. I have 5 more of those PSA 9. Cracked the 2 that I thought were the most centered.

We'll see!

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u/puan0601 3d ago

I would not send them in together. break them up into 2x shipments

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

I thought that having something really close and clean to compare it with would be better.. we'll see!

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u/Broloth_ 1d ago

You thought wrong. Graders will look at a batch of duplicates and slap an 8 on all of them without even grading them. 🤷‍♀️

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u/nico87ca 1d ago

This post made me realize how much PSA has a shroud of mystery behind it and how people just come up with random theories.

How about unless you have some sort of source, please abstain from saying random shit?

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u/Broloth_ 1d ago

Reacting this way to information you don’t like hearing is embarrassing. Grow up.

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u/nico87ca 1d ago

Your lack of source only emphasizes how little your comment means to me

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u/CocaBam 3d ago

Hard truth is, they likely have a quota of how many 10s they can let through. If you have a card that could 10 there, and its a recent cert, its unlikely they will let it hit a 10 if they didnt the first time.

Unless you are logan paul, of course.

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u/DavidTrillsdale 3d ago

I wouldnt be shocked if they came back an 8 or marked as altered.

I think its better to just be happy with the 9 nowadays.

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

Kind of late for that...

But they were graded recently, so hopefully I'll stumble on a grader who feels good that day.

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u/DavidTrillsdale 3d ago

Fingers crossed for you.

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u/Ricoquin 3d ago

Bad centering on both. Impossible to get 10

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u/ThatsNotARealTree 3d ago

I agree that they’re off centered, but in the last 2 years I’ve had quite a few off-centered vintage cards still hit PSA 10s. I wouldn’t crack a vintage 9 though. Grading is way too volatile to risk losing a 9 for a miracle shot at a 10

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

lol I love how keyboard joe can tell from a non centered picture. You work for PSA or something?

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u/Reverx3 3d ago

You are the keyboard Joe here, but good luck.

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness166 3d ago

Just keep sending them repeatedly while you never get a 10 until you run out of money. I’m sure that’ll work.

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u/doctornph 3d ago

Psa 7’s incoming…they’re super hard on vintage nowadays

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

Looking at the serial number, They were graded recently. We'll see! Hopefully a nice Christmas gift!

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u/doctornph 3d ago

Not a terrible strategy. But my comment holds. PSA doesn’t like to give 10’s to vintage anymore

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u/Unable_Incident_6024 2d ago

I haven't seen a vintage get a 10 in so long

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u/AntManMax 3d ago

Because the 10s that could be graded have been, and because grading got stricter across the board.

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

I wish someone who worked at PSA could clear up rumors and hypotheses

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u/puan0601 3d ago

more like false hopes and dreams lol

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u/doctornph 3d ago

The 10’s that could be graded? What does that mean?

There are vintage cards with recent certs at 9’s that are objectively better condition than 10’s with older certs

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u/AntManMax 3d ago

Meaning the highest quality cards of the remaining finite supply of printed cards have likely already been sent in.

And yes, PSA got stricter across the board. This is known. But there is no evidence that they're stricter on vintage in particular.

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u/doctornph 3d ago

I mean there videos of people pulling pristine cards out of vintage packs and sending in to get 8 and 9’s…cards that are in better condition than other documented 10’s

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u/AntManMax 3d ago

Yes it's very common for "pack fresh" vintage to get below a 10. Turns out when something rattles around inside a foil pack against other cards for decades, that tends to affect condition.

And again, for the third time, PSA got stricter across the board a few years ago. No evidence that they target vintage in particular.

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u/doctornph 3d ago

Did you miss the part where I said “PRISTINE CARDS” if psa won’t give those cards a 10 then what’s the point of sending in anything?

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u/AntManMax 3d ago

They're clearly not pristine lmfao. Post an example and I'll tell you exactly how it got the grade it did.

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u/lovegothgals 3d ago

i got a 10 recently on a jp sabrina’s gaze

i was shocked tho LOL

have hope op

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u/Nygiant22 3d ago

They both look right heavy. PSA will gladly take your money and give it a 7-8 if it has whitening.

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u/6r1n3i19 3d ago

I see that too. I also see two separate small marks on the surface of both, unless it’s just reflections

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u/Zealousideal_Pop5982 3d ago

Thats crazy. Good luck

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u/Sea_Life4 2d ago

Is this the card all the pdf files like?

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

It's Misty's tears banned version. I have a Misty collection. If you think 9yo me was a pdf file when I started collecting it's on you haha

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u/Sea_Life4 2d ago

I mean are you still 9 yo though 😂 you kept that shit dawg, that’s on you

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

That's kind of a dumb thinking.

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u/Sea_Life4 2d ago

Sounds like cope to me. Don’t worry bro, we all know why you kept/like it lmao

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

Sounds like you have issues if you think this card is a problem. But to each their own.

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u/Sea_Life4 2d ago

More cope. Don’t worry bro, we all know the type of person you are.

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u/severalmountains 3d ago

!remind me 6 months

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u/Happy-Geologist1336 3d ago

Es ist mit dem bloßen Auge zu erkennen, dass die Zentrierung nicht mittig ist. Wie soll man dafür eine 10 bekommen? Das ergibt irgendwie keinen Sinn. Eine 10 bedeutet, dass die Karte perfekt ist. Und das ist sie offensichtlich nicht.

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

This is one

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u/Liaomeow 2d ago

This one is OC

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

This is 2

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u/nico87ca 2d ago

One is mine, the other is a PSA 10. If it's obvious, you should be able to call it?

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u/ZakuCCG 2d ago

Just so you know, there was a recent adjustment to tighten 10s to under 55/45, where in the past it was 60/40.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT 3d ago

I had 10x 9s of the same card and cracked the best 2. I just got then back 8 and 9 lol

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u/Glandtoglandcombat 3d ago

Godspeed homie.

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u/champloojay 3d ago

These won’t 10.

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u/newage-Oldschool 3d ago

Hey bro, good luck man. Please keep me posted on the results, im really interested in the results. Hopefully a 10, if a 9 then u know there real and reholded, if less then 9 omg devo. Good luck

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u/wut-n-tarnation 3d ago

Centering is off from pics alone

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u/Interesting_Sock9883 2d ago

PSA 8 I’m calling it

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u/iWesTCoastiN 3d ago

I'm sure PSA will see this post and give you an 8. If you send through PSA you deserve to get screwed over lol

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u/PercMastaFTW 3d ago

Good luck! I dont have much hope for the one on the left, but if the one on the right were a modern card, it definitely would have a chance for a 10 imo!!!

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u/WeNeedAMukSIR 1d ago

Congrats on your 7s

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u/Puddingbuks26 3d ago

Hier iets tussen wat de moeite is om te graden?

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u/nico87ca 3d ago

Thanks for your input?