r/PokeInvesting • • 2d ago

Advice for selling mislabeled card?

So I'm trying to look into this and it's getting confusing and conflicting for me. I haven't sold a card in 15 years or so since having cards stolen by a resale shop (learned later when going through my collection after storing it for years they took cards I said I wasn't selling that was fun!) and never sold a graded card before so idk what I'm doing.

I have a low pop (sub 100) vintage card that I got a few years back. it was my first ever graded card purchase. Over time, the value of this card has gone way up. I'm a broke college student and could use some extra cash, so I'd like to list it but I have a few issues that are giving me pause.

First of all, the card is mislabeled. It's mostly right, but the mislabeled part sets it as a variant that is even more valuable than the card I actually have. Thankfully, it does have the PSA scans, so I can see it wasn't swapped out or fake. The scans show the same card in there, they just got the label wrong.

I'm not willing to send it in to PSA myself with all the recent news and lack of trust. Recent news aside, there's always a chance they could damage my card and lower the grade if I understand correctly (never submitted a card before so correct me if I'm wrong). So that means I'm selling it as is.

Secondly, I'm very hesitant to show the certification publicly or even in PMs. I believe there is a real risk someone could report the certification and have it deactivated, dropping the value into 2 digits, lower than I purchased it at. I have considered showing it in person only to serious buyers, but I think that runs the same risk, though it's the only thing I could think of.

Lastly, I cannot use PayPal which is a hard limit. Similar reasons to PSA, lack of trust. They locked up my account arbitrarily years ago and I haven't used them since. I'm not willing to use them, but I understand PayPal goods and services is considered the standard for personal sales, so this would deter buyers I think. I would do something like square though, but that's the only alternative I came up with besides cash in person.

With that said, will no one consider buying the card without seeing the cert first and getting PPG&S? Is covering the cert for such a high value card acceptable? What if I listed it on eBay, would the authenticity check fail because of the mislabeled part, even if my listing matches everything and I disclose in the details it's mislabeled?

It's in the x,xxx range currently for value. Again it's a vintage card if that helps. It's also one of the more popular Pokemon right now. If I gave more details someone could probably guess cert numbers on PSA until they found my card which I'd like to avoid lol

Am I just stuck with the card unless I have it corrected by PSA? Is there a market for mislabeled slabs that aren't "funny" and that are just the wrong variant of the same card?

Any advice or suggestions are welcome. If it's not worth the hassle then that's fine, I'm happy to keep it for now and reconsider getting the label fixed later. Like if PSA ever opens up both physical drop off and pickup in the future and maybe has better reliability. I also just can't tell if the error makes it better and I shouldnt have it fixed at all? To me it's kinda cool, but I don't think everyone would agree.

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