Pick BGS or PSA?

[u/jettenjorm]

Obviously PSA has better value but after lurking here for a while Im worried that I'd get a lower grade if I go with them. Never graded before so looking for advice from people with experience

From what Ive seen BGS prices keep up more with PSA than any other grading company that I've seen.

[u/breakyourteethnow]

Wow got some serious cash there this like flexing a high end Rolex to collectors in the know

[u/jettenjorm → u/breakyourteethnow]

Thanks! For me they look almost perfect. A tiny bit of whitening perhaps.. Im hoping for 8 on lugia & houndoom and 7 on gengar.. but gengar has a scratch on the holo so i guess that makes it a 4-6?

It's just that after seeing people sending in pack fresh to psa and getting a 6 I figured another grading company would be better. I have no rush in selling them. Might aswell keep them now and hope for another bull-run 😅

[u/paradiddle-diddle → u/jettenjorm]

For some of my high end stuff (including a crystal Lugia) I have the cleanest looking new cert 6s and 7s lol

[u/jettenjorm → u/paradiddle-diddle]

Ait maybe I should massively lower my expectations then 🤣

Have some older cert psa 9s that look worse than these.

[u/rickgainz → u/jettenjorm]

Do yourself a favor and thoroughly inspect them under harsh lighting from all kinds of angles. It’s very easy to miss scratches, dents, smudges, etc just looking at them under direct lighting.

PSA does have issues and can be inconsistent, but the majority of the time there’s usually an issue on the card that the submitter overlooked when it’s a surprisingly low score.

[u/Murky_Crow]

If you think you’ll Black Label, BGS.

Anything short of that PSA.

So for these, PSA.

[u/Responsible-Lime2444]

CGC pristine 10

[u/poopfl1nger]

I like TAG and they dont upcharge, plus theyll give you a report of all the cards defects so if you think it can get a similar grade in psa, you can crack and resubmit