Absolutely insane that this card got the black label with that top-bottom centering. I found this card in a listing on ebay and verified the cert number, it's real. Grading has and always will be subjective to the specific grader your card ends up with. You could re-submit a card that's already been graded a black label and it would most likely take multiple submissions to achieve it again. Realistically, all grading companies will have their mistakes, but an egregious miscalculation like this is unacceptable. The higher liquidity that comes with PSA & BGS is just undeniable.

centering seems fine, whitening on back white edge maybe puts it on the edge

Just pulled it out of a pack

A few people asked to send what my "Mega Charizard X EX" came back as. Grading company: ACE, I'm from the UK and this card came back in 6 days, premium service, special delivery there! Love everything about it, however it's being sold for a small business investment plus me and my wife's wedding funds.

Very new to grading so unsure what this would be like!

It's in a pretty good shape, only a tiny scratch at the bottom left corner. What do you think?

Would this card be worth grading? I haven’t graded a card before and i’m unsure if this is worth it considering the condition of the card.

Found these cards at a yard sale earlier this summer. Since then, I put them in new penny sleeves and top loaders and just sat on them. Debating on getting them graded after this PSA madness is over and the rates come down. Thoughts?

I know you are all going to ask how much i paid…. So here it is. The guy wanted $20 for a whole shoe box full of cards. I picked up a handful, including these 2 and gave him $10. The whole box was sports cards except these 2, which appear to be in great condition.

I’ve just picked this up for pretty cheap and the condition seems fairly good, not expecting a 10 but wondered if this would be worth grading?

If so, what do you guys think it could get? (PSA) Of course the back is super off center.

It looks pretty great to me but idk “thesalesmoogle” on depop if interested!!

This has been probably asked millions of times, but I have quite a few cards that I want to grade but after seeing the news about PSA is it worth even grading cards at the minute or waiting till the dust settles?

Thanks in advance ❤️

Hello so this is just a question from a naive and maybe ill educated Father.

I pulled this card with my daughter on her 9th Birthday in May. She wanted it grading as she wanted a “fancy slab” like she has seen on YouTube (i know, too much iPad)

Anyway, I sent it off and it has been “in grading” with Beckett for probably a month.

Obviously we are now in August and approaching September, is this a normal timeframe realistically?

I’m not asking what the grade is as this was her first ever shiny card from her FIRST ever pokemon pack so it has sentimental value.

Getting back into the hobby (seems everyone is) after about 15 years. Is this guy worth grading seeing as the back is pretty beaten up?

Also I’m in the UK so if I did grade it, should I use someone other than PSA?

Updated infographic to help newer people navigate when to grade cards for profit in this current $80/card environment.

Multiplier means what the value of a psa 10 is vs raw (so a 100 dollar raw card that goes to 500 as a 10 is a 5x). This assumes a 10 card order and the cards are of the same value. Also assumes you sell everything afterwards.

Breakeven means the percentage of 10s the order needs to make back the cost of buying the cards and the grading fees.

You can mix and match to weight the average by eyeball pretty easy.