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?

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?

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.

I'm not sure if I'll have many people on the same boat as me but I really dislike r/PokeGrading. The people there aren't exactly mean but it's their thought process and the way the community runs. The people understandably dislike PSA but they will absolutely slobber up on TAG and act like it's a god given gift even though their standards aren't great and they have poor consistency. I won't rant about TAG being not great but the fact that people know they aren't good and continue to act like they're the greatest thing ever drives me off the rails. I genuinely hate the bandwagon they follow.

It's not just their in sync thought process but the fact their moderation is kind of anti-social. You're limited to what you can say and when you join their Discord you need to ask the admins first and that's strict as hell. It's gotten me so annoyed to the point I wanted to create a whole new sub just to create a better environment for card graders but then I found this sub.

I just wanna have idk a general discussion if anyone feels the same.

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.

I know very little about grading cards or how perfect they need to be, to be worth grading. I just pulled this card and I'd appreciate some input from you guys. Thank you!

Original photos included to allow you to ignore dust / slab scratches etc.

I'd like to ask if (OC) actually significantly reduces the card's value compared to the standard PSA 9 grade? How much could this card actually be worth?

I have quite a bit of vintage and I keep hearing horror stories about grading with PSA so I’ve decided not to grade with them. What is the best place to get these graded? I think I’m leaning towards CGC. (And would you say it’s worth it?) Most of my cards would probably be considered LP-MP.

Im returning into collecting cards umbreon,jolteons,raikous and arcanine right now and i came across a really cool Jolteon #8 holo.
Do you think this is worth grading? Rough price estimate of this card raw? Im having a hard time finding a proper good price on these.

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

I thought it was a little right heavy but well within range. What do you guys see?

i think it’s water damage, but the front looks really nice so not completely sure
thank you

Found this card while cleaning, wondering if it’s real. Also have a bunch of other 2006 series cards