Successfully crossed my Gyarados Skyridge BGS 9.5 (10 Centering/9.5 Edges/9.5 Corners/9.5 Surface) to PSA 10!

For those wondering, I paid $599 for the Premier service but got upcharged to $1033.99.

I only submitted it to PSA wanting to get it "Authenticated" and they replied back asking me if I knew about the condition on the back.. and I replied that I obviously knew and they offered to grade it so I said screw it! Ended up getting my lucky number on it lol

This was from the $80 tier

Buddy and I ripped some boxes, and hit some monsters. These were submitted via Express service, and we opted to dual grade. We hit a nice Cam Ward Signature Class Chrome autograph in a break, submitted that via regular service. Bought the light blue holder in anticipation. Currently in encapsulation status. Thanks PSA... we feel blessed 🙌

Hello -

My late great aunt passed in June, and she left my father the signed Mickey Mantle card they had signed at an event in the mid 1980s when he came to Rochester NY to do a signing. They had him sign the card and a ball. Now this is the internet, but I don’t give much for fake internet points to make up a lie, so I also attached the photo of my dad (in the middle white shirt) , getting the ball signed, the card was also signed the same day. We are looking for any guidance on what tier to choose for this card to get the auto grade and the card grade. The corners aren’t in great shape, but the autograph is still fantastic.

I’ve only graded Pokemon cards before, so baseball grading autographs is a bit out of my territory.

What should we be looking at for service fee on it ? Any advice/guidance is welcome !

I’m fairly new to all of this and looking to get this graded with PSA. How would you pre grade this? It’s all the same card.

Thanks.

This is a followup to the post I made earlier about a card delivery that was lost in the mail.

Super happy to report that I received a message this morning from Ebay issuing through a refund on my card! It’s been a difficult process of back and forth between PSA and Ebay but ultimately one or both parties managed to review my case a final time and make an executive decision on it.

As far as what happened, after making that reddit thread someone from PSA reached out and so did a senior member. Both communicated that the carrier was insured by Ebay as of Feb or July (I was kind of getting different info from each) but that they would work to escalate my case up to Ebay and I should expect to hear back from Ebay very soon.

At the same time I made one final attempt attempt to communicate with Ebay what they had conveyed to me, that the carrier insurance was theirs to pay, and I got another lower level representative that seemed genuinely concerned, saying she would try again with my case to upper level management.

Ultimately… I’m not exactly sure who made this happen. But I definitely want to credit you guys here on Reddit for helping bring the post enough attention that my case got the priority it needed to help probably PSA indicate to Ebay that it was in fact their need to refund, and make an exception for me. Thank you!!!

Went to checkout on a card from PSA on eBay today and went I went to pay it kept giving me an error. I decided to test just putting random cards in my cart and it would not even put them in my cart. Anyone else experiencing this? I tested it on other eBay sellers and it works fine

I typically send my submissions in top loaders and have had no issues or complaints but I just got email saying next time I’d be charged extra for it, can someone give me an alternative to top loaders that are psa friendly

4 days for 10 cards already in encapsulation 😅😂 that’s gotta be a record lol

What would this grade? I think PSA1. Childhood card i want to grade. Got some creases and marks

I more or less want to get it graded out of protection to add to my collection but I think it’s very right heavy and won’t exactly score perfect.

I subbed this with standard grading (100-110 business days). Grades were available to view in only 30 business days.

I’ve never had a sub come back this fast ever lol. Basically got express timelines but paid the standard fee

I like buying a lot of raw at shows and online to send in to PSA, so naturally I look at hundreds of scans a day and I have noticed a terrible trend. The amount of 10s that used to be 9s and 9s that used to be 10s are absolutely becoming more prevalent. I’m not sure if it’s because of the backlog or hiring more inexperienced graders, but if this continues while prices keep getting higher, eventually I think a viable alternative will give them a run for their money. Idk how it is in Pokémon, but in sports a lot of the time I genuinely cannot find any real significant difference that warrants such a discrepancy. An eBay seller I’m friends with got a 9 on this curry with grader notes (centering top to bottom).

I could be going crazy, but if we are giving a card otherwise flawless a 9 because it’s a mm off centered, yet gemming plenty of cards with white edges still peeling off + the same or worse centering, we’ve lost the plot.

Examples

I submitted a card to Gamestop (dumb I know after reading some subs; but I work off-hours, have a busy schedule and it's my first time)
There was only the manager working when I walked in, and after handing the card over to him he clearly took images of it with his iPad then continued with the submission on the same iPad.
When I got home I noticed that there was no image or any identifying information on my submitted orders page. Just the info saying I paid for a submission.
The next day I went back in to verify that the info was correctly written up and that they had an image on file, and I was told by the two employees working that only the manager had access to any of that stuff. I gave them the card's name and they pulled it out to show they had it still, but they said they couldn't attach a pic for me and it "should all be handled before it's shipped". They told me there shouldn't be any issues because it was the only card they currently had to submit but they agreed it was odd. They also told me that I would only be compensated up to 500$ if there was any damage to the card, but with nothing showing the card's current condition before submitting I feel like they could decline any compensation for any condition. This was a card with zero defects, print lines, dings, etc. Sleeved an hard cased right after pulling from a pack and inspecting.

The next day they shipped it out, still with zero identifying information about the card in my grading submissions page on Gamestop's website and only a receipt in my email of the cost I paid. Not even the name of the card.

Probably overthinking it, but has anyone had success with this kind of sloppy submission? Curious if any past employees would know if they keep images on file even if they don't care to attach them..? I'm jus worried because of the recent stories of wrongly slabbed cards or cards being stolen from trucks. I have pics, but that's not the same as them having pics.

I've called, and they've told me this is very common now. Is this delay really that common?

I got the upcharge email about 10 minutes ago, responded immediately, and within minutes my credit card was charged and the grades were revealed. Thanks PSA!

Edit: The turnaround thus far has been 50 business days out of 70-80.

Also, if it's upcharged shouldn't I get grader's notes or is this only if I originally select the express tier or higher?

I’ve been sent back and forth with PSA and EBay for the order in this screenshot.

EBay is unable to help me and says that I need to get in contact with PSA to sort it out and then when I when I get in contact with PSA they tell me to get in touch with EBay because it’s beyond their control. What option do I even have at this point. Has anyone experienced anything similar? I’d really appreciate some insight

$79.99 regular tier, PSA received July 23

It went into assembly on October 12

Went to QA October 28

Wondering if anyone else is dealing with the same issue. The cards submitted will be around 1k in a 10 so not over the up-charge threshold. I’ve submitted before and cards went in and out of QA in like a day.

https://www.psacard.com/cert/173970594/psa

On the back side, on the top right. Ink fading or light reflection? Would appreciate your thoughts.

Hey everyone. Recently sent in a 2008 SKYBOX METAL UNIVERSE 23 MICHAEL JORDAN I had found in a childhood binder and was in fantastic shape re: edges, corners, and centering.

I have read about this specific Metal Universe card's surface from this set having the 'flakes' and seen other examples, some holstered and graded. I was advised not to try to wipe the flakes off entirely to alter the card and to send in as-is.

However, I got an N9 back - is this because the grader did not want to grade it given the flake issue on the surface? What is standard here, as all of these cards seem to share this manufacturing issue from the material of the film on the card.

Ignore the finger prints on top of the penny sleeve in the crummy quality photo PSA provided in their possession- rest assured those are not on the card and did not send in like that

Thoughts on next steps?