I Tried Making Money Grading Pokemon Cards
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In this video I go through the process of submitting over 100 raw Pokemon cards to PSA and calculating if you can make money by getting cards graded. There are a lot of people who scope out cards on eBay, facebook marketplace, and craigslist with the intention of boosting their value by getting them graded. It can be a good business but takes a trained eye. Thank you guys for watching!
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Winner of the Gyrados has been chosen. Thank you for everyone who watched to that part in the video!
who won
Dang, I missed it.
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I'm 2 entire months late haha 🤣@@treskate
deam i just saw it lol
congrats tho!!
Veteran collector and grader here: use a high intensity LED light when pre-grading your cards. Certain types of wear are almost impossible to see without high intensity light. In particular, micro-indents, corner separation, and holo print-lines are often overlooked by inexperienced collectors. Regardless of the grades, it's always exciting to see a returns video!
Right on! Best wishes with future submission. @@TCV_Collectibles
Any recommendations off Amazon?
I use a blacklight pen flashlight. I bought it for Amazon. It was 2 for $12. Note I bought one before those and it didn’t work the well. I think with the right blacklight you can see any whiting. Even the smallest spots. I would get a jewelers loop too.
Which company would you reconmend as the most fair for grading cards?
@@Rinickulous1106 The big three are equally "fair" but also imperfect and emphasize certain conditional elements over others. PSA is the most widely embraced and generally has the best return when selling. However, PSA grades surface more strictly, especially for vintage. CGC is often stricter on cut (edges) and has two tiers of 10's: Gem Mint and Pristine. BGS is extremely difficult to grade in 10's and anything below a BGS 8 is basically a roulette wheel.
When sending cards in for grading, you only want to send off cards you believe will get a 9 or a 10, be harsh and vigilant when you decide what to send, if you see a nick, they will see a nick too, dont send it, any whitening any corner damage etc even a print line will downgrade the card, the key is to become a harsh pre grader of your own cards. Otherwise sell it raw and save the hassle! Cool vid bro 🎉
Love the idea of grading childhood cards. I honestly wish I wasn’t a dumb child and sold them all at a garage sale. I wouldn’t have minded grading my childhood zard and legendary birds.
Love these bulk psa reveal videos! Great content my dude!
trust me i got all mine stolen i often feel that feeling in my gut when seeing some old cards prices that i used to have. it made me not want to collect again but i just started again this year. a couple of friends started collecting and im happy its one of my hobbies again
@@binsteez8881 thats amazing!!! Not that you feel that sadness for the cards you had when you were younger. But great you decided to start collecting again. I started at the WRONG time, 2020, in the hype of it all. lol But havnt looked back and have been having so much fun collecting all the vintage cards I sold away as a kid. And now collecting new pokemon sets, and trying my hand at master sets now.
The best money making scheme I saw in this video was this PSA grading bull. $1500 for something less consistant than a schizophrenia ward.
It really is inconsistent. Plenty of videos breaking it down. The workers are paid pretty low and get like 1 minute per card so they just rush through this stuff.
It's seriously a borderline scam
You dont know what youre talking about and spreading misinformation. Stevie was very inexperienced and didn’t take surface into account. Every time he said a card wasn’t centered or was centered he was almost always wrong through the video. I vette my cards very hard and i consistently get back about 80-90% gem mints. It was a learning curve and took me many submissions before i started to take everything into account.
Grading is a scam
Appreciate the opportunity! So cool seeing cards from my youth also!
Love this! No matter what the score, it’s important to get these vintage cards protected. 10s are obviously hard to come by but this is a cool video!
Grading cards seems to have a steep learning curve, but good for you for encapsulating your childhood collection. Awesome opportunity for your viewers if they found the Easter egg in this video. Thanks!
Wtf. Easter egg? Why would I want an Easter egg? They would be rotten by now.
fun to see some of those old shadowless cards graded!
The surprise element on these vids is nice.
Appreciate it :) thanks for being here!
Really out here making moves to make cash always find myself coming back to your videos keep it up
Nothing against Stevie at all, amazing content. For the peeps, like me, who have an old binder you've had since 96 chock full of old pokemon cards, you're probably not in a position to spend the hundreds of dollars to get them graded if your goal is to sell them. With a good chance of spending more money than what they're actually worth. Just try and 'grade' them as best you can, comparing your cards to others, and just sell them.
loved the video man, been thinking about sending some cards in, so it was nice to see what to expect on a grading perspective. you were on a roll guessing those card grades though. keep up the good work and amazing videos brother !
Makes me wanna send all my cards in now love how they look in the slabs. I just recently got back into collecting again. Wish I knew what happened to my child hood cards. Thanks for the vid! I wouldn't mind that psa 8 stain glass birds XD GZ on two 10s on those.
If you don’t care about actually getting them graded, you can always buy the slabs yourself and make custom labels
tragic i would love that Grayados... congrats to winner
I feel like they were a little too harsh on a few of these cards.
Pretty brutal. But you got some awesome cards though! I agree that the stained glass cards is so sick!
Just found your channel it's 3 months later so I'm sure the card is gone but I'll still comment and say thanks for the video
you should crack that kogas ninja trick and send it in again , i've seen a guy that got 2 psa 5s on 2 screaming pikachus and they were perfect condition, and he resubmitted them and got 2 10s
Wow so cool!! You inspired me to start my own business!
if i graded my childhood collection it would prolly look the exact same. i feel the pain of not taking care of them enough.
It’s crazy your channel is about side hustles, and it’s only now that you decided to grade some of your collection
Been debating doing the same so this was insightful
Maybe try that rubbing solution Miracle Card Care and resubmit. Would be a cool video follow-up
You still open much faster than most RUclipsrs
Was fun to watch
It is amazing you were able to get 6-8's on your childhood collection. I'd be very surprised if a single card I had before my teens could rate anything higher than a 3. Nice!
I also think it’s impressive that he got such good scores on the old ones all my old ones are at most a 2
Use AGS Grading for most accurate AI grading and rating. Also tip, in holos look for scratch/print lines and even if the card is nice, if there’s a bent - auto 6 or lower
You’re awesome. Love the content, I’ve learned a lot from you.
sorting all my old vintage sets lately havent graded anything so good to watch
I’ve been watching you for a long time now thanks for keeping my grind up. Work hard play hard. Keep doing you man.🤙🏻🤙🏻
Gyarados is my favorite pokemon! Rad video dude, keep it up!
Yo Stevie some of those grades were rough but you got some bangers too loved the long vid tbh.
i love mid/low tier slabs so id love the gyrados, love your content
Insane to see how inconsistent the grading from psa can be, I definitely feel you when you said if the psa grader is having a bad day he can grade the card whatever he feels, definitely would be great if it were done by ai or if the card had to be graded by 2 psa graders and then that’s the only way it can be scored so one person having a bad day can’t ruin your life by giving your card a bad grade. Thanks for the great video first time watcher!
I refuse to grade cards until there is some guidelines and accountability. Grades mean nothing to me especially PSA. They are the worst for not giving cards the grade they deserve.
PSA use atleast 2 graders for every card
Still very nice to see how it turned out. Nice content!
Gave my little sister all my Pokémon cards when I “grew up” 😂
That gyarados is one I remember ! 😂
Getting childhood memories back. Favourite was gyrados in Pokemon silver
Thanks for the sacrifice, psa scares me
You didn’t add in the price of the card you didn’t get back yet. Love the video! Let’s go gyarados!!!
Only dealers get 10 grades. It's a pay to play program where those who submit lots regularly get the higher grades. Same goes with sports cards, coins etc.
Even though it’s a rough go these are protected and can be loved for many more years!
The childhood cards are nice to have still all these years later
Watched the entire vid, Love that Koraidon SIR card.
Really enjoyed this video! Looking forward to more! ✌🏻😉
This was a blast to watch. Thanx.
Glad you enjoyed it! I had a hard time posting a 40min video since I'm so used to shorts but I'm trying to challenge myself to post more raw stuff like this!
Here we are for the content!
Still watching😂 i like your content ser. Easy going. Take care!
seeing childhood cards graded is cool
Don't be hating on that Magikarp. That's a very well known card and the Magikarp from Paldea is next level
The gradings on these cards are wildly inconsistent but enjoyed your collection.
I would love to get that 2nd Gyarados but the shipping will cost a lot 😂 (greetings from 🇮🇹🍕)
Well at least at the end of the day you have your childhood collection graded and protected!
Glad ya have childhood collection.. would give anything have mine back
id love one of those graded cards
Match gyarados in a 6 is kinda cool
You shouldve seperated them straight away so you could easily see a total.scpre on all the graded cards. Cool vid though!
I really want that Gyradose!
Love the collection too bad you couldn’t get better scores, but that’s the gamble.
Gyarados is OG
You win :). Let me know where to contact you and I'll get your info!
@@StevieSellsIG is best, messaged you back. Thank you!!!!
Use a black light it will show soooo much
Grading is tough. Enjoyed seeing it all tho.
I feel like grading is overly expensive for what it is. Not to mention, you could potentially lose money on the return if you figure in grading cost, shipping etc. I do love getting the cards back tho lol. We’re in the wrong business!
One of my friends had an ungraded Ancient Mew card
I play MTG but i like the art of Pokemon cards better. I only collect dittos :P
This was a tough grader. OR you had dents. Dents can be very small and hard to catch, but psa will catch them every time and dock serious points
This dude reminds me so much of myself. It’s crazy.
:)
:D I just discovered your videos! thanks for the content
Interesting I'm going with GRAAD instead :)
Ayo for the Gyarados!
You can keep the psa 6 but great video man. Lol
Pokemon cards.. First you spend a mortgage worth of money to get the cards you want , Then they turn up off centre, print lines or dinged corners. Even grading pack fresh cards is a lottery
I appreciate your appreciation. You kept me company during my whole lunch break. Good stamina with the long form video. I would love a Shadowless Gyarados!
Gyrados is my favorite! Great video on what people can expect
I want dat gyarados :O
Did you get the missing card back yet? I'm asking because I've seen so many dudes making videos talking about how PSA robbed them for shit I will never send anything to those scumbags just off principle. I can't let something like that slide so to save myself a charge I'll go through 1 of the others.
There shouldnt be forgiveness, doesn't matter if it was scarlet&violet cards or base set cards they should all be graded at the same consistency
Gimme that magicarp nowwwwww
Give us another update on the value each year
Me robaron mi colección en el colegio :(, extraño los viejos tiempos. Saludos desde 🇵🇪
Where do you send your cards to get graded? I have a ton I would like a grade on
PSA is the company
great video fam!
They’re suppressing the market, on 10’s
On purpose. To continue the market growth, for vintage.
Your cards are great; simply a victim of time
so how much does grading 50 cards cost for example ?
This why I grade with bgs
Love your content. Hope to get the gyarados 😄😄
I want that water snake 🐍 💧
The people at PSA and other companies get paid like $12 an hour and get like a minute per card so its not surprising at all that its so incredibly inconsistent.
Its ashame because PSA used to seem better but once the big pandemic rush happened and then prices like atleast doubled its gotten pretty suspect.
Its a borderline scam. If people want to get their cards graded we seriously need to look into using other companies and not using PSA or the other 2 big companies just because of potential resale value. Them having no competition in the grading market will make thingd worse
Crazy I got a 9 on my gold metal Charizard
Who's to know if those are the actual ones you originally sent in?
I mean I have footage of the whole stack card by card that I took before sending it in 😭. I guess I can post that too
@StevieSells I was more or less saying that who's to say that yours wasn't a 10 but the card was replaced with a 9. I'm not questioning your honesty. There's too much room for the unknown to happen with the current system.
ahhh i see what you're saying. very true. i think it's best to take pictures of your cards before sending them in. @@soltiscd
@@StevieSells I can see the title to the video now... "How It All Started" as you seek the truth! 😆
I want to card because I like that card. That’s my favorite card.
How do I know which Gyrados 6 I am going to win.... you have like 10 of them ;p
Seemed like you send in many knowing they werent centered and almost expected 10s or had some whitening. They were never gonna get that 10.
You got hit with the dirty 4s. They dont even look at some and just give the card a 4. Look into it. Big scaaaam
I'm still watching 💨 giv free card 😂
Love the vid mans
Is CGC worth the grading
All cool!
Tough grades!
can I have one of the gyarados
Will pick someone in a couple days :)
I am commenting for the guards 🎉
Whitening is the worst....grad drops the most from
Watch Collection pls