I Cracked $50,000 in Slabs to Try to Make $100,000💰Here’s What Happened….
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- An insane PSA-BGS Grading crossover experiment! Geoff takes $50,000 worth of slabs, cracks them open, resubmits them and reveals the grades.
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We did a video on alot of grading companies cases being in water for 5 hours and the Landry. Watch it before you select your grading company.
This video was one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen. Definitely showed my what I wondered many many times about crossovers. Thanks and I’ll definitely check out your website to get some of mine graded for the first time
I'd have the Tua autographed at a private signing and PSA auto the grade only and go from there.
Do you accept non sports cards such as Pokemon or Magic to be submitted through grading through your bulk grading service?
@@former5-0trustjesuschrist57 but you're just randomly making that assumption. You have no idea.
I typically soak the slab in diesel fuel and light it on fire....once I feel like the slab is melted down to the actual card, I use a fire extinguisher to put it out. Then I pull the card out and use turtle wax to clean it with a soft brillo pad. Once cleaned, I submit the card to HGA and typically receive a Gem Mint grade. But that is just me.
lololololol
Thats a lie, HGA doesnt give out any Gem Mint grades.
one of the funniest takes I've read anywhere. I can't stop freaking laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣..... thank you for making my day!
Omg you so funny😮
I pee on mine
Jesus is the savior
All the grading companies say their grading is all subjective, the problem is these are mostly new hires with no experience
Yep agreed new hires who have never seen certain cards as well which makes it way worse
@@deep3reviews This is why you have to have a senior grader whose been grading for years... preferably over a decade. double check the grade before it is sent back to the customer. I don't know about PSA, BGS, or CSG, but as stated by SGC's president Peter to Geoff in that behind-the-scenes videos SGC does have a pair of 15+ year "veterans" double checking all the cards before they are sent back. It's not a perfect system but eliminates some of the subjectiveness of only having one person with potentially little experience.
The problem IS that grading is subjective. If there was a science to it, each grading company would give the same grade for the same card.
No, they must give expensive cards to experienced guys, that's just common sense
The money they make and the value of these cards should justify paying graders more, but they would need to go through some extensive training.
What's interesting here is that Geoff was able to contact PSA about why his card was graded a certain way (15:33 mark), but us normal folks can't get an explanation of grades from PSA at all. PSA says they don't have that information, but clearly they do.
It's called clout. It's just the way it is and will always be. Life isn't fair.
All companies cater to RUclipsrs. It's annoying but with all the eyes focused on RUclips that's how it goes
If you have a very expensive card or coin grading company's 100% respond faster i have a top pop ancient gold coin literally the only one graded in the world and they responded so fast.
I sent an email with pictures of a card with a similar card mine was graded as a MC which was not . They did reply to me to resubmit raw as the grader had his own opinion on my card WTF .
Use a thinner flathead, AND ALWAYS crack with GLOVES EYEWEAR and put the slab INSIDE a ziplock bag when cracking!
All very good advice
Doug is a wild man! Some country boys just don't learn til they lose an eye!
I'd just us a drill a small hole then pry with a eye glass screwdriver and use like a crowbar it comes off easy
@Clint Clinty that might work as well
Incompetence is running sky high right now with PSA graders so anything is possible -- which is what everyone who's paying attention has seen lately.
“What it means” is that PSA can’t tell with 100% certainty if a card is trimmed or not. That’s a problem. They got fooled on some 2021 nfl contenders autos and it went public and now they’re just throwing out that cards are “trimmed” it’s bs. We should expect more from the “top” company that we pay the most for fees and wait the longest for turnaround times.
problem is with a monopoly, they don't care. They have all the market share they could want.
Beckett is awful at determining if cards are trimmed awful.
Hold on. Why would you “trim” a card unless you were trying to cheat? Any card undersized by manufacturer, or purchased is “altered”. That is the price honest collectors pay for the cheaters. Any altered card is simply not worth grading.
SGC all the way.
Simple fix. ..all collectors dump psa and use the best grading company SGC. Collectors that have been collecting long than 4 years know this. Even if a card is graded I still examine the card. If expensive enough then with my loupe.i care about the condition of the card. Not what some 3rd party guy says. I have my own set of eyes. All you need is magnifying glass and black light n loupe
I think PSA needs to create a new grading category outside of “Trimmed”. If a card is for sure trimmed then label it as a trimmed card. If they think it was mis cut or under sized from panini/Topps/UD/Leaf or whoever but not trimmed then it should be labeled as such and just just labeled as trimmed.
Trimmed comes with a stigma of the card being altered which I think pushes buyers away for sure. A must cut or undersized label would not be a harsh in my opinion.
It would be great if they could blast the companies on the back for bad off centers or anything else. Like " Severe off-center done by panini quality control " "Holo foil cut short by Topps quality control" & keep a database on it. To show how many cards we all get are way past what they charge.
You ever get a card and it was too big? I got a Waddle that won't even fit in a one touch, cause it's a bit too tall. Panini cut it horribly
@@CryptoChef99lol thats what makes mint cards have value though its luck of the draw. Would be kinda lame if everyone had perfect cards wouldn't it
The fact you can do that tells you how fucked card grading is. It's damn near a scan or criminal.
Very true, especially when you advertise this practice, it opens a can of worms in my opinion, you wanna to keep submitting until u can deceive the grading companies so you can deceive the future buyer 😂. My eyes do all the grading I need anyways, if people want to pay way more because it says PSA 10 even though the card looks like the same as a PSA 9 or PSA8 or even raw, then that’s on them. Getting magnify glasses out is too extreme, I get it for vintage cards when people didn’t take care of them and whatnot, you wanna check for fakes or coloring, shit like that, but these days it goes from pack to top loader not to binder or bike spokes 😂
Yea its a joke
@@KMK623 grading the card really has nothing to do with the grade of the card. Like you said , there could be no difference between an 8, 9 or 10. If you never plan on selling, it probably doesn't matter to you. But say in 10 years you do, that 10 will theoretically make that card increase in value at a larger percentage than an 8 or 9. It depends on the card of course.
I'm with you in that this crossing over of cards back and forth hurts the hobby unless there was a way of actually tracking this. There's cards that have higher pops than actual cards produced...
Agreed... Possible survivorship bias. Only those making profit are more likely to share the story.
@@KMK623 paul you nailed it 🙌🙌
Doesn’t this really mess with the pop count? For a sports card investor I feel like this drops the value of the cards because now technically you have 2 9.5 bgs woods cards
yep, pop count can never be accurate with all these crossover attemps. it's all smoke and mirrors at this point.
It sure does POP counts are so far off that you should not even care about them unless it's a low numbered card.
I heard once that if you send the labels back to PSA they will remove the card from the pop. No clue if that's true or not.
@@HereForAStorm true
Never rely on pop counts, it's ridiculous to do so. So many people resubmit
This is why grading is a sham.
If you crack, you should be able to send the old graded label in so it can be taken out of the pop count.
Cracking its over saturating the pop counts.
AGREED!!!
Pop report is a scam in itself PSA uses it to control values
They already do that.
Great point👍👍
If you send in the label, they will remove it from the pop count.
HOW DARE YOU POINT ANY FINGERS.... THIS IS ALL YOU BUDDY. ABD YOU ARE NOT GOOD AT THIS
What are you commenting on, exactly?
Awesome video. I'm sure we all appreciate not having to wait months to see the results
It's crazy that PSA was too nervous/scared to authenticate that Tiger Woods card, but now they're going start authenticating Michael Jordan Star "rookie" cards??? 🤔
#TheHobbyist
Glad you got back the 9.5 on the Tiger Woods, but for some reason the once "10" auto is now a "9", and the surface grade is now a half point lower. That, along with the Soto coming back at a 9... just shows how grading process can be subjective. It kind of makes you wonder how accurate the multi-stage grading process really is, and if in some cases you just have to get lucky... and have the right graders on the right days.
fr. I am new to cards and i have no idea why everyone gives these companies so much money. at the end of the day it comes down to one person's choice lol
Its a flawed system but if buyers are willing to pay extra for a highly graded card then cardholders will continue to pay these grading companies for their subjective grades. Also once a card gets graded, it doesnt mean the card stays that grade but people still take the slab grade on its face value.
And if PSA doesnt give subgrades, why are they most favoured than other grading companies? I have plenty of high end cards but still havent decided if I'll be a sheep and grade them like everyone else
Oh, you definitely have to get lucky…
@@mrshorty4313 Agreed I feel like SGC is more consistent. CSG is on it's way too.
Yeah I didn’t notice the drop in the auto grade until after. You are right though.
Wait a minute wasn’t tiger a BGS 9.5 10 auto. You got back a BGS 9.5 9 auto
Yes sir it was Didn’t mention it And what did he say ? Ah consistency Right…
Thank you Beckett? Thank you PSA? For what, proving how subjective grades are?
So moral of the story is to not crack and resubmit 🤣
Best Sports cards video I have seen in a while
Shouldn’t the value of all cards in a population decrease when the population increases?
When you crack cards, if you send the grading label into the grading company they’ll remove it from their pop report
only a little, depends on the pop though
If you are implying the card should be graded lower the 2nd time it is graded when the population has presumably increased, the answer is no! Population should have no basis on the grading of a card, only condition. If population factored into grading than that would imply these “unbiased” graders from PSA/BGS are manipulating the market. Hopefully I understood your question.
@@MikeyG9 In my mind, human nature tells me that they would be more apt to give a 9 as opposed to a 10 when the pop count is higher, in wanting to keep the pop low and rarity higher... wether they are conscious of it or not, humans are fallible... and mood dictates a lot of emotion and response, no way they can be 100% non subjective.
I think they should but then again i hate graded( opinions ) cards and i refuse to own any
so does cracking a slab and resubmitting the card falsely increase the pop count of submitted card?
@Clint Clinty nobody will do it because of grading company biase. Does PSA want to give a better grade on a card than BGS? Or vice Versa? I would think not...therefore it doesn't make sense to leave in slabs
The size thing with PSA is ridiculous now. I had a similar situation, but not a big card. They have far too many new graders with no experience. Just sad and why I have pulled back from PSA.
i use beckett
Instead of a flat head screw driver, I use a decent size pocket knife(its thinner then the flat head). Also, I am too scared to crack BGS 9.5s because you never know with PSA what grade they will give a card.
The thing is that a pocket knife is smaller and would need more force to pop the Slab..I myself like that size screwdriver but with a more flathead....
I go around the edges with a bottle opener to break the seal. It’s a lot more easy and safe to pry open
I don't know why you are so happy with the tiger woods back with a 9.5 (with a 9 sub) and auto 9 when you had a true 9.5 with auto 10. And the auto 9 label is heavily damaged lol.
It’s better than the alternative! I didn’t notice it was an auto 9 at that moment. That does stink.
Was waiting for the piece of slab to hit Jeff in the eye. You need safety glasses for that stuff.
The Tiger was originally a 9.5/10 and then the 2nd time around it was a 9.5/9.
I enjoy seeing the results of crossover videos. The one thing I can’t understand is why people are still using screwdrivers and jamming them into the case. A painters 5-in-1 tool works much better. The wide blade can be used as leverage to easily pop the case open without risk of jamming the tool into the area of the card.
I expect you'll be doing a video on the 1986 Fleer Basketball box break at the National ? I respect you, I love your content, your education and mostly what you do for the kids. However ignoring this will only give credence to the people who say all you care about is money and not the hobby itself.
Yea that was clearly repacked. Never buy expensive wax to sit on. A lot of it is repacked or searched.
Every grading card company is a scam and monopoly. You could have 10,000 michael jordan rookies and non come back a 10. But yet you get a super rare 1 of 1 card and it suddenly becomes a 10. The chances of a 1 of 1 card coming back a 10 should be almost impossible, yet it happens all the time with 1 of 1 cards. Just to boost the market.
BGS is more consistent with their grading in my opinion, cuz they show you the sub-grades
What happens to the pop counts when a card is crossed over? There's no way to track what it was previously graded as, so the numbers in pop don't reflect any changes over time for reslabbing?
Never have
The pop reports are not accurate. People do crack and submit to other grading companies. It does not matter for a high pop card but for a low pop, it does.
Nothing wrong with this practice if you would put up with the gamble, effort and time,
My take is if you have a Bgs 9.5 keep it as it is. More power Fellow collectors and SCI
I'm not sure because several years ago I crossovered a 86-87 Fleer Magic Johnson BGS 9.5 to a PSA 10. You never know
Why Would PSA Allow A Card That's Already Been Graded By Them and Serial #'d (aka Tua Green Select /5) To Be ReSubmitted For Grading?
Considering There's Only 5 Made, They Would See Documentation In Their System That The Particular Card Has Already Been Graded.
I Didn't Know That Could Be Done.
Only a rookie hobby newbie cash grabber would crack a BGS 9.5 to get a PSA 10. Just a few years ago and for decades prior the norm was BGS 9.5 all day over a PSA 10. Wake up hobby. Most all other companies have lower pop reports on average of the same card. Scarcity is what creates value coupled with accurate and precise grading. People (newbies) are buying PSA grades for monetary gains, no regard for who has the strictest standards, best turnaround time, best customer service, best price. Why don’t we discuss who graded 50 million cards in one year and held them hostage until they were damn near worthless. Let’s talk about the PSA slabs flooding the market right now from all the people who didn’t pay to pick up their stuff after waiting forever. Lastly it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand what’s going to happen if the pop report is ever truly updated. Hey there Geoffrey 👍
It's like breaking up with your girlfriend thinking you can upgrade and then you realized you missed your old girlfriend 😂
Less than 5% of "collectors" send the labels back when doing this whole "crack/resubmit". POP reports are more skewed than ever and the only cards you should have cracked were the Brady and OVi. Kind of a bone head move to crack the Soto and especially the Tiger. You played yourself here.
I’m sure he did it for the channel and views
So he should’ve only cracked the cards he made money on? And shouldn’t have touched the cards he lost money on? Well no sh!t captain obvious, that’s like saying you should’ve put your money on black after the wheel stopped, and landed on black.
Please wear safety glasses 🤓 when cracking slabs. Awesome video thanks for sharing
We (the hobby) need to boycott PSA until they get their shit together. I have a fake LeBron draft day rookie PSA graded 8… it’s clearly a fake card
Can I get a shout-out I am an aspiring baseball card RUclipsr who feels like I am push away from being a home page RUclipsr. Thank you!
How does it impact the population counts by resubmitting cards?
Population Reports are all off because of this regrading and crossovers
On expensive cards like the Tiger woods, why dont they get multiple graders to look at it? You spend so much money I do not get it. For the money it costs to grade why dont they have 5 graders evaluate it and vote on the grade?
Cracked open Two BGS 8.5 Jordan Fleer RCs. Both with 9.5 centering. Submitted both to PSA at last year’s National in Chicago hoping for PSA 9s…
Well…
One came back altered, other came back trimmed…. I was devastated… 😭
So, this year’s National, I have resubmitted both to Beckett hoping for 8.5s…. They both received 8.5 but I lost .5 pts this time… 😓
It is a gamble for sure, so at the end, I simply wasted 1700 in grading fees… 😭
That makes no sense that they came back 2 different things because trimming a card is altering it, right? Did they give you codes for both? And they charged you still for both, correct? I recently got back a N5 aka "altered stock" on a Ripken rookie for someone that ripped from a pack when he was a kid, and it's been in a sleeve & top loader since. But I also had an UD Brady rookie came back "EVID TRIM" but no code, too. But the most frustrating is ultra-modern cards coming back ungraded like a Burrow Select that we had come back with the N5.
I just wish they would give you an explanation as to why they didn't grade...or maybe they do if you just ask? Like when I get upcharges, I always ask how they got to the new price and PSA is very prompt in getting back to you the comps used. But ya, nothing really worse in grading than your card coming back "gradeless".
Great video tho, I am all about cracking BGS SGC HGA CGC slabs to send to PSA, it is a VERY lucrative part of the hobby if you know what you're doing. We have a video cracking an HGA 9.5 Brady Select Cosmic that really was an eye-opener lol
@@GemRippers Grading companies love guys like you...
@@robdemare8250 It's a mutual love my friend!🤑
I thought I've heard that PSA has two different graders look at each card without the other knowing what the other grader thought? So does that mean two different people independently thought that Woods card should be graded just Authentic? That's loco. Or are they just saying they have two graders looking at these cards when it's really just one.
I just had a card I got from a Prizm football break come back from PSA as trimmed. I put the card up against another prizm card and the card is the slightest bit shorter from top to bottom. I doubt the breaker trimmed it and I certainly didn’t trim it so I guess it’s just a factory defect
I bet that's it, brother. I got a Waddle black/purple /199, and it was actually a tad too tall for a One Touch. It was a tiny bit taller than my other prizms when I put them up against eachother as well. I just collect, so I should've learned how to trim it, cause I tried to trim it so it would fit in my one touch, and I totally destroyed it😂 Live and learn, baby!
Here is the problem with grading… it’s all subjective… if a card was a 9 on Monday and encased, it should be a 9 on Tuesday. This is just a money grab from these companies and these “investors” flippers are the problem! I can’t blame the grading companies. If you want to give me money for my opinion on something I have the time. Let alone be crazy enough to crack a case and send it back and then pay another fee to do so!! It is these so called “investors” that are ruining the hobby for whom the hobby was targeting (kids and true collectors).
Great vid! Just cracked a curry topps rookie psa 7 and sent it to bgs hoping to get an 8.5
I hope it works!
Goodluck let us know what it gets
Hey Geoff not being sponsored or anything but next time you do this I would reccomend using kurts card care it completely helps the grades Ive used it and ive cracked slabs that were 8's then used the card care and it came back 10
Agreed btw. Great products
Can you do this with the same card and get it graded at PSA, BGS, CSG, and SGC? Would be interesting to see how different the same card gets graded by different companies.
And then over again to each company to prove that a different grader at the same company will give a different score.
And then over again to each company to prove that a different grader at the same company will give a different score.
Hey Geoff, if I submit to grade with you all, what are the policies on if the card was to get lost or stolen ?
The one that comes to mind is a Dak field level sliver RC. It was graded BGS 9. I offered the guy $450 for it but he declined in favor of eBay auction. I won the auction for $240. I cracked the slab and crossed it to a PSA 10.
This is fun!
Yo
Always think it's funny when an autograph gets graded. "You didn't sign your name well enough so we're giving you a 9."
This video is all u need to see that grading is a joke!
And a little bit of advice you guys really need to have psychic glasses on when you do this I learned that the hard way lol
To me this just shows how much of a joke grading cards is and how over-valued graded cards actually are.Why buy a PSA 10 card for thousands of dollars when i can buy a CSG,SGC, or even A RAW card for considerably less. Its also crazy to me that PSA cards are the most coveted but they give good grades to cards that other companies see flaws in kindve doesnt make sense
Exactly graded cards are so over valued. Its just a slab and the grading process is a big cash grab to begin with
Because you’re smart. Other people, not so much.
Exactly.
Callaway golf has Ai computers scan all the balls now for a final check before leaving the factory... why can’t card companies use this type of tech?
I'm always waiting for your videos to come out
Wild I just thought about if you uploaded. And new video came up lol. Thanks for the content bro!
Don't do anything you saw in this video
Yeah, the video says that at the very beginning
very nice we now have tutorials on how to manipulate the system .
It is a nice example for the younger ones.. (can wait to show my kids this awesome tutorial) the past 3 years has exposed lots and lots dirty tricks and as a kid this is not a good way to teach morals and values. lets go !
Dirty tricks? If you own the slabs you can do whatever you want with them. Its your money, your possessions.
I would not roll the dice be happy with what you buy
Lol who’s this guy in the blue shirt with the stank face
Geoff “Card Trimmer” Wilson
Nice to see what happens with some big cards trying to get crossed. Crossed a Trae Young Blue velocity rookie BGS 9 to a PSA10. Centering had an 8.5 and all other subs were 9.5. Thanks for sharing!
yea just shows as i’ve seen many cards the past few years centering is a joke to psa
@@scottjohnston2799 PSA is the grading company for flippers and "investors"
@@eurostar0711 to an extent collectors still like a psa slab
And now I see why people just keep cracking/resending until they get the grades they want...its so darn random and objective based on the grader. How can that Soto be graded a GEM MINT + 9.5 and then down to a BGS 9? LOL
i cracked a bgs 9 curry topps rc . i was shaking so much. came back psa 8
This was a great video. It had all the ingredients in it to make it watchable - drama, intrigue, plot twist and a happy ending.
I would never pay twice to grade a really expensive card. The upcharge is ridiculous
I broke about 4 cases and ruined one of the cards in the process. It's risky breaking cases at least for me.
I like how they converted some PSA cards to BGS and BGS to PSA
Nice to see the Tiger come back a 9.5 but they dinged the auto grade one notch down to 9 from 10.
Yeah I didn’t notice that at the time but you’re right they did :(
@@SportsCardInvestor yes that part was unfortunate as it looked to have a very crisp autograph but kudos to you overall for doing this high end crossover experiment & great job on the OV it still has alot of room for growth as he will be breaking some records to come.
Very cool idea for a video. Love this type of stuff
Have you ever cracked a PSA 10 in hopes of a BGS 10? 🤣
lol I have a Luka Green Prizm RC that a 3rd party said was the cleanest one he's seen. It got a PSA 10 but I don't have the nerve to crack it!
I’m not sure if I love graded cards more now, or hate the whole process completely. ..
It all seems so subjective. Destroys my confidence a bit
@@rdjess I wonder if joe grader gets dumped by his girlfriend, has too many beers watching sunday night football or has a sick family member how different a card gets graded.
And how intently you look at a 25k card vs a 300$ card.
Computer grading seems likely
Yet will be programmed by humans
How much did the grading fees eat into your profit? Also, not sure if it was addressed, but why did BGS drop the Tiger auto grade at the end?
For the future I do recommend using the snips on both of the top corners. It makes it much easier to separate🙏🏼
Solid advice.
Beckett and psa should do something to the slabs where they can't get broken open. This is the trash that needs to stop. I'm willing to bet grading will start disappearing in the next few years because of tools like this.
That screwdriver is ludicrous 😆
Comically oversized
This might be a silly question will stuff like this affect the pop count on greaded cards?
Great video though keep up the good work i like your videos
Step one - put slab in a slab bag BEFORE cracking so shards don't fly everywhere
Geoff, should I crack my 1986 Jose Canseco rookie graded BGS 5, and submit it to PSA and hope for a 6? Is this a solid long term play?
Do not bother. U r paying more for the cost of grading than the card’s worth. U can get a higher grade Conseco on Ebay than the cost of grading. Thanks
Nothing you have mentioned is a solid long term play! 🤙 you’d probably be better off getting a bag of marbles for a long term play
Great video I loved it!
Wow, that Soto was a True Gem Plus Plus, and it came back a BGS 9? I hope PSA didnt damage the card.
Let this be a lesson that you should just leave it alone
I had a 86 fleer that was previously slabbed as a 8.5. I crossed it to PSA and they said trimmed. I sent the trimmed holder to sgc and they actually called me and said do you just want it in a holder? They were confused. I told them I had a former PSA grader look the cars up and down and he said, “I don’t see ANYTHING! NOTHING! That would deem this trimmed. He said all cards have little things that could be determined as messed with, but he said the fibers were perfectly consistent and he straight told me that they were wrong.
I told Sgc, I just want you to grade it as you see fit. He didn’t want to hear any story he just didn’t understand my intentions. He indicated it was likely just going to come back trimmed. He called me back and said, they had to grade it. They looked at it and they couldn’t find any evidence of trimming at all.
Well, PSA charged me $1k and then I paid expedited shipping both ways with insurance, about $350. Then I had to pay SGC a couple hundred I think.
So PSA and their ridiculous propensity to just slap altered or authentic on stuff for CYA reasons, cost me around $1600 in total. The company is terrible and when this ridiculous cost difference fades away, they will have to be a much more decent company. And their grading consistency is terrible. BGS is actually extremely consistent. SGC is consistent but so freaking hard. I’m not sending cards there anymore either. I sent about 50 80s and 90s Jordan’s that just got butchered. Tons of 8.5s and the ones I didn’t care about got 9s. Like 4 tens out of the whole order. With sgc, you have to get a 10 to make money off their grading on 80s and up. A 9.5 can sometimes make something, but rarely, so I’ve found them pointless. PSA is ok for lower value cards that are perfect, but you may get a 7 or a 10. My cousin sent the same card in 3x PSA 8, PSA 7, PSA 9. How does that happen. The card was beautiful, perfect corners, surface amazing, slight top to bottom off. They are just not consistent for the very obvious reason they are hiring way more people off the street for $20/hr. Yes, they train them and have more eyes on it but it was determined that PSA spends less than 30 seconds per person per card. That is astounding!
So PSA did indeed charge you when they said the card was trimmed? A friend had a card come back, unslabbed, with one of those indecipherable codes...which, when researched, meant it wasn't the right size. It was straight out of a pack, etc. and when compared to other cards, exactly the same. BUT, they didn't charge him; so, while it still sucked, he was only out shipping.
@@cardgirl2890 nope, I absolutely got charged.
I believe PSA is trying to mold their rep as tough graders for card collectors to continue justifying the high prices that PSA10s are getting. They're controlling the POP for high profile cards... which is widely known now.. and when people see what PSA10s go for, it entices more people to send to them hoping for that payday.
Hellllooo
Grading fees was 50k lol
Fantastic show! All guts Paisano; God Bless! Keep up the great work, truly enjoy watching your videos. Of course, you have cost me a fortune bringing me back into the arena. LOL
I think you need to crossover the ovechkin to psa see if you can get a 10 with those subgrades being 9.5's minus the centering
Early on the grades show some good consitency between the two companies when it comes to the grades. That Soto just shows how PSA is 10 or bust a lot of times. Subgrades do matter.
Instead of just cutting one corner it’s a lot easier to lift if you cut both the top corners.
would be interesting to see how PSA and BGS responds to this enlightening video. don't think they will be too happy with it. way to shake things up and maybe improve their inconsistencies! BGS seems to be all over the place with that Soto.
So Wait a minute you had a true gem 9.5 and decided to trim the card lol lol
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@@deezroastedchestnuts189 I don't think you meant to tag me
Lmaooooooo, you guys are lucky you didn’t learn any harder lessons. First of all, WEAR EYE PROTECTION WHEN SNAPPING CASES, this is very dangerous. Second, tougher the card, tougher the grade. You’re right about PSA, they are so so so scared to continue grading trimmed and altered cards. Yet they still grade trimmed cards daily, it’s pretty disturbing.
Never take big chances on big name cards you lost the perfect 10 auto on the Tiger Woods & the Soto got bumped to a lower grade. 😩💸
Grading is a joke
To try and make $12,000
Hello! I’m a young collector just getting into the hobby. What advice do you have for me?
Don't ask people on RUclips for advice. That would be where I would start. 😏
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So there might be a trimmed $15,000 tiger woods auto out there in a BGS gem holder? Lol