I actually didn't realize that Lugia made a cameo on the Regidrago VSTAR card! It's so cool to look for all the subtle details in these cards, and really appreciate the artwork! Fantastic job, and I loved hearing how sentimental some of these were to you! :)
There is no reason to slab cheap cards or the cards you are keeping for your own collection, unless the card actually worth $100 or more, otherwise an one-touch magnetic holder with UV protection is more than good enough. For example, if you sell that trainer card for $32 on ebay, ebay will take out about $5 for fees, you will take out $16 for PSA, shipping cost will be at least $5 hopefully you charged the buyer for that. So you get about $6-11 depends on who pays shipping cost. If you sell the card raw for $13, ebay charges about $2.5 for fees, you can ship it in an ebay envelope with a toploader for about $0.7 . You get about $9.8 even if you pay for shipping cost. So you are pretty much just making PSA richer and doing bunch of extra work for no good reason.
I actually didn't realize that Lugia made a cameo on the Regidrago VSTAR card! It's so cool to look for all the subtle details in these cards, and really appreciate the artwork! Fantastic job, and I loved hearing how sentimental some of these were to you! :)
Appreciate the love! That’s my favorite thing about Pokemon. Every card is special in different ways to different people
There is no reason to slab cheap cards or the cards you are keeping for your own collection, unless the card actually worth $100 or more, otherwise an one-touch magnetic holder with UV protection is more than good enough. For example, if you sell that trainer card for $32 on ebay, ebay will take out about $5 for fees, you will take out $16 for PSA, shipping cost will be at least $5 hopefully you charged the buyer for that. So you get about $6-11 depends on who pays shipping cost. If you sell the card raw for $13, ebay charges about $2.5 for fees, you can ship it in an ebay envelope with a toploader for about $0.7 . You get about $9.8 even if you pay for shipping cost. So you are pretty much just making PSA richer and doing bunch of extra work for no good reason.
You are absolutely correct! Since I don’t sell cards, I mainly do it for my own OCD. Love seeing them in slabs with grades haha