When I graded these cards in March CGC's Bulk prices were 12€, which includes all cards that have a value of 250€ or less. The Economy tier that includes all cards valued up to 1000€ is 15€. They are now also adding VAT into those prices so the actual prices for those tiers would be 14,3€ and 17,9€. You also get 10% off of grading costs if you are a CGC member. The cheapest membership costs 25€. There are also shipping fees that you have to pay to and from the submission center. I paid about 30€ per packet sending my cards to CGC Munchen from Finland and they charged me 55€ for insured return shipping. So there are quite a bit of different costs that add up. Sending a lot of cards in the same submission helps getting the actual price per card price down. You can check www.cgccards.de/submit/services-fees/cgc-grading/ for more info. For PSA the cheapest grading price is $15 for cards valued $200 and less. The under $500 tier costs $19 but the biggest difference compared to CGC is the $500-$1000 tier that costs $75 (compared to CGC's $15 price). For the cheapest tiers you also need to be a part of their "Collectors Club" which costs $149 per year as well. Shipping costs also are higher when sending to California from Europe and I need to pay Finland's 24% VAT for the grading and return shipping costs as well. I've sent my cards to PSA when they have had a $14 special for Pokemon cards. I sent about 90 cards and in total and for me the grading cost all expenses included was ~20€ per card. Again sending more cards reduces the price per card because you reduce the fixed costs per card (CC membership, shipping). For more info on PSA grading costs go to www.psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading I'm sending more cards to PSA any day now so I think I'll do a tutorial video on sending and all the costs included at the same time.
How much does it cost to grade cards? Is it bulk? Can you give a little insight?
Great Video btw! Nice
When I graded these cards in March CGC's Bulk prices were 12€, which includes all cards that have a value of 250€ or less. The Economy tier that includes all cards valued up to 1000€ is 15€. They are now also adding VAT into those prices so the actual prices for those tiers would be 14,3€ and 17,9€. You also get 10% off of grading costs if you are a CGC member. The cheapest membership costs 25€. There are also shipping fees that you have to pay to and from the submission center. I paid about 30€ per packet sending my cards to CGC Munchen from Finland and they charged me 55€ for insured return shipping. So there are quite a bit of different costs that add up. Sending a lot of cards in the same submission helps getting the actual price per card price down. You can check www.cgccards.de/submit/services-fees/cgc-grading/ for more info.
For PSA the cheapest grading price is $15 for cards valued $200 and less. The under $500 tier costs $19 but the biggest difference compared to CGC is the $500-$1000 tier that costs $75 (compared to CGC's $15 price). For the cheapest tiers you also need to be a part of their "Collectors Club" which costs $149 per year as well. Shipping costs also are higher when sending to California from Europe and I need to pay Finland's 24% VAT for the grading and return shipping costs as well. I've sent my cards to PSA when they have had a $14 special for Pokemon cards. I sent about 90 cards and in total and for me the grading cost all expenses included was ~20€ per card. Again sending more cards reduces the price per card because you reduce the fixed costs per card (CC membership, shipping). For more info on PSA grading costs go to www.psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading
I'm sending more cards to PSA any day now so I think I'll do a tutorial video on sending and all the costs included at the same time.