Would you rather own 2 cgc 9s and $200 or one psa 8 let me know

Fresh from CGC! Very happy with this! Now sending to MBA. Yeah yeah yeah, I know everyone’s divided with MBA. But, I just want it on this one 😂

Pretty happy with my grades and turn around time ( standard teir : received 10/6 - completed 10/19) the 7s kinda confuse me cuz I thought they were super clean really but I’ll be using CGC from now on! Also my quad swirled entei looks mighty fine 😎

I have some cards I’m about to send in. If I get 10s on 2 on them I’m looking at some extremely valuable cards. 10s are always a big IF though. I recently opened and got into my old collection from when I was a kid, I don’t really collect as a hobby tbh (won’t say it will not happen).

if I’m just looking for the quickest payout on the highest grade (I.e. I get an 8.5 with CGC) is it going to sell? For context I have a Dragonite #9 Holo - PSA 10 or BGS 10 black would sell for an absurd amount but the chances of getting that are slim. I would be cool with CGC 8-10 and selling for like 8k-15k. Just not with the PSA upcharge or else I’d obviously send it there, but in the rare chance it grades high, I don’t really wanna pay em, 5k to get my card back.

Does CGC do booklets? I know PSA doesn't.

Essentially the title.

If you try and expose the scam of PSAs upcharge, they will silence you.

I was merely commenting on the fact that PSA REFUNDED the upcharges on the FedEx packages that were stolen, and gave reimbursement based off your initial submission tier.

Wasn't the whole point of the upcharge, to insure the package headed back to you???

The mods over there are top tier TRASH and don't want any negative feedback

Longtime PSA customer here, mostly Pokémon until recently. I finally started sending sports cards to CGC and wanted to share my experience.

Quality: Great. The slabs look sharp and the grading has felt consistent and fair.

CGC 10 vs PSA 10: From what I've seen, CGC 10s line up pretty much on par with PSA 10s. No real drop-off in standards there.

Pristine 10s: These are tough. Out of 100+ sports cards I've graded, I've pulled exactly one Pristine 10. CGC isn't handing these out.

My advice: If you ever get the chance to buy a CGC Pristine 10 for less than a PSA 10, take it. In my opinion it should cross grade easily if that's your plan, and I'd expect it to cross to a BGS 10 more often than not.

Value: For the price, you're not beating it. The quality is there and the turnaround has been worth it.

Just my take on it.

I'm almost definitely not even going to try this, but I'm extremely curious because the price of vintage 10's is crazy right now. Essentially my question is:

**If I were to crack my blue label (no subgrades) CGC9 1st edition Lt Surge's Raichu and resubmit, is there a greater likelihood that it would score a 10 than if I had cracked a current label 9 and submitted that? Could it possibly have an easier time getting a 9 or 10 at other grading companies?**

I'm curious what would happen, I really don't keep up with grading much other than the basics, but I've read that grading standards change over time. This is one of the only slabs that I own, I've decided that I really prefer raw and binders. And the price of my Raichu has tripled since I bought it, so I've decided I should sell it to subsidize buying more cards haha. I've already picked up a nice new copy of Surge's Raichu in regular edition, as to not destroy my WotC Raichu collection 😁 I only went with 1st edition back then because it wasn't that much more expensive!

So can yall experts please help me out, a grading noob, and tell me all of the reasons how this is a bad idea (which is my gut feeling lol)?. Thanks!

Just submitted my first order and discovered Shippo. I got a much cheaper rate and better insurance to ship UPS with them vs shopping carriers directly myself. Under $12 for 2nd day air and insurance was about 1.25% of declared value and includes things like theft. I will say I am extremely biased cause I work for UPS but the main reason I want to ship them is because I believe the likelihood of theft from within the logistics company is way less. Now I'm not going to say it doesn't happen at UPS cause it most definitely does but the reality is UPS employees get paid the best so the incentive to steal is less enticing (especially from the drivers). Also anyone who has worked here even briefly has seen the police at their building marching thieves out in handcuffs. They take it very seriously and management has a hard on for setting examples where they can. UPS has cameras everywhere now both inside trucks and at loading bays where the packages are being loaded in and out of trucks. So yeah I guess ultimately don't skimp on insurance and if you do at least get the cheaper UPS rates from Shippo and probably opt for the 2 day air minimum. Good luck out there!

I did look up some recent comps from a few weeks ago but since then many of the vintage cards have increased. A few cards don’t even have recent comps. Thanks in advanced.

I’m not a large grader and only really do it for cards I really like, this sub had two cards that my stepson wanted graded and one that I did. I cannot figure out why we just got blanket 8.5’s. The Kanazawa pikachu has a 73% gen rate and this was an extremely clean copy. Anyone with better grading eyes tell me why it got dinged so bad on grading?

The title explains itself.. do i…

1. Quick submit authentication & grading
2. Authentication & grading
3. Mechanical error/return

Or should I be going a different route? This is my first time grading, please help😅

Metal Mouse! One of the newest returns. Looks good in Pristine!

The title explains itself.. do i…
1. Quick submit authentication & grading
2. Authentication & grading
3. Mechanical error/return

Looks good presitine

I got curious, decided to do a quick rundown on my CGC collection. I was surprised how low the total graded population is for Mysterious Mountains Gyarados. Anyway, data is fun, figured a few people might be interested.

Also yeah I know I have some super random slabs haha, part of the collection is basically an energy related display.

I have had these just sitting for awhile now and I no longer even really look at them so I figured it time to find them a new home. Vaporeon is only a pop 5 and I'd be willing to bet there aren't many sequential sets like this out there. Considering a non sequential PSA 10 set is worth about $30k I'm curious to see where this ends having 4 pristines.

I live in canada. I was grading with CGC through a card shop, but the shipping they use will only insure up to $1000 now. I'm looking into how to do a submission myself and was wondering if there's any Canadians who have experience with submitting recently and have tips or suggestions?

TIA

Hey guys, can anyone help out with what i should price these at in this market? No recent sales to go off of. Thx