Is it still worth it to send $3-$10 cards in for grading?
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Will people still send these in at $12-$15 each? At $8-9 each it was still risky for me. It just seems if you don't get a 10, you will definitely lose money. I'm spending my Saturday going through a ton of stuff and compiling a raw stack to sell. I'm a modern collector, so I don't know how this affects vintage. Even the guy who previews my cards is going up, which is fine. Your thoughts?
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I don't think so if you are just planning to sell.
Depends on the card. I just sent a few in. Some were Mike Trout some were star RCs I think have potential, and others were some 84 O-Pee-Chees. I had about 70+ I cut though that I would have sent in at $8-9. This is going to completely stop me from grading my Heritage Action sets and newer player runs as well.
Not only have the fees gone up, but it seems that 10's are MUCH harder to get. With the current collectors only being interested in 10's, that makes having a disastrous submission more probable than before.
It depends on each persons "need" for a potential profit, his ability to pre-grade his cards, and the how much of a gambler he is.
10's seem pretty hard to get, so when I send in, I look at the prices 9's are going for, I also look at the population report and if a card is low pop, I might take a chance. In looking at some of the posted results of late, LOTS of 9's not many 10's. This is much worse than a 3-4 dollar rise in fees imo.
Unless it's a card I want to keep in my personal collection, I don't send in anything that doesn't sell for at least $30-40, and at worst are a break even in a 9. I have also stopped sending anything in that doesn't look perfect and I have a friend look over my cards for defects that I missed.
My current 171 card sub (if it ever gets done) will tell me a lot. If I don't get enough 10's to make up for the lower graded cards, I will re evaluate.
when you say modern, what are we talking exactly? a bunch of rc base cards of young studs that might have potential or base refractors of some vets?
This is so true. I have about 1500 modern cards that i have not looked at in years. I am going to so now. i know that I have the Canseco and Jeter rookies but not sure about condition. Both came from packs.so there is hope_
Unless you are leaving for your grandkids, I don't know why you would grade them. Unless, of course you have unlimited funds and time.
As a Registry Player Set collector, I used to buy common card PSA 10s a few years ago at $10-20 when grading was bulk $5-6 (100+) but with PSA raising costs the people selling are now asking for $40. That's too much of a mark up so I still send 50+ card subs every few months.
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I could not agree more as this has been my experience. It has still been to this point a large net positive for me, but to act like the mark has not moved is for me, and those who have subbed historically, the equivalent of sticking your head in the sand. I am much more likely to look for a particular card in the grade I want first rather than trying to sub for myself if at all possible. Basically this factor even more so than the price increase is going to fundamentally change the way in which I build my collection.
Yep -- I think a lot of us could handle the increase in fees, if we felt like we had the same chance at getting a 10 that it seemed we had prior to the last few months..
It's no secret that review submissions expand the market for PSA services and fees but I haven't seen it harder to get tens on my end. Maybe...harder to get good raw stuff? IDK
I have seen the g.o.d. a few times but a lot of those are crack and resubmit, getting decent results the next time around.
When they cost 5/6 bucks a pop it wasn't a big deal but at $10 reviews won't be practical since most of my stuff is inexpensive registry player stuff.
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i send 10 cents cards for grading LMAO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
yeah, clearly we can crack and submit, that does entail spending more money