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Does Psa give better grades to bigger members?

tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
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Has anyone else besides me received cards usually bought on e-bay that they knew were less than the grade received from the bigger sellers. Now I don't want to name any names here but you know who I am talking about. I just bought a card that was supposedly a 1/1 which when I put it in the set registry it was a 1 of 2, But that is another story. Anyway the card looks more like a 4 than a 9. I wondered if someone when graded wrote a 4 and it was mistaken for a nine by the person who types up the card info. I would post a scan but i am at work, i may later...........
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  • bobsbbcardsbobsbbcards Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Does Psa give better grades to bigger members? >>



    First off, how would they know whether you had a bigger member or not? image
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  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I was getting 7s and 8s but after I sent them a pic, I started getting 10s.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Has anyone else besides me received cards usually bought on e-bay that they knew were less than the grade received from the bigger sellers. Now I don't want to name any names here but you know who I am talking about. I just bought a card that was supposedly a 1/1 which when I put it in the set registry it was a 1 of 2, But that is another story. Anyway the card looks more like a 4 than a 9. I wondered if someone when graded wrote a 4 and it was mistaken for a nine by the person who types up the card info. I would post a scan but i am at work, i may later........... >>



    I am sure that all of us would like to see a scan of a PSA 9 MINT that looks like a PSA 4 VG-EX. That would have to be a drastic oversight to happen.

    ~ms
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  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    ya, that's why i write down 304 pounds every time i fill out the personal info part of my submission forms
  • boggs301012boggs301012 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭
    TO answer your question...No the graders are not suppose to know who's card they are grading.


    You guys crack me up !! I have the biggest member.

    James
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,406 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PSA's biggest submitter:

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    Mike
  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭


    << <i>PSA's biggest submitter:

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    i thought TJ Schwartz submitted to SCD? or are they no longer in business?
  • rw2winrw2win Posts: 557 ✭
    On your submission form, sign John Holmes.
  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    or Dirk Diggler
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>or Dirk Diggler >>



    or PAndrews
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  • mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    Wolf Savage, Rudy Vaselino, the possibilities are endless...
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    When I get home tonight I will scan in the picture of the card in question, it was bought from one of the largest dealers on e-bay, who I have never had any trouble with. But this is the second time I have gotten a card from a large dealer on e-bay that the card in no way could have been a psa 9. The other one actually looks like it was never cut across the top rough top border. I will scan both tonight.
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  • DhjacksDhjacks Posts: 343 ✭✭


    << <i>The other one actually looks like it was never cut across the top rough top border. >>



    You mean circumcised?image
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  • JonBJonB Posts: 495 ✭
    It wasn't 4SC was it?
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    y not just return it?
    Good for you.
  • gregm13gregm13 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭
    Most dealers don't accept returns on graded cards - which I can understand since they are only selling a card that was graded by a 3rd party. Any dispute to the quality of the grade would have to be w/ the company that graded it.

    Regards,

    Greg M.
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  • BugOnTheRugBugOnTheRug Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭


    << <i>TI am sure that all of us would like to see a scan of a PSA 9 MINT that looks like a PSA 4 VG-EX. That would have to be a drastic oversight to happen. >>


    Agreed..........or you may have a card damaged by encapulation. This happens from time to time. Awhile back I purchased a 10 that had major damage that would have put the card in psa 5-6 land, and was promptly refunded by the dealer (and a very large dealer too).

    I think in the end you will find a sensible reason for what you're seeing.

    BOTR

  • KosmoKosmo Posts: 77
    several years ago at the big summer show in Chicago, those of who bought VIP passes were allowed onto the show floor the night before it opened. I went to have some cards graded by PSA and was told they were only grading cards from authorized dealers and I would have to come back the next day when the show was open to the public.

    Kosmo
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have recently received a 1978 PSA 9 Topps Don Baylor and Jim Kern that had enough printing dots on the card to make you think the grader had a nice lunch at the pub and came back and thought the dots were cool or something. I doubt they grade based on the customer though ..........

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

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  • jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    When did PSA start grading members? I assume the bigger ones would get higher grades. Unless they were doctored.
  • zsz70zsz70 Posts: 541 ✭
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  • MeferMefer Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭
    Oh, ok. I get it now. I always wondered why PSA had the Tall Boy holders and special rates for Tall Boys. image
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Well - those scans sure seem damning
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  • boggs301012boggs301012 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭
    I looked at the scan/pics aswell. I saw a grey back , christmas theme and Wade Boggs at 18months plaing ball . Have to admit I enjoyed them.


    James
    x
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    mikeschmidt - how about a PSA 8 that looks like a PSA 2? I have one.
    OK, so it's a Kellogg's that cracked while in the slab (it was uncracked when I received it, was stored in a stack laying flat at room temperature with low humidity, and still developed multiple cracks).

    Every PSA card that I've owned that was IMO clearly overgraded had the same sort of problem - excessive corner wear (dinging or even creasing), which suggests to me that the problem arose when the card was being slabbed.

    Nick
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