PSA claiming I have 16 stars in my common submission???, updated with "stars" hahahah
RipublicaninMass
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Whatever, wait until I post who they felt the "stars" were. 59 fleer ted williams???? So every card in this set is a star? Service rep told me any all star or HOF'er is a star player. This is ridiculous I guess any Brooklyn Dodger common is also a star, or any card listed 5 bucks higher than a common. There must be more stringent guidelines about "star" players. I have clemente's duke's and 10 other waiting to send in as stars, and now I had to pay for stars anywyas????? So now should I just have them ship them back ungraded, or pay 2 dollers more per card, plus return shipping??? Which now I obviously did.
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As for your case, I would definitely pay the extra money to have them graded right now instead of sending it back. Since they arrived safely over there, why risk sending it back to you and you sending it back and forth...more trips and more chance of something going wrong.
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<< <i> I think this is the case where if you complain to the right person , common sense will prevail >>
I respectfully think you are mistaken.
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I have been confused by this and so have many others.
Go into the registry master lists and * every card that has to be submitted at the "star" level.
Why is this so hard? Why does PSA make this so hard?
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I left it at that, as it was a bit too cryptic for me to even bother exploring explanation...so I gave up.
I agree, it is stupid and I have yet to send in those cards for fear of having the same thing happen to me that Rip is experiencing.
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The commons were intended for the registry, I would imagine, but heck just grade'm. They're probably doing it to make sure the graders stay busy?
Star, not a star, hi pop, low pop - kinds of gives me a headache.
Keep'm raw for a while and watch them come begging?
Just my - I'm stuck at work - rant.
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Just place an asterisk in the SMR next to every card that falls into the "star" category. If the set isn't worthy of putting in the SMR, then there aren't any star cards in the set. At the very least, you won't tick people off after the submission.
In my last submission I included a '57 Giants team card, '61 Yankees team card and '58 All Star Aparicio as commons without any problem. It wasn't as a submission special, but nonetheless no problems.
I had to argue with a PSA employee at the National, as she gave me a fight about submitting a not-so-mint 1968 Venezuelan Brooks Robinson card (which wound up grading a 4) with a larger order of 60's common cards under the July special. OK, so let's see how smart this is from a business stand-point... alienate a regular submitter by pissing him off over a single card of a large order... after seeing the light, and me telling her how ridiculous she was giving me a hassle over 1 card, she reluctantly accepted the order.
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The hell with all this - I'm going back to collecting rocks!
They should charge the same amount to grade any card in any specific set, and base their prices on amount of material and resources they use. Obviously tall boys might be a a dollar or two more, etc... They shouldn't care who or what the card is, but instead just verify its authenticity and assign a grade.
Lee
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To those that think ALL cards should be treated the same....
Don't you feel your 53 Topps Mantle which is probably a 7 or 8 should be evaluated a bit more completely than your 56 Ruben Gomez which rates between a 5 or 6 ????
Don't you feel the liability for an error or lost card like the nice 53 Mantle is much more than the mediocre 56 Gomez ?
Would you not feel a little more time should be spent on a card worth perhaps thousands, than one worth probably 4 or 5 dollars?
For all the additional time, effort, responsibility, liability, etc. involved, is it not acceptable for PSA or any grader, to charge more for a 53 Mantle than a 56 Gomez, or a 79 Gorman Thomas for that matter ?
<< <i>I read the special to include all cards from the 50s valued at $500.00 or less.
To those that think ALL cards should be treated the same....
Don't you feel your 53 Topps Mantle which is probably a 7 or 8 should be evaluated a bit more completely than your 56 Ruben Gomez which rates between a 5 or 6 ????
Don't you feel the liability for an error or lost card like the nice 53 Mantle is much more than the mediocre 56 Gomez ?
Would you not feel a little more time should be spent on a card worth perhaps thousands, than one worth probably 4 or 5 dollars?
For all the additional time, effort, responsibility, liability, etc. involved, is it not acceptable for PSA or any grader, to charge more for a 53 Mantle than a 56 Gomez, or a 79 Gorman Thomas for that matter ?
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Why shouldnt the same time be taken for every card? What does it matter if it is a Mantle or a common? Joe Blow gets a quick glance but Mantle gets studied by a team of experts? Its ok if they lose my card and I pay 20.00 to have it graded but if I pay only 5.00 on a special its no big deal if they lose my card? I'll never get it............
Stars cost more because more people grade more stars because they have more value so PSA charges more for them... not because they receive more attention, or better graders, or more time grading, but because they can and they make more money doing so. It's a completely unjustified and artificial premium, make no mistakes. And we, the consumers, eat it up and figure "well the card's worth so much more, so it's acceptible that I pay more for the EXACT SAME SERVICE". It's crazy, but don't fault PSA for getting away it with. They will charge what the market will bear... etc.
If you think it actually costs them any more to grade a 52 Mickey Mantle than it does an 82 Mickey Rivers, how could they ever have specials for any groups of cards? Wouldn't they be losing money? Don't limit the discussion to stars. If I can pay $8 for a card one month, then the next month I can pay $6 in a special for the exact same card, but I can always pay $4 if I want to send in 100 cards like it... C'mon. It's a fee structure based on demand, to maximize profits of a huge business unit, of a publically traded company. That's all.
But I feel like I'm probably preaching to the choir now.
The liability issue is an interesting one I never considered. Although I've never heard a story about PSA damaging a card at their site (not shipping), and/or any information about what their liability/policy would be in such a case, so I don't think that's a valid justification for the higher prices either. And if you're talking about reimbursement/insurance for a $50,000 card, I don't think a $5 difference in grading fees would really make up whatever insurance costs they have in that case anyways.
That being the case, I hate hearing stories like this where they are being jerks and splitting hairs about what is and what is not a star. They should be thankful we eat it up the fee structure in the first place, and cut the customer a break sometimes, especially on these specials, which must attract ridiculous amounts of submissions.
If they give one card more attention than another then they are not being consistent with their grading. Value has nothing to do with the service they offer. They assign grades to cards based on a number of factors in order to give an unbiased and objective view of the card in question. The attention they give to a Mantle HAS to be the same as a common otherwise they are not being unbiased and objective- they are giving special treatment to one card over the other which shows bias and will lead to inconsistent grading. Here's an extreme example:
They lock a grader in a room for 2 weeks with a 53 Mantle and a 15x loupe. Over those 14 days he scours the card for imperfections and finally assigns a grade. Don't you think that card is going to be graded a little more harshly than a 1953 common that he's looked at for 1 minute? There goes consistency. Simply put, if they grade cards in an incosistent manner based on who is pictured, then the grades on a large scale are going to be inconsistent. Any grading company's reputation is built on consitency, which is vital to their growth and bottom line. That's why it's always highlighted on these forums when even a hint of inconsistency rears its ugly head. Common examples are undergraded/overgraded cards , OC cards not getting a qualifier, and counterfeits being slabbed.
Lee
Between you and I, I don't think this thread will last much longer. And artificial premium is the exact term that I couldn't get my dumb brain to think of. Kind of like when a bar charges a cover charge on the weekend but not during the week. Are they offering you anything extra on the weekend? No, but its always a pleasant surprise when you pay the cover and find out it's also $9 beer night as well.
Lee
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So...mathews, kaline and banks, maybe podres?
<< <i>Wow... the order gor rejected.. I have been sneaking them thru since i started submitting. Look at the HOFers in that recent 50's common special I sent in. Hell Don Drysdale was in there 579569 45239 >>
Me too, maybe too much talk on the board!
<< <i>The hell with all this - I'm going back to collecting rocks!
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Now THERE is a master set I wouldn't want to tackle! Too many 1/1's!
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<< <i>Wow... the order gor rejected.. I have been sneaking them thru since i started submitting. Look at the HOFers in that recent 50's common special I sent in. Hell Don Drysdale was in there 579569 45239 >>
Me too, maybe too much talk on the board! >>
If you check out the submission he snuck the Drysdale in, he also "snuck" in Whitey Ford, Pee wee Reese, Gil Hodges and a few others, and that was just at a quick glance looking for the Drysdale. Hard to believe they contacted you because I thought Customer Service was something they got rid of to free up some extra cash for the stockholders.....
We actually pay good money to be subjected to this type of pot luck.. Amazing
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I guess PSA would charge you for grading star cards?
LOL
rbd
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<< <i>Imagine if you paid $2.99 for a set of 1982 20th Aniversary K-Mart cards. This set is loaded with stars!
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I guess PSA would charge you for grading star cards?
LOL
rbd >>
I do not believe they charge extra for grading 80's stars............it's only vintage
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<< <i>I do not believe they charge extra for grading 80's stars............it's only vintage >>
Opppps! I believe U R right! Sorry!
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Lee
I wasn't trying to "fool anyone". these cards would grade a PSA 5 at best. I could have sent them with my 6 free submissions if I had known
so 16 stars 192$
47 specials 282
or 63 common bulk at 8 $504 I guess I am still ahead or close to even with postage.
kell is in the HOF
Steve
<< <i>I counted 8 or 9 cards that could be considered stars.
kell is in the HOF
Steve >>
Gil hasnt gotten in the hall yet, which is a true shame.
The other fellow that snuck in the Drysdale (rookie no less) also snuck in Whitey Ford, Hoyt Wilhem, Early Wynn, Peewee Reese, Nellie Fox, Warren Spahn, Luis Aparicio PLUS Hodges and Billy Martin. All were 57's and almost got a PSA 6,7 or 8
Beat me to the edit
Seriously i think things like this have alway's been an issue with them and that is why you hear so many good things from the SGC guy's. That is if the regisrty or resale are not the motivating factors.
T206's are always being bought.
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$5/card, any card, any year, 5 day turnaround.
With an occasional $3 monthly special, of course.
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I complete agree with a few people saying that PSA needs to provide a clear list of which cards are considered what. Once that is established, there is no questioning and it should be strictly enforced. There is nothing worse than the feeling like you are not being treated equally than others. This way, policy is clear and we all know what to submit at the appropriate level (and cost).
I also agree that the service levels should be based on value, not strictly All-Star or even HOF credentials. If you look at HOF'ers outside of Baseball, there are some pretty low value vintage cards.
I can completely understand the differences in cost, however. I would assume that the graders with the highest level of expertise and experience (and are paid the most) are called on to examine the highest valued cards. Since the highest valued cards are the most likely cards to be reprinted, altered, ..., it makes sense to have their top people looking at those cards.
Harry
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Harry >>
I dont agree with that at all. If you get a vintage PSA 10 of a low pop common, they could bring well more than 5 times the value of a PSA 5 or 6 Aaron.
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Buccaneer - I totally agree. My point of the full list is every one of those players was an "All-Star" team member at some point in their career. As stated above, I would be happy to have a system based on value instead of "Star" status. But, if we are to retain this current system, we need to know what is what. My list had 26 players. PSA's was 16. A realistic one has 6? Realistic being players whose value and market demand justify a higher level of expert examination.
Harry
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Much like the free registry submissions to encourage completeness, discounts on common cards encourages
them to be graded and makes a larger market for graded cards.
This being said I also feel there are some coustermer service problems at PSA.
2. My opinion on commons submissions- if you think you might be pushing the envelope, you probably are. My experience has been that if a minor star (or maybe even a minor HOFer) happens to get into a bulk submission, it gets through, because that makes sense. Trying to include a Mathews, Ford, Kaline, etc in a commons submission wasn't a good idea.
3. The 59, 60 & 61 Fleer sets have commons. If this is the only reason for rejection I would appeal to someone higher up.
4. Doesn't GAI holder rocks?
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1 90538743 1955 TOPPS 91 MILT BOLLING N/A 6
2 90538744 1955 TOPPS 128 TED LEPCIO N/A 8OC
3 90538745 1955 TOPPS 26 DICK GROAT N/A 5
4 90538746 1955 TOPPS 84 CAMILO PASCUAL N/A 6
5 90538747 1955 TOPPS 25 JOHNNY PODRES N/A 6
6 90538748 1954 DAN-DEE FRANK THOMAS POTATO CHIPS 5
7 90538749 1952 TOPPS 31 GUS ZERNIAL N/A 4
8 90538750 1955 BOWMAN 59 WHITEY FORD N/A 6
9 90538751 1955 BOWMAN 103 EDDIE MATHEWS N/A 7
10 90538752 1955 BOWMAN 23 AL KALINE N/A 5
11 90538753 1955 BOWMAN 97 JOHN PODRES N/A 6
12 90538754 1955 BOWMAN 158 GIL HODGES N/A 5
13 90538755 1955 BOWMAN 130 RICHIE ASHBURN N/A 6
14 90538756 1955 BOWMAN 242 ERNIE BANKS N/A Not Holdered, Re-Colored
15 90538757 1955 BOWMAN 46 MICKEY VERNON N/A 5
16 90538758 1955 BOWMAN 213 GEORGE KELL N/A 5