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Overgraded PSA Cards, What to do?

PittsburghesePittsburghese Posts: 64
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I recently purchased a 1978 Topps Football PSA 9 Harvey Martin. Upon receiving the card, 3 of the 4 corners are badly
touched. If it was raw, I would not submit it if I wanted to get an 8. That said, does PSA review these type of cards
and if they agree it was overgraded what do they usually do for compensation? Has anyone else gone through this?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Jeff

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    Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    They supposedly guarantee their grades so unless it's a cheap card that isn't worth the effort of sending in, I'd ask them to do a review. So long as the slab doesn't look like it's been tampered with, they won't reject it. I have PSA 9 Topps Desert Shield G. Maddox that looks like it was overgraded as well that I've been think about sending back.
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    poppiepoppie Posts: 598
    Was the card loose in the holder? I have had quite a few that could move enough to damage corners.
    My focus, 1970 Topps Baseball Raw and Graded, pre 1989 PSA Hockey and 1933 INDIAN GUM ! Yikes!!
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    IlovebaseballcardsIlovebaseballcards Posts: 144


    << <i>Was the card loose in the holder? I have had quite a few that could move enough to damage corners. >>

    Not true.
    totally an Urban Legend..........




    Nice article in which this guy took a slabbed card and abused it a bit to see if the card inside would be get damaged. Interesting results.

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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I recently purchased a 1978 Topps Football PSA 9 Harvey Martin. Upon receiving the card, 3 of the 4 corners are badly
    touched. If it was raw, I would not submit it if I wanted to get an 8. That said, does PSA review these type of cards
    and if they agree it was overgraded what do they usually do for compensation? Has anyone else gone through this?
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
    Jeff >>



    post a big scan if you dont mind..
    ·p_A·
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    shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭
    Did you buy the Martin from DSL or 4SC by any chance?
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    mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Easiest avenue would be the 'Wall Street Walk' [e.g. sell the card]
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    fsjeterfsjeter Posts: 1,390
    I have a 1975 Topps #629 Joe Hoerner in a PSA 9 holder that has a 1/2" pen mark on the front of the card extending from his left harm but no qualifier. I still don't know how they missed that one. image

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    PittsburghesePittsburghese Posts: 64
    The card does move around a tiny, tiny bit inside the holder ( maybe 1/16 of an inch both top and sides). All 4 corners
    are touched with the bottom/right being the worst. I will try and scan the card for you guys. I did not buy it from DSL or
    4SC, but rather a guy I have traded with in the past. Has anyone ever received compensation from PSA in a situation
    like this?
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    envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    I have 2 PSA 9's that I think are overgraded...I asked this same question before and got a few responses but nothing claiming any kind of compensation. I'm curious to see if anyone posts that they've received compensation.

    I have a PSA 9 Walter Payton that now sells in the $600+ range which has a small surface defect (missing paper) and a PSA 9 Ahmad Rashad that has a stain that goes through the front of the card and is visible on the back. IN both cases, the defects are very noticeable and detract from the card and I would strongly suspect the grade as well.

    Let us know what happens with yours if you decide to send it back in. I"m waiting for a few "I did it, and this is what happened" stories before I part with either of mine.
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    PittsburghesePittsburghese Posts: 64
    I am having trouble attaching the file. Is there anyone out there who I can email my scan? Thanks
    Jeff
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    wick70wick70 Posts: 340
    They do compensate you if the card has been legitimately overgraded. If there is a sport show near you coming up and PSA is there grading, that's probably your best bet. That way you can talk to the people yourself and don't have to worry about shipping fees. I had a damaged card (PSA 8 1961 Minoso that had been ruined while sealing) that I brought to them. I had talked to Carol and she had brought over one of the graders (I believe his name was Juan). He was very thorough in stating what they could do to reimburse me. Two of my choices were to
    a) receive a check for the SMR value
    b) receive 5 free submissions with a turnaround of 5 days and free return shipping/ins.

    I opted for the submissions.

    One of the options they might have for you is to regrade the card and cut you a check for the SMR difference. You would have to talk to them personally.
    They are good with their guarantees of graded cards and will help you.

    Cheers! Wick

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    wick70wick70 Posts: 340
    Pittsburghese...
    turn on your PM function

    Wick

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    jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    you can email it to me jimq112@yahoo.com if you want
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    PittsburghesePittsburghese Posts: 64
    The scan is up, although my scanner is not the best. You can definitely see the bottom right corner. Thankyou Wick for
    your help.

    Jeff
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    dakotadakota Posts: 235
    Thats nasty!! Where did that come from???
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    IlovebaseballcardsIlovebaseballcards Posts: 144


    << <i>The scan is up, although my scanner is not the best. You can definitely see the bottom right corner. Thankyou Wick for
    your help.

    Jeff >>

    I see a blurry right bottom corner but it is such a crappy scan that it is hard to see it if is bad or not
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    A761506A761506 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭
    Looks fine to me, especially for a $10 card.
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