values of cards when submitting

vwtdi

Can't believe I don't know this but I guess I've never had a lot of boderliners. I have 6 cards to grade and they should all grade around PSA 5. They're all valued about the same (if 4s, around 200, if 5s around 500, but if 6s...well you see the picture). Who decides the card value when submitting them and which tier would you recommend submitting them under?

thanks much, Keith

mikeschmidt

Keith:

That question is intended almost purely for financial reasons. So the appropriate question is "If PSA accidently spits on your package, douses it with gasoline, sets it on fire and then crumbles up the ashes and throws them out of an airplane", how much would you like to get from PSA as renumeration for their messing up your package?

For something like T3s/T9s, I would tend to put a 300 or so on each. But, again, the risk is that if one of them comes back as a PSA 6 worth $3,000, and the USPS loses your package, you are only insured for whatever you put on the form.

Ultimately, it is up to you. The additional fees for incremental insurance on USPS registered mail are relatively de minimus - so I would tend to say find a price level for the whole package and go with that. And, as far as PSA's rates are concerned - I think the shipping and insurance quots is the same for registered mail for packages with between $1,000 and $5,000 insurance. So either put them each of the six at $166, or put them each at $833.

vwtdi

Thanks Marc, thats what I needed.

appreciated, Keith