A way for PSA to reward their loyal customers
Steve1124
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Since PSA has made the decision to implement this new "half grade" system, it seems that we, the collectors, who are the bread & butter for their business, deserve SOME kind of consideration in this. They expect us to just accept this new change, regardless of how many years we've been getting cards graded from them, and how many cards are already in our collections that may well be worthy of a half-grade "bump". If PSA *really* wants to prove that it's NOT "all about the money", why not offer a special reduced rate for submissions of cards that we want to have reviewed? Maybe like a flat-rate of 5 bucks per card--as long as it's already in a PSA holder. The review process will probably only take them a matter of seconds, and it's either "yay" or "nay" on whether the card gets bumped up and re-holdered. Since a re-holder fee is 5 bucks, this seems reasonable--especially when you consider that not all cards are going to GET the half-grade increase. Why should they be entitled to a FULL re-grading fee just to review a card that they've already graded??? Come on PSA, at least meet your loyal customers half way!!
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The reviews have to be submitted at the service level based on their SMR value.
Edited to add: Perhaps a free 1 yr membership extension for current members, or 50% off on your membership renewal would be a nice show of good faith.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>The reviews have to be submitted at the service level based on their SMR value. >>
Nick,
I think the point is that if that same 1953 Mantle was sent in raw with a declared value of $500 on the $13/5 day special, would PSA refuse to grade it? No! I do it all the time. The delcared value is only supposed to be for return insurance purposes only. Does it cost them any more money or time to review a 1953 Mantle or a 1987 Topps common? Telling customers that the reviews have to be submitted at the service level based on their SMR value is just another pay to pad the review fee.
I haven't had the most cards in history certified through PSA, but I have had a few. In fact, some of the grades have enabled me to make a pretty good amount of money. With that being said, I'm not sure that I would ever say that PSA owes me anything. But then again, I'm not a registry guy.
Not slamming the OP, just "thinking out loud"
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If you had a '53 Mantle and you paid X amount of dollars to have it graded, why should you have to have X amount of dollars to grade it again?? If this was really about what is good for the hobby and not about gouging us for extra money, then it would be $5, the same amount as the reholder fee.
To think someone paid $100 to have a card graded by the experts, then pay another $100 to have the same card graded again is absurd.
It's about like buying a new car and paying sales tax on it. Then if you sell the car, the buyer pays sales tax on it again. And again and again, no matter how many times it's sold. It's the way it is, but it doesn't make it right.
If I concede this will be good for the hobby in the long run (and I don't, because the graders can't currently accurately tell the difference between a 7, 8 , and 9, hence all the resubs) then they should do right on the cards already paid for once.
But they won't, because this isn't what's good for the hobby, it's about money.
I apologize if this sounds pessimistic, but it is what it is.
shawn
<< <i>Telling customers that the reviews have to be submitted at the service level based on their SMR value is just another pay to pad the review fee. >>
No doubt at all. I was just explaining the policy that is in place.
David that is not entirely true. Yes you may have gotten away with that but another reason cards have certain tiers is simply the cost of a potential buyback. Yes it may take the same amount of time to grade a 53 Mantle as it does to grade a 53 common. The difference in price is because the card is valued more. Low pop not withstanding.
Steve