One man's happy poppage is another man's brutal....

Kdog08

I must have a lot to learn about the plastic influence on cards. I have read several threads today showing cards that have recently been graded. One is being congratulated and considered an 'Excellent" submission and the other is proclaiming it is the absolute worst ever. Neither had cards dated before 1979 and neither had lower than NM-8. All 8,9,10 or inbetween these numbers. Only 2 had an OC qualifier. Reality is, not every card is a 10. This is only my attempt to learn something and not meant to upset anyone. Thanks for any insite!

MrVintage

The reason that I was upset with my sub is because I only send in cards that I feel have a great shot at getting a 10. A psa 8 and sometimes even 9's won't even sell for enough to pay the grading fees on a card. If it is a card that is for my personal collection such as the Ozzie Smith psa 8 o/c that i recieved i was fine with because that is what i expected. If it is something that I am grading for my set registries or for resale anything below a 9 is going to lose me money.

lsutigers1973

<< <i>The reason that I was upset with my sub is because I only send in cards that I feel have a great shot at getting a 10. A psa 8 and sometimes even 9's won't even sell for enough to pay the grading fees on a card. >>



Same here. I have a huge stack of cards in my "Sub one day" pile. Each sub I send in I look through the stack for cards that I think are surefire 10's. The only exceptions for me are the few pre-1970 cards I send in. A PSA 8 on a lot of the stuff I sub is completely worthless. Even a lot of the 9's are worth less than what it would cost me to ship it.

vladguerrero

...and when people collect specific sets they attain a deep understanding of how those sets are graded, often times surpassing the knowledge of a grader (on a specific issue), when those types of collectors don't get the grades they think they deserve it's disappointing ... and causes them to resub the cards for the proper grade.