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Does anyone know a PSA grader personally?

gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
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I have always wondered about this. Are they card collectors? Are they paid well? What type of training are they given? How many of them are there? Are they sworn to secrecy?

I am buying and trading for RC's of Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Bob Cousy!
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  • MrNearMintMrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭
    I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    We could tap phones and hack the website.
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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    many of us know former graders.

    Don't know too many folks that know current graders-
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  • rabbitpunchrabbitpunch Posts: 169
    I know Kevin Low. I used to frequent his card/ comic shop about 15 years ago. That's about it.
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    Grader 216, aka "the grader of death", is my sister-in-law's cousin. Everyone LOVES my wife's potato salad, but at the last family picnic, he gave it a measly 5 out of 10! Unbelievable!
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    I thought grader 213 was the grader of death?
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Grader 666 is the real grader of death. Grader 420 is responsible for all the mislabels.

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  • MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭
    NSA knows them all intimately
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  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I thought grader 213 was the grader of death? >>



    It used to be 314 back in the day....
  • ExodusExodus Posts: 348 ✭✭✭
    I do not know any current graders.
  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507
    I don't know any -- but I do know that tucking a flat brand-new $5 bill in the cardsaver there with your card
    works wonders with most graders.

    Edited: For all you super-serious types that was a joke. In case you didn't get it.
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

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  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭



    << <i>I don't know any -- but I do know that tucking a flat brand-new $5 bill in the cardsaver there with your card
    works wonders with most graders. >>



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  • vols1vols1 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭
    I read graders get paid per card. So how much you are paid depends on how fast you are.

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  • chouserchouser Posts: 193
    BubbleBathGirl grades all the PSA submitted cards. you guys didn't know, did you.
  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    I can't believe that they would be paid per card graded. Has anyone else heard that?
    I am buying and trading for RC's of Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Bob Cousy!
    Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
  • skinnyjhskinnyjh Posts: 121 ✭✭


    << <i>I can't believe that they would be paid per card graded. Has anyone else heard that? >>



    Way too many holidays and way too much backlog for that to be true.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't believe that they would be paid per card graded. Has anyone else heard that? >>



    Not true.


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  • eyeboneeyebone Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭
    i believe all psa graders are sequestered upon hire so as not to--potentially--fall victim to the tantalizations that may tempt them.

    eyebone
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  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507


    << <i>i believe all psa graders are sequestered upon hire so as not to--potentially--fall victim to the tantalizations that may tempt them.

    eyebone >>



    OK that explains the constant backlogs. They only work 4 days a week!
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

    DaveB in St.Louis
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