My poppage today...not what I expected.

pdub1819 · August 4, 2009 8:37AM

Should be getting these in the mail tomorrow. I'm willing to sell any of them if anyone is interested.

NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1976 TOPPS 365 CARLTON FISK
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1979 TOPPS 116 OZZIE SMITH
NEAR MINT 7 1979 TOPPS 650 PETE ROSE
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 95 ROBIN YOUNT
EXCELLENT 5 1979 TOPPS 115 NOLAN RYAN
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1980 TOPPS 160 EDDIE MURRAY
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 700 GEORGE BRETT
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1981 TOPPS 302 DODGERS FUTURE STAR PERCONTE/SCIOSCIA/VALENZUELA
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 347 HAROLD BAINES
NEAR MINT 7 1982 TOPPS 21 ORIOLES FUTURE STARS BONNER/RIPKEN/SCHNEIDER
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1982 TOPPS 90 NOLAN RYAN
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1983 TOPPS 83 RYNE SANDBERG
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1983 TOPPS 482 TONY GWYNN
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1983 TOPPS 498 WADE BOGGS
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 FLEER 70 CAL RIPKEN JR.
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 FLEER 360 TONY GWYNN
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 FLEER 507 RYNE SANDBERG
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 TOPPS 181 ROGER CLEMENS
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1986 TOPPS TRADED 11T BARRY BONDS
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1986 DONRUSS ROOKIES 11 BARRY BONDS
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 TOPPS TRADED 70T GREG MADDUX
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 FLEER 604 BARRY BONDS
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1989 UPPER DECK 13 GARY SHEFFIELD STAR ROOKIE
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1989 UPPER DECK 25 RANDY JOHNSON STAR ROOKIE
NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1990 TOPPS 414 FRANK THOMAS NAME ON FRONT
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 TOPPS TRADED 98T CAL RIPKEN JR.

I only wish that PSA would tell us what was wrong with the card. Kind of like what Beckett does. It would make most of us a lot happier knowing exactly what was wrong with the card.

nam812 · August 4, 2009 8:43AM

<< <i>I only wish that PSA would tell us what was wrong with the card....... >>

As consistently rough as that submission looks, the faults in most of the cards should be easy to spot. It's spotting them before you send them in that saves you money. You'll get better, everyone does after a few submissions.

Bosox1976 · August 4, 2009 8:53AM

Not a total smackdown, but one to learn from anyway. Ahhh, the joys of PSA...

julen23 · August 4, 2009 9:13AM

submitting '81 topps is the first mistake,

but currently feeling your pain sir,
currently feeling your pain.

j

pdub1819 · August 4, 2009 12:21PM

I agree, I should be able to see what is wrong with most of the cards that I submitted. I bought these off a friend who has had them since he was a kid. He got them as Christmas gifts, what bothers me is that two of the cards are "miscut." Can that happen by the card company? I mean if he took them from the box to the card sleeve, I don't see how they could be miscut. That is why I was saying that PSA should give a quick explanation, even if it isn't on the slab...plus it could help the beginning collectors learn how to "pre-read" raw cards better.

lsutigers1973 · August 4, 2009 12:25PM

PSA has a hard enough time getting cards graded in 45 business days. How long do you think it would take for them to grade cards if they had to explain why each card wasn't a 10?

Miscuts happen at the factory. Doesn't matter if they came straight out of a pack that way. Judging by the grades you received, I am guessing you simply do not know what to look for when looking for submittable cards.

Zixx · August 4, 2009 12:54PM

Toughest thing that I've found is to admit that the card I'm submitting and hoping will will return a 10, will not.

If you are hoping, keep it. The 65/35 centering is just that, and won't magically change to 55/45 along the way. Or if I'm hoping PSA won't see a little touch on a corner, they will. Once I got much more objective and diligent with my critiquing, the grades got better.

Now, I no longer hope, I just resubmit

pdub1819 · August 4, 2009 1:02PM

Does it take 45 days at Beckett? I've never submitted to them, but I see that they actually put it on the slab. I'm just saying.

che · August 4, 2009 1:10PM

TOugh Sub!!! I just had mine completed in two business days. 50 cards. I think I got the grim reaper of all PSA graders...but you may have gotten his father. I cracked and resubmitted five cards that all got lower grades. I have been submitting for awhile and have to say that getting cards graded is VERY subjective.

lsutigers1973 · August 4, 2009 1:10PM

<< <i>Does it take 45 days at Beckett? I've never submitted to them, but I see that they actually put it on the slab. >>

Again, if you don't know what to look for, does it really matter who you submit to? If PSA says it is miscut, you are looking at a 1 (2 at best) from BGS which makes the card completely worthless.

pdub1819 · August 4, 2009 1:33PM

<< <i>Toughest thing that I've found is to admit that the card I'm submitting and hoping will will return a 10, will not.

If you are hoping, keep it. The 65/35 centering is just that, and won't magically change to 55/45 along the way. Or if I'm hoping PSA won't see a little touch on a corner, they will. Once I got much more objective and diligent with my critiquing, the grades got better.

Now, I no longer hope, I just resubmit

>>

I aggree! I have to submit the card, not the card I hope it will be!

slantycouch · August 4, 2009 9:46PM

Tough sub. Sorry to see it.

I've found that VERY few of the cards I've had since I was a kid were eligible for grades above 8.

Reljac · August 4, 2009 10:05PM

maybe if you high res scan a few of the cards and show them here, along with the grades you thought. A few of the experts here can help.

italianstallionyankees · August 4, 2009 10:33PM

I might take the fisk 76?

My poppage today...not what I expected.

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