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When cracking a slab, is it good etiquette to inform PSA?
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It would make the pop report more accurate, no? I'm about to crack a T205.
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Yes, it is good to inform PSA. One way of doing this that many have found successful is: anonymously send in the older flip* from the crackout after the card is graded in its new slab. In the past, PSA has often then deducted the old flip once received.
That's excellent etiquette and helps maintain the accuracy of the POP reports for all.
*For newer readers - the "flip" is the little piece of paper at the top of the holder with the card name and grade on it.
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I sent a couple in and they didn't remove them..
one was an 8.5 ( highest ever graded) that I cracked and got the 9
but the 8 stayed on the report for a long time.. I had to email
them a few times and let them know it was important the 8.5 be deleted.
I sent scans of both cards in the slab.. and they finally deleted it.. I believe they said they had to run it by Joe...
they couldn't just delete it without having it. but you can only send it to em once.. once they have it it is at their mercy..
anyway, they made it right and updated the pop report. now I have the one and only psa 9 with the next being a 7 or something.
Shouldn't you let them know that their pop reports will need to be updated too?
Just wondering since I've never cracked before - so I don't know what the proper procedure is.
Collecting: Topps 1952-79, Bowman 1952-55, OPC 1965-71, and Pre-War White Sox cards
the problem with the pop report is in name only. it shouldn't be called a "population" report, as there is no way at all to monitor the true population....you can't even give an approximate population...because of this psa should call it something like the "graded" report.
it's all in the wording.
patrick
<< <i>I'll go one step further - what about flips from other grading companies (BVG/BGS, SGC, PRO
Shouldn't you let them know that their pop reports will need to be updated too?
Just wondering since I've never cracked before - so I don't know what the proper procedure is. >>
I once asked the question (sent emails to all of the companies) of PSA, BGS, GAI, and SGC.
Everyone replied that if you sent back their flips, they would remove them from the population report...
...With the exception of BGS. They said they didn't care, and even if you sent the flip back, the population report was going to stay the way it is and they will not change it.
That, along with a number of other things, lead me to make the choice of PSA.
<< <i>at one point I thought they offered 50 cents off a submission per returned flip >>
They used to at shows. I'm hanging on to mine until this is done again.
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