Love that Shawn Marion Chrome Black Ref... the black boarder reminds me of their old alternate jerseys, they were sick!!! Those 2016 optics are beautiful too, love that set!
Dear Sir：Thank you for sharing PSA grading. I had sent two orders in the same time. One of the status is Assembly.(140 cards) But the other's status is Research & ID.(70 cards) I hope everyone will get Gem mint !!!
With the Barry optic card you may know the design has that centering and most collectors probably know it does, but I never trust that a PSA grader would know. I sent in a beautiful 2000 Collector's Edge Brady RC awhile back that had some chipping on the bottom edge but, for the most part, was clean...the design of the card is to make the one "border" a little thicker than the other but I don't think my grader knew that because they gave it a 6. The chipping should have dropped it to an 8. I really think my grader thought it was OC because he/she didn't know the design. I don't even blame the graders...when you hire so many new graders in a short amount of time you almost expect things like this to be missed from grader to grader. Great video as always...you need to find a cool way to display that black refractor set when it is completed!
You’re definitely right. It’s nearly impossible for these new graders to know every set for every sport unfortunately:( Things like the Barry and your Brady edge are going to happen from time to time. And good call on the black refractor set, it would look awesome displayed. After all these new year specials come back…I should only need 20-30 to complete the set 👌
Love the reveal! Very exciting that at least the first round of NY specials have moved quickly! For the Flacco at the end, at the top left on the front from the "C" in Contenders to the edge looks like a horizontal indent. Could just be the light and seeing it through YT.
I’m really excited how quickly the NY specials have been moving 👌 I just checked the Flacco where you said, and didn’t notice any indents, probably was just the lighting 🤪
My wife works at usps and i asked her what that means regarding your sgc order. She said it usually means the package was damaged and sent to a different facility. Hope that's not the case though and it turns up safely, you never know. It is on the usps though not sgc unless they packaged it poorly. Great video as always though!
I appreciate you and your wife helping 🙌 that’s good to know, that’s been the most help I’ve gotten. I hope it makes its way to me still, damaged or not 🤞
Little Victories, I've been a fan of yours for a long while! And I was one of your early subscribers! In one of your early videos from a while back, you mentioned that you use a "snipe" service to buy cards off of Ebay! I can't remember which video you mentioned that in...and I can't remember what the name of that "sniping" service is! Is there any way you could make a video showing exactly how that service works? Like a video describing how to use it, what it costs, the pros and cons, and how to set it up or link it with an eBay account? And any other advice you could offer? Thanks!
That’s a good idea for a future vid 👌 Until then, I’ll give you a quick answer. I use EZsniper. It’s $10 a month, unlimited snipes. Create an account on their site, click the button link eBay account, link eBay account. And then go to eBay and make sure to add any items you want to snipe to your eBay watchlist 👍 Then go back to ezsniper site, and you’ll see a section with your eBay watchlist. From that you enter the amount you want to bid. And then ezsniper does the rest. Good luck! And happy collecting!
@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Thanks man! You are a real gem! And a video on this would be amazing for sure! And does the snipe service bid for you like in the last 2 seconds or 7 seconds or so...I just never really could get the concept of it! I'm just so tired of trying to win cards and then getting outbid in the last few seconds, lol...which is why I am looking for a way to start winning some bids on Ebay!
Yep,, the sniping service bid for you within the last 3 seconds. It's so nice, and you end up getting the card for cheaper this way. I hope you win some awesome cards! Good luck@@MyrickWillard7
That’s exactly what I was worried about :( I have the scans of the graded cards, so eventually if I still don’t receive them, I’ll post a video of them, and they might be spotted for-sale online by someone 👍 Thanks for the comment! 🙌
For cards valued under $10 bucks…I just do a quick eyeball through the case. Anything over $10 bucks I usually take the card out of case and inspect closer with just my eyes, no magnifying glass 👌 Hope that helps! Happy collecting
I buy my cards from eBay, comc, card shows, card shops, and personal collections. The key is to buy enough of them and 15% of them will be clean and gradeable 🤪 Just use the zoom feature on eBay, and start with making sure centering is within gem range, then zoom into corners and edges, make sure no white showing. Surface is just a gamble since you can’t really see surface scratches 🤞 Happy collecting! Thanks for the comment
@@littlevictoriessportscards197dude you’re awesome! Learned a ton from you. I’ve sent in 120 cards so far, 61 being 10s. My buy target is $50-$150 if that gives context
I would say that Flacco has zero chance of getting a 9, minimal chance for an 8...best I could see would be a 7, but 6 seems fitting to my eyes. 3 touched corners, a nick on the bottom border, and that is what I can see from afar in the video....good luck if you choose to resub, but I think it is a losing proposition, and not worth it even if they SOMEHOW gave you an 8...take the loss and move on...
Don’t worry I wouldn’t send this card back to PSA…when I said mint 9, I meant potential SGC mint 9. I would only resub with them on this card 👍 Nice eye as always, thanks for the comment
I just use my naked eye, and card under a nice bright light 👌 But I recommend using a jeweler loupe. I’ve just been grading for 20 years so I like to think I have a trained eye. But I definitely miss things from time to time. Thanks for watching!
There are many ways to make money (also many ways to lose money 😂) on sports cards. I wouldn’t say my way (raw to slab) is necessarily the best way…it’s just the way that works for me and I’m confident speaking about. I would start by buying around 25-50 clean raw cards valued between $5-30 bucks each. Then grade the best 20 of them with PSA. Grading fees at PSA fluctuate between $15-20 bucks per card. Good luck! Thanks for watching 👍
On the flacco,, obviously i cant see it in hand,,but on camera just looking at the card as a whole it seems to hace bad eye appeal its seems to draw my eyes to the sticker edges ,,which stickers supposly dont affect the grade and the corners dont look sharp when seeing the card as a whole,, not saying you deserve the grade,,i guess what I'm saying is the card just seems off
I agree with ya and see what you’re saying 👍 But even with those thoughts, I say it puts the card at a nm-mt 8 overall still. Not sure why grader thought 6. Thanks for the comment! 🙌
You’re probably right 👍 but SGC still could have packaged poorly and cards spilled out of package, or they could have put in a wrong address, accidentally shipped media mail, who knows. I just hope it turns up 🤞 And you’re right, I’m only choosing FedEx for return shipping if I ever use SGC again 🙌
Also tip from my local fed ex carrier. Use air...they work directly for fed ex and are accountable for packages. Ground is a cotract group and they have zero accountability. Pay for the upgrade. Lol
Glad to see Cam Heyward get some love.
Me too 👌 He’s a first ballot HOF’er. That card sold for $170 same day I listed it 👍
Love that Shawn Marion Chrome Black Ref... the black boarder reminds me of their old alternate jerseys, they were sick!!! Those 2016 optics are beautiful too, love that set!
I agree! I’m really stoked I decided to build that black refractor set. The black border provides a frame effect and I love it 👌
Dear Sir：Thank you for sharing PSA grading.
I had sent two orders in the same time.
One of the status is Assembly.(140 cards)
But the other's status is Research & ID.(70 cards)
I hope everyone will get Gem mint !!!
Don’t worry, that is totally normal 👌 I had that exact same thing happen to me recently. Good luck…I hope you get great grades 🤞 Happy collecting!
Loved Andre Miller. Elite old man game
Old man game to perfection 👌 good call! wish he got more hobby love
With the Barry optic card you may know the design has that centering and most collectors probably know it does, but I never trust that a PSA grader would know. I sent in a beautiful 2000 Collector's Edge Brady RC awhile back that had some chipping on the bottom edge but, for the most part, was clean...the design of the card is to make the one "border" a little thicker than the other but I don't think my grader knew that because they gave it a 6. The chipping should have dropped it to an 8. I really think my grader thought it was OC because he/she didn't know the design. I don't even blame the graders...when you hire so many new graders in a short amount of time you almost expect things like this to be missed from grader to grader. Great video as always...you need to find a cool way to display that black refractor set when it is completed!
You’re definitely right. It’s nearly impossible for these new graders to know every set for every sport unfortunately:( Things like the Barry and your Brady edge are going to happen from time to time. And good call on the black refractor set, it would look awesome displayed. After all these new year specials come back…I should only need 20-30 to complete the set 👌
Sorry to hear ur sgc order.....😢
Thanks, it's still missing :( I have a feeling it was stolen ugn@@michaeldenzer6024
Love the reveal! Very exciting that at least the first round of NY specials have moved quickly! For the Flacco at the end, at the top left on the front from the "C" in Contenders to the edge looks like a horizontal indent. Could just be the light and seeing it through YT.
I’m really excited how quickly the NY specials have been moving 👌 I just checked the Flacco where you said, and didn’t notice any indents, probably was just the lighting 🤪
That Canseco is fire! Crazy to find one of those in such great condition. $2 COMC pickup for the win!
Thanks! Sold the Canseco already for $67. And somehow I feel I under-sold it 😅
@@littlevictoriessportscards197 that’s a deal for such a unique card!
Flacco on back under “O” and above height looks like an indent.
Didn’t see it there when I checked…but who knows, you probably right 👌 I probably shouldn’t have graded Flacco to begin with 🤣
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You too 🙌 Thanks for finding my channel and the sub! Happy collecting 😃
Love the content, might want to check that 2nd O on the Joe flaco auto. Great video
Thanks for enjoying my content! 👍 I’ll check out that spot on the Flacco…I appreciate the comment. Happy collecting!
mine arrived the 8th as well. still waiting to complete, but still faster than expected
Good luck with the grades 🤞 They should pop soon! Thanks for watching my vids
From what I saw on the flacco it looks like there is an indent on top card between the O and the K in rookie.
Sweet video as always! Love watching man
Thanks! I always appreciate your comments. I didn’t see any indent where you mentioned…might have just been the natural bumpy texture of the card 👍
@@littlevictoriessportscards197 yeah it’s always hard to tell on camera. Just trying to be an extra set of eyes. 👀 keep up the good work as always
My wife works at usps and i asked her what that means regarding your sgc order. She said it usually means the package was damaged and sent to a different facility. Hope that's not the case though and it turns up safely, you never know. It is on the usps though not sgc unless they packaged it poorly.
Great video as always though!
I appreciate you and your wife helping 🙌 that’s good to know, that’s been the most help I’ve gotten. I hope it makes its way to me still, damaged or not 🤞
Sick hits
Thanks! I was excited to get some gems on those black refractors 👌
10 days! Wow
Yeah, absolutely nuts 🤯 I was shocked. Seems to be normalizing now based on my other orders. Thanks for watching!
Looks like a little bit on the bottom left corner on the back a little uplifting.
You’re probably right 👍 I was just blinded by Flacco mania 😂
Nice hit on the Amari rookie auto! I've tried so many of those and haven't been able to get above a 9.
Love the black refractors too!
Thanks! This one shouldn’t have gotten over a 9 either 🤣
😂 love those sweet wins
PSA gives over a 9?
Revis Island! He was so good in his prime! I love that Sanders color match, getting an 8 is unlucky, but sweet nonetheless !
I’m glad Revis made the hall 👌He was such a beast in his prime
10 days? That is crazy.
It felt really weird 🤣 I’ll take it though :)
Little Victories, I've been a fan of yours for a long while! And I was one of your early subscribers! In one of your early videos from a while back, you mentioned that you use a "snipe" service to buy cards off of Ebay! I can't remember which video you mentioned that in...and I can't remember what the name of that "sniping" service is! Is there any way you could make a video showing exactly how that service works? Like a video describing how to use it, what it costs, the pros and cons, and how to set it up or link it with an eBay account? And any other advice you could offer? Thanks!
That’s a good idea for a future vid 👌 Until then, I’ll give you a quick answer. I use EZsniper. It’s $10 a month, unlimited snipes. Create an account on their site, click the button link eBay account, link eBay account. And then go to eBay and make sure to add any items you want to snipe to your eBay watchlist 👍
Then go back to ezsniper site, and you’ll see a section with your eBay watchlist. From that you enter the amount you want to bid. And then ezsniper does the rest. Good luck! And happy collecting!
@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Thanks man! You are a real gem! And a video on this would be amazing for sure! And does the snipe service bid for you like in the last 2 seconds or 7 seconds or so...I just never really could get the concept of it! I'm just so tired of trying to win cards and then getting outbid in the last few seconds, lol...which is why I am looking for a way to start winning some bids on Ebay!
Yep,, the sniping service bid for you within the last 3 seconds. It's so nice, and you end up getting the card for cheaper this way. I hope you win some awesome cards! Good luck@@MyrickWillard7
Usps gets temp employees for the holidays. May of been a package theif in Portland that swiped your cards.
That’s exactly what I was worried about :(
I have the scans of the graded cards, so eventually if I still don’t receive them, I’ll post a video of them, and they might be spotted
for-sale online by someone 👍 Thanks for the comment! 🙌
When you buy at a cards show do you use a magnifying glass or do you just eyeball them.
For cards valued under $10 bucks…I just do a quick eyeball through the case. Anything over $10 bucks I usually take the card out of case and inspect closer with just my eyes, no magnifying glass 👌 Hope that helps! Happy collecting
Where do you buy all these clean cards? Sick vids man. Any eBay card screening tips?
I buy my cards from eBay, comc, card shows, card shops, and personal collections. The key is to buy enough of them and 15% of them will be clean and gradeable 🤪
Just use the zoom feature on eBay, and start with making sure centering is within gem range, then zoom into corners and edges, make sure no white showing. Surface is just a gamble since you can’t really see surface scratches 🤞 Happy collecting! Thanks for the comment
Do you ever try high end to grade and flip?
@@littlevictoriessportscards197dude you’re awesome! Learned a ton from you. I’ve sent in 120 cards so far, 61 being 10s. My buy target is $50-$150 if that gives context
I just don't have the stomach for high end...too stressful. I usually stick to my bread and butter $5-200 buck cards :)@@PaytonIrslinger
How did you manage to get a purdy rookie for $5?! Nicely done
I was lucky and bought a 4 card lot of Purdy rc’s in the off-season…that card was one of them 👌
I would say that Flacco has zero chance of getting a 9, minimal chance for an 8...best I could see would be a 7, but 6 seems fitting to my eyes. 3 touched corners, a nick on the bottom border, and that is what I can see from afar in the video....good luck if you choose to resub, but I think it is a losing proposition, and not worth it even if they SOMEHOW gave you an 8...take the loss and move on...
Don’t worry I wouldn’t send this card back to PSA…when I said mint 9, I meant potential SGC mint 9. I would only resub with them on this card 👍 Nice eye as always, thanks for the comment
Hi, what method do you use to evaluate your grades before submitting? Magnifying glass or other?
I just use my naked eye, and card under a nice bright light 👌 But I recommend using a jeweler loupe. I’ve just been grading for 20 years so I like to think I have a trained eye. But I definitely miss things from time to time. Thanks for watching!
What, if any video editing software do you use?
I use InShot 👍 And I’m a huge fan, so easy to use
So the best way to make money on sports cards is to buy off eBay and flip them into slabs? How much does it usually cost to start?
There are many ways to make money (also many ways to lose money 😂) on sports cards. I wouldn’t say my way (raw to slab) is necessarily the best way…it’s just the way that works for me and I’m confident speaking about. I would start by buying around 25-50 clean raw cards valued between $5-30 bucks each. Then grade the best 20 of them with PSA. Grading fees at PSA fluctuate between $15-20 bucks per card. Good luck! Thanks for watching 👍
On the flacco,, obviously i cant see it in hand,,but on camera just looking at the card as a whole it seems to hace bad eye appeal its seems to draw my eyes to the sticker edges ,,which stickers supposly dont affect the grade and the corners dont look sharp when seeing the card as a whole,, not saying you deserve the grade,,i guess what I'm saying is the card just seems off
And the auto is kinda bold and not sharp looking,,which I think messes with the eye appeal
I agree with ya and see what you’re saying 👍 But even with those thoughts, I say it puts the card at a nm-mt 8 overall still. Not sure why grader thought 6. Thanks for the comment! 🙌
It’s not SGC it’s the USPS. I never let anything go USPS always FedEx
You’re probably right 👍 but SGC still could have packaged poorly and cards spilled out of package, or they could have put in a wrong address, accidentally shipped media mail, who knows. I just hope it turns up 🤞 And you’re right, I’m only choosing FedEx for return shipping if I ever use SGC again 🙌
Also tip from my local fed ex carrier. Use air...they work directly for fed ex and are accountable for packages. Ground is a cotract group and they have zero accountability. Pay for the upgrade. Lol
great tip! I'm definitely using FedEx express from now on. That's what PSA uses to send back, and receive it fast and perfect. @@tysonchoquette9439