The whole “check the sellers other inventory to determine if they grade frequently” is SUCH a great tip. I’ve had success with that and it was always one of those “ace up my sleeve” tactics that I wondered if others did. Dropping knowledge!
I'm so glad it was helpful, thank you for the kind words! Hey, I'm still learning too just trying to share what I'm learning along the way, thanks for watching
Great video. I think one other thing to consider when grading is the frame. Like clear cut doesn't always look good in some versus others. GMA (10s) look great with black and/or gold cards.
That’s a great point! Sometimes when I have a card where the card color clashes with red PSA label, like something green I’ll send that to SGC because it looks better
I really like your videos. I came across your page yesterday. Love that you are a Seattle fan like me. I’m new new in the hobby, only a few months. I’ll keep watching.
Great video. I really like your comments on Home field advantage. You nail it on target your returns as 9s, not 10s. Did you watch Tyler Short video? I think the time you sub the card is important too. You can't just assume that a gemrate is 60% and send 10 old cards expecting six 10s. I can't stand SGC. But very good reason to maybe use them. Thx
Thank you! I appreciate it a lot. And yes, totally agree the older the card is, the more likely you are looking at a card that was cracked out of an 8 or just one that wasn't minty. I didn't really know how to articulate that in the video but yes totally agree its the percentage of cards that have recived 10s, not necessarily the chance of getting a 10.
Another way to think is multiples. For instance. Take a 5 card lot of a star player if a PSA 9 goes for 25, but a PSA 10 goes for 75, you need 2 10’s to cover the cost and the 9’s become profit. It is wise to look at the overall submission instead of individual cards. A 50% gem rate on a 50 card order should be profitable. It has been for me, but I pick specific cards.
@@DanielsonSportsCards I do multiple all the time. It is about the overall submission and not individual cards. Just got a 39 card sub back with only 13 10’s but 3 are pop 1 and 1 is a pop 2 of a super hot player, on card RC auto. That one card will more than pay for the submission. Everything lose pure profit. Also look for fandom cards. Just got a PSA 10 on a pop 5 card that sells for $200 RAW
@@johnnyw6467 I haven’t ever owned a 1/1.. in my opinion it’s actually similar to grading any decently valued card… you’d probably break even in a 9 or close to it and lose on an 8 and make a premium on a 10. If you saw anything that indicated it was flawed or damaged and thus risking an 8 I wouldn’t bother. If you had a MASSIVE one of one though that’s like a high 5 figure or 6 figure card I’d just grade that sucker to authenticate it
I'd love to hear your ideas on grading for PC. What minimal grade would you go for? I collect more prewar/vintage so I really just sell modern raw unless it's a big card.
Thinking about grading some cards...could you please break down the $22 fee. PSA has bulk grading discounts $19/card. I assume +$3 for shipping? Appreciate any insight.
Yes that's right! $19 per card. Then they charge you about $2 per card for insured shipping. Then you also have to pay to ship them the cards. Usually about $25 or so.
What if you hit an auto and are scared to grade it cuz it has print lines and a scratch came out of the pack like that and it might not even be a 9? I’ve never graded before ever I need some help
In my case, I do vintage and buy lots. The cost per card is normally, but not always, cheaper per card. I try to find lots that are no worse than EX-MT on average. Once I buy a lot, I look at the cards especially the star cards and go from there.
Yeah it’s completely different too. People will pay as much or more for a 4 with good eye appeal than an off centered 5, for example, that’s never gonna happen in modern.
One thing about the gem rate that I think people don’t realize is that while it’s a great guide for how a card generally grades, you should discount it/assume a lower gem rate because the longer a card is considered worth grading, the ones that are already graded are on average better condition than the ones still out there. People think that this is PSA getting tougher with grading, and to an extent that may be true, but it’s mostly just more of the best supply is already graded.
One gem rate watch-out: Make sure the demand is high. High Gem Rates = High Gem Populations = Lowered Scarcity = Value Dipping over time. The only thing that helps mitigate this is consistently high demand.
Fun video, one thing I would disagree with is the point on cards in the $5-$10 range not being good for grading. I believe they are great candidates to send in and that is mostly the range I work in. Such great opportunities to gem and make a nice profit. Another tip like the HFA comment is to not wishcast a 10 on a card or cards as you prep them no matter how much you spent on the raw. I've had that problem where I spend up on a card and it realistically is a 9 or even an eight but I just hate that I sent the $$ and put the rose color glasses on and send it in anyways. If you're not watching Little Victories channel then he is a must watch, he has been doing raw to grade for decades and has great advice and videos.
Thanks for the vids! I always thought cards were 10s straight out of the packs and got dinged up afterward. I'm new to the hobby and just started buying blasters and tins. I was pleasantly surprised when I pulled a Moritz Seider YG Canvas until I noticed the terrible top cut of the card was all frayed badly. What a disappointment.
Isn’t that a tragedy?? Yeah cards get dinged up from people handling them for sure, but the majority of people take pretty good care of them. They come out of packs donkey condition all the time. 🙄😭
Thank you!! I’m still trying to figure out what my channel is but I try and most s long video once per month and I make tons of shorts 🤷🏼♂️🫡 thanks for watching!
The commonly advised, "Look at a seller's other item's to see if he/she sells a ton of graded cards, if so, don't buy the raw card they are selling," is indeed great advice, but please understand, seller's are aware of this, too, and they are literally creating a second eBay account to sell "only" raw cards, so nothing beats evaluating the pictures and/or even asking the seller for more pictures, from different angles.
@@DanielsonSportsCards I agree, even when I visit a LCS or go to a show, I tend to buy graded cards, instead of wasting time looking for raw cards to grade, because with the exceptional of huge card shops, most shop owners and card show dealers have already evaluated their raw cards for grade potential.
@@sourcingsailor4987 yeah and the only other option is to buy into breaks or rip and we already know that’s financial death lol. Now is a good time to start picking up some grades especially of players in the 2022 draft class like Purdy or Pachero.
@@rileybrown4740 yeah it basically comes out to that. $18.99 per card is the fee. But then you pay $2/card in shipping and then you also have to pack and ship the cards to them and pay for that shipping yourself, so $22 is a good number to go by
I have found great discounted cards in $5 boxes that are worth a lot more than when they were put in. Some dealers will also offer bulk discounts if you are buying more at one time.
totally! I usually don't have the patience for the value boxes but you can totally pull great cards from there. Especially players that are popping off, it might have been worth $5 when it was put in the box but under the right circumstances could jump up to be a $20 card.
You know what’s funny is how i started the video I said 6 tips, the 6th was actually prepping and packing cards but I decided to cut it out because was making the video too long. But yes SUPER important
Wouldn’t the gem rate have to do with the # of that card that were sent out. I would assume much more Lawrence’s were graded then fields, hence why he would just naturally have a lower gem rate. Could be totally off the mark tho.
Yeah it actually is. I think grading is going to get harder and harder. Less people will buy PSA 10s and more people will buy raw with intention to grade so I think what we are going to see in the coming year or two is PSA 10s are going to drop 10%-20% in return and raw cards are going to be more expensive. Just me thoughts
@@DanielsonSportsCards I kinda get the premium for a PSA 10 dropping a bit. But my main concern is that a PSA 9 is almost valued as garbage where a raw is the same as a 9. Just crazy to think
@@aceofspades6667 totally. Yeah it’s such a bummer a 9 is such trash. And what’s even funnier to me is we are talking about really tiny differences in card condition lol. I wish the hobby wasn’t to obsessed with condition, like a card in PSA 9 will be $50 but $225 in PSA 10. On like a tiny corner ding of a difference. Wild.
Yeah, you know I don’t have as much experience with high high end cards but especially PSA has a lot of control because a 10 and 9 are so different in value but not that different in condition
Your naked eye can tell you 80% of what PSA can. PSA is accepted by collectors as the end all be all, so PSA isn’t to blame. Sellers are using the number system to try to make more money. The difference between a grade of “5” and “6” isn’t detectable to the eye, but brings the seller more money.
Here's the content I want. I know grading seems arbitrary - and often is. HOWEVER, I'd love to see someone show magnified examples of corners, edges, centering, surface, etc. - and explain why "this one would probably get you a 10 in this category, while THAT one would only get you a 9." I just want to have a better idea of how crisp corners need to be, how crisp edges need to be, how many surface imperfections are too many, etc. No card is perfect, but many get 10s. I want to see visual examples of that sliding scale - with an explanation.
100% agree with packs are not guaranteed 10. Pulled a topps chrom x fractor elly. 10 is around 800$ but it has 2 massive print lines. So, I'm only going to get 60$ for it.
Ah that's so frustrating!! Yeah it's a sad reality. It's getting harder and harder too to find these high end cards in good condition raw out in the open market. More and more people are grading their cards
Regular CGC 10? I would say the PSA 9 value CGC 10 Pristine? I would say the PSA 10 value. Something like that. I like CGC holder. PSA is too costly. I might switch to CGC.
@@DanielsonSportsCards That was originally green. Now they change to black labels. Membership for CGC get 10% to 20% off per item. 20% off is $9.60 per card.
Someone should build an at-home scanner you can buy that scans a card in 3D and uses AI to grade the card based on a universal standard. That way we can eliminate these ridiculous grading fees and just grade the cards at home for a one-time initial cost of the scanning device.
Unfortunately it’s a necessary and permanent scam. I hate it as much as the next guy, but it’s pretty much the epitome of “it is what it is” and this emoji 🤷🏻♂️
@chrisrunyon2372, sports cards were big in the 80’ and 90’s then it found itself in a death rattle. It will never make a strong comeback with PSA grading.
That's because you have probably lost a lot of money doing so just to be honest. It's ok, so did I when I first started. I am almost a 6 fig sportscard seller into my 2nd year doing so full time. Really part time because doing something fun isn't work but mainly because if you know how to properly do it you work about 2 to 3hrs a day on the days you want too.
PSA WILL GRADE BREAKERS CARD ON A CURVE FOR CHEAPER, and quicker turn around. The regular collector will have a 10, and get a 9 just because PSA prefer business from breakers sending them 500 cards a month. Waiting for a class action lawsuit.
Your profit margins do not seem to include expenses/commissions for selling cards. How are you selling cards so you are getting the full retail price? Thanks
@@DanielsonSportsCards best response ever. the real question is how does anyone take advice from guys who's nips poke through their shirts cause they don't wear an undershirt?
Good video gems or bust I don’t care what the 9 goes for example AR prizm silver $150 raw gem $450-$500 and these comments bashing grading your grading the wrong brands 2023 prizm only way to go this year mosiac u will get crushed
It definity CAN be worthless. Especially when some cards in a PSA 10 are selling less than the cost of grading. However grading the right cards and getting the right grades can be very profitable.
I don't necessarily disagree. I really wish the hobby was just about the card and that the condition didn't matter so much. It's wild to me that the exact same card with a minor flaw will sell for $100, but in a PSA 10 will go for $400
When are people going to wake up and stop using PSA or allowing them to dictate the price market. There are much better and nicer slab grading companies.
Yeah I tried to give some good reasoning as to why it can make sense to use SGC. TBH if price were no issue, SGC slabs look far better in my opinion. Red label doesn't look good with all cards. Black is complementary is anything.
The whole “check the sellers other inventory to determine if they grade frequently” is SUCH a great tip. I’ve had success with that and it was always one of those “ace up my sleeve” tactics that I wondered if others did. Dropping knowledge!
That’s awesome! I wonder if there are any sellers out there that have two pages and sell slabs on one and raws on the other 🧐
Appreciate the video man. I’m just getting started with buying cards raw and grading so this video was very informative and helpful 👌
I'm so glad it was helpful, thank you for the kind words! Hey, I'm still learning too just trying to share what I'm learning along the way, thanks for watching
same here . newbie here !! i need to start grading
Great video! Would love to see more content with specific grading successes or busts.
Thank you! I’ll post more PSA reveals in the coming weeks and months for sure
Great video. I think one other thing to consider when grading is the frame. Like clear cut doesn't always look good in some versus others. GMA (10s) look great with black and/or gold cards.
That’s a great point! Sometimes when I have a card where the card color clashes with red PSA label, like something green I’ll send that to SGC because it looks better
@@DanielsonSportsCards precisely 👊
I really like your videos. I came across your page yesterday. Love that you are a Seattle fan like me. I’m new new in the hobby, only a few months. I’ll keep watching.
Much love!! I need to keep making more videos, what should be the next video?
Thank you! Video was just what I needed as I’m preparing my first batch of cards to send to PSA.
Hey so excited for you!! Hopefully it goes better than my first submission...
@@DanielsonSportsCards thanks! I’ll let you know. 🤞
super informative man. as someone whose about to send their first sub to psa this was really helpful
I’m so glad it was helpful!! I hope your sub goes well!!
@@DanielsonSportsCards thanks man
Great video. I really like your comments on Home field advantage. You nail it on target your returns as 9s, not 10s.
Did you watch Tyler Short video? I think the time you sub the card is important too. You can't just assume that a gemrate is 60% and send 10 old cards expecting six 10s. I can't stand SGC. But very good reason to maybe use them. Thx
Thank you! I appreciate it a lot. And yes, totally agree the older the card is, the more likely you are looking at a card that was cracked out of an 8 or just one that wasn't minty. I didn't really know how to articulate that in the video but yes totally agree its the percentage of cards that have recived 10s, not necessarily the chance of getting a 10.
Another way to think is multiples. For instance. Take a 5 card lot of a star player if a PSA 9 goes for 25, but a PSA 10 goes for 75, you need 2 10’s to cover the cost and the 9’s become profit. It is wise to look at the overall submission instead of individual cards. A 50% gem rate on a 50 card order should be profitable. It has been for me, but I pick specific cards.
This is a super interesting approach, I like it!! I may try that
@@DanielsonSportsCards I do multiple all the time. It is about the overall submission and not individual cards. Just got a 39 card sub back with only 13 10’s but 3 are pop 1 and 1 is a pop 2 of a super hot player, on card RC auto. That one card will more than pay for the submission. Everything lose pure profit. Also look for fandom cards. Just got a PSA 10 on a pop 5 card that sells for $200 RAW
@@DanielsonSportsCardsIn case of 1/1, do you recommend grading?
@@johnnyw6467 I haven’t ever owned a 1/1.. in my opinion it’s actually similar to grading any decently valued card… you’d probably break even in a 9 or close to it and lose on an 8 and make a premium on a 10. If you saw anything that indicated it was flawed or damaged and thus risking an 8 I wouldn’t bother.
If you had a MASSIVE one of one though that’s like a high 5 figure or 6 figure card I’d just grade that sucker to authenticate it
I'd love to hear your ideas on grading for PC. What minimal grade would you go for? I collect more prewar/vintage so I really just sell modern raw unless it's a big card.
Great video, been in the game for 8 yrs, very strong recommendations
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!
fantastic tips, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thinking about grading some cards...could you please break down the $22 fee. PSA has bulk grading discounts $19/card. I assume +$3 for shipping? Appreciate any insight.
Yes that's right! $19 per card. Then they charge you about $2 per card for insured shipping. Then you also have to pay to ship them the cards. Usually about $25 or so.
Well said! Thank you for the advice!
Thank you so much for watching!! I’m glad it was helpful
What if you hit an auto and are scared to grade it cuz it has print lines and a scratch came out of the pack like that and it might not even be a 9? I’ve never graded before ever I need some help
mmm good question. That's great you hit an auto! Bummer about the print lines. What card is it?
In my case, I do vintage and buy lots. The cost per card is normally, but not always, cheaper per card. I try to find lots that are no worse than EX-MT on average. Once I buy a lot, I look at the cards especially the star cards and go from there.
Oh nice! I feel I’ve developed a good eye for what is a nine vs a ten, but like I wouldn’t know how to tell a 4 from a 6
Yeah it’s completely different too. People will pay as much or more for a 4 with good eye appeal than an off centered 5, for example, that’s never gonna happen in modern.
Great Video. Thank you
Thank you so much!! I appreciate it
What database are you using to look up the GEM data on the cards?
Hey thanks for watching! Its a website called Gem rate . com
One thing about the gem rate that I think people don’t realize is that while it’s a great guide for how a card generally grades, you should discount it/assume a lower gem rate because the longer a card is considered worth grading, the ones that are already graded are on average better condition than the ones still out there.
People think that this is PSA getting tougher with grading, and to an extent that may be true, but it’s mostly just more of the best supply is already graded.
Yes yes yes, this is very true and important.
One gem rate watch-out: Make sure the demand is high. High Gem Rates = High Gem Populations = Lowered Scarcity = Value Dipping over time. The only thing that helps mitigate this is consistently high demand.
Yes there is a lot to be learned with pop control as well, there is a line between scarcity and over supply for sure
Fun video, one thing I would disagree with is the point on cards in the $5-$10 range not being good for grading. I believe they are great candidates to send in and that is mostly the range I work in. Such great opportunities to gem and make a nice profit. Another tip like the HFA comment is to not wishcast a 10 on a card or cards as you prep them no matter how much you spent on the raw. I've had that problem where I spend up on a card and it realistically is a 9 or even an eight but I just hate that I sent the $$ and put the rose color glasses on and send it in anyways. If you're not watching Little Victories channel then he is a must watch, he has been doing raw to grade for decades and has great advice and videos.
Great comment I’ll check it out!
Thanks for the vids! I always thought cards were 10s straight out of the packs and got dinged up afterward. I'm new to the hobby and just started buying blasters and tins. I was pleasantly surprised when I pulled a Moritz Seider YG Canvas until I noticed the terrible top cut of the card was all frayed badly. What a disappointment.
Isn’t that a tragedy?? Yeah cards get dinged up from people handling them for sure, but the majority of people take pretty good care of them. They come out of packs donkey condition all the time. 🙄😭
This was an awesome video. Had no idea about the gem rate website. Thanks very much for sharing
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Grade cards that are lower pop, but popular players. Condition sensitive can really be profitable.
Great advice!
I’m diggin the channel. I need to get everything on a spreadsheet for sure.
Thank you!! I’m still trying to figure out what my channel is but I try and most s long video once per month and I make tons of shorts 🤷🏼♂️🫡 thanks for watching!
Amazing insight. Subscribed
Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel i post a lot of shorts and trying to do a video like this about once per month
The commonly advised, "Look at a seller's other item's to see if he/she sells a ton of graded cards, if so, don't buy the raw card they are selling," is indeed great advice, but please understand, seller's are aware of this, too, and they are literally creating a second eBay account to sell "only" raw cards, so nothing beats evaluating the pictures and/or even asking the seller for more pictures, from different angles.
@@sourcingsailor4987 I had wondered if people were doing this… it’s getting harder and harder to get grade worthy cards since everyone is grading now
@@DanielsonSportsCards I agree, even when I visit a LCS or go to a show, I tend to buy graded cards, instead of wasting time looking for raw cards to grade, because with the exceptional of huge card shops, most shop owners and card show dealers have already evaluated their raw cards for grade potential.
@@sourcingsailor4987 yeah and the only other option is to buy into breaks or rip and we already know that’s financial death lol. Now is a good time to start picking up some grades especially of players in the 2022 draft class like Purdy or Pachero.
What of the card is brand new never touch?
I'm not totally sure what you mean
Love the content! How can viewers send a question?
Thank you! If you DM me in IG I'll usually respond pretty quickly
Great video and solid advice all around.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for the advice.
Thank you for watching!
Awesome post, thanks for this detail
thanks for watching!
wow... good points man ,, thx ,,, def agree
Thank you! I appreciate it
Great video and tips!
Thank you so much for watching!
Sweet video bud 👌 Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for watching!!
Im from seattle and i love all the seattle sports teams ive got tons of cards i want to grade so ill try to be critical
Yeah lets go!! Can't wait for this season! I really think we are gonna win 11 games
Helpful video man. Thanks
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the kind words
Great video gonna use that website right now !
Awesome!!
Soo.....is it 22 bux a card to have psa grade? Cause their website is confusing as all hell.
@@rileybrown4740 yeah it basically comes out to that. $18.99 per card is the fee. But then you pay $2/card in shipping and then you also have to pack and ship the cards to them and pay for that shipping yourself, so $22 is a good number to go by
I have found great discounted cards in $5 boxes that are worth a lot more than when they were put in. Some dealers will also offer bulk discounts if you are buying more at one time.
totally! I usually don't have the patience for the value boxes but you can totally pull great cards from there. Especially players that are popping off, it might have been worth $5 when it was put in the box but under the right circumstances could jump up to be a $20 card.
Are you from Seattle?
Yes! I don't live there anymore but grew up there
Packing cards to ship to a grader
That is a vital part of the process. Cards can get damaged in transit
You know what’s funny is how i started the video I said 6 tips, the 6th was actually prepping and packing cards but I decided to cut it out because was making the video too long. But yes SUPER important
Great tips and tricks!
Amazing video
Thank you so much!
Wouldn’t the gem rate have to do with the # of that card that were sent out. I would assume much more Lawrence’s were graded then fields, hence why he would just naturally have a lower gem rate. Could be totally off the mark tho.
That’s a really good point, he was the most hyped QB in the draft for sure. So more people probably sent his cards.
I think some very good advice here
Thank you! I appreciate you watching
Can I take a SGC 10 card and send it to PSA, pay the fee and increase the value of the card? 😮
In theory yes. My understanding is an SGC 10 will cross over to a PSA 10 over 70% of the time. But not always.
I think beckett cases look so much better with the clear top.
A good take, I disagree but respect it.
Crazy market today when many raw are going at or above a PSA 9.
Yeah it actually is. I think grading is going to get harder and harder. Less people will buy PSA 10s and more people will buy raw with intention to grade so I think what we are going to see in the coming year or two is PSA 10s are going to drop 10%-20% in return and raw cards are going to be more expensive. Just me thoughts
@@DanielsonSportsCards I kinda get the premium for a PSA 10 dropping a bit. But my main concern is that a PSA 9 is almost valued as garbage where a raw is the same as a 9. Just crazy to think
@@aceofspades6667 totally. Yeah it’s such a bummer a 9 is such trash. And what’s even funnier to me is we are talking about really tiny differences in card condition lol. I wish the hobby wasn’t to obsessed with condition, like a card in PSA 9 will be $50 but $225 in PSA 10. On like a tiny corner ding of a difference. Wild.
AI is about to take over in grading, cuts out human error and bias
I think you might be right. Which also means I think 10s are gonna be harder to come by
Check out TAG grading. @mikeschmid5133
Awesome video my man new sub
Thank you!
The grading companies seem so rigged and just control over the pop reports ive had so many inconsitantce where they under grade higher value cards
Yeah, you know I don’t have as much experience with high high end cards but especially PSA has a lot of control because a 10 and 9 are so different in value but not that different in condition
PSa gives a little slack
Very true. My experience is that PSA seems to grade harsher the more valuable the cards.
@@DanielsonSportsCards 1000% ive had 9z cracked and resub and get 10z
Good video bud
Thank you so much I appreciate it
Go 'hawx and M's! Thx for the content.
Hey let’s go!! Excited about the Seahawks … mariners are, well…. The mariners ha
Cheaper rookie cards going to cheaper grading companies. You can pay $3 a card and $9 to grade. $12 invested to sell for decent profits
Thats an interesting idea I'll have to try that!
@@DanielsonSportsCards it works great on newer stars... but don't do CJ Stroud... lol... I just graded like 60 of his. There are tons of options.
Your naked eye can tell you 80% of what PSA can.
PSA is accepted by collectors as the end all be all, so PSA isn’t to blame. Sellers are using the number system to try to make more money. The difference between a grade of “5” and “6” isn’t detectable to the eye, but brings the seller more money.
Thanks for the update 😅😊
No prob
Here's the content I want. I know grading seems arbitrary - and often is. HOWEVER, I'd love to see someone show magnified examples of corners, edges, centering, surface, etc. - and explain why "this one would probably get you a 10 in this category, while THAT one would only get you a 9." I just want to have a better idea of how crisp corners need to be, how crisp edges need to be, how many surface imperfections are too many, etc. No card is perfect, but many get 10s. I want to see visual examples of that sliding scale - with an explanation.
@@kevincole908 that’s a great suggestion, let me see what I can do
Great point as far as home field advantage. I always wonder what if that grader or graders hate my Packers.😂😂😂
Ha! Yeah true
Thank you dude
Thanks for watching!
100% agree with packs are not guaranteed 10. Pulled a topps chrom x fractor elly. 10 is around 800$ but it has 2 massive print lines. So, I'm only going to get 60$ for it.
Ah that's so frustrating!! Yeah it's a sad reality. It's getting harder and harder too to find these high end cards in good condition raw out in the open market. More and more people are grading their cards
You should see my Hawk collection
I'd love to!! Where can I see it??
SGC Slabs look ALOT nicer also.
I agree!! I don’t know why this is an unpopular opinion but I feel the same way
They look great for certain cards, but if you are looking to maximize ROI, stick with PSA.
Regular CGC 10? I would say the PSA 9 value
CGC 10 Pristine? I would say the PSA 10 value.
Something like that. I like CGC holder. PSA is too costly. I might switch to CGC.
You know I don’t know much about CGC! But there holders aren’t bad I just don’t like the green
@@DanielsonSportsCards That was originally green. Now they change to black labels. Membership for CGC get 10% to 20% off per item. 20% off is $9.60 per card.
SGA rookie card still in the background, let's goooooo.
For sure! Don't have it anymore sadly :(
The Seattle teams are downgraded because PSA is based in Newport Beach, California. Not far from LA and San Francisco teams. Lol
That must be it!!!!
Someone should build an at-home scanner you can buy that scans a card in 3D and uses AI to grade the card based on a universal standard. That way we can eliminate these ridiculous grading fees and just grade the cards at home for a one-time initial cost of the scanning device.
What you need to learn is grading is a scam
Well, scam or no scam I’ll stop grading cards as soon as I stop making money doing it 🎉
Unfortunately it’s a necessary and permanent scam. I hate it as much as the next guy, but it’s pretty much the epitome of “it is what it is” and this emoji 🤷🏻♂️
@chrisrunyon2372, sports cards were big in the 80’ and 90’s then it found itself in a death rattle. It will never make a strong comeback with PSA grading.
That's because you have probably lost a lot of money doing so just to be honest. It's ok, so did I when I first started. I am almost a 6 fig sportscard seller into my 2nd year doing so full time. Really part time because doing something fun isn't work but mainly because if you know how to properly do it you work about 2 to 3hrs a day on the days you want too.
@@UffDa_Puff who are yountalking to? Lol
PSA WILL GRADE BREAKERS CARD ON A CURVE FOR CHEAPER, and quicker turn around. The regular collector will have a 10, and get a 9 just because PSA prefer business from breakers sending them 500 cards a month. Waiting for a class action lawsuit.
This is interesting I haven’t looked into this!
Your profit margins do not seem to include expenses/commissions for selling cards. How are you selling cards so you are getting the full retail price? Thanks
How can we take advice from a guy that wears a t-shirt under a t-shirt?
More shirts = more wisdom. I’ve actually got 6 on
@@DanielsonSportsCards best response ever. the real question is how does anyone take advice from guys who's nips poke through their shirts cause they don't wear an undershirt?
Good video gems or bust I don’t care what the 9 goes for example AR prizm silver $150 raw gem $450-$500 and these comments bashing grading your grading the wrong brands 2023 prizm only way to go this year mosiac u will get crushed
Thank you! I wonder how 2024 Prizm will be... lots of QBs to chase
Yeah grading is worthless. I graded a few before 2020. I dont care for it. Especially now when prices are over inflated.
It definity CAN be worthless. Especially when some cards in a PSA 10 are selling less than the cost of grading. However grading the right cards and getting the right grades can be very profitable.
PSA has ruined the hobby
I don't necessarily disagree. I really wish the hobby was just about the card and that the condition didn't matter so much. It's wild to me that the exact same card with a minor flaw will sell for $100, but in a PSA 10 will go for $400
When are people going to wake up and stop using PSA or allowing them to dictate the price market. There are much better and nicer slab grading companies.
Yeah I tried to give some good reasoning as to why it can make sense to use SGC. TBH if price were no issue, SGC slabs look far better in my opinion. Red label doesn't look good with all cards. Black is complementary is anything.
Too many inconsistent grades tells me theyre is no Quality Control or Maybe to much Population Control because I've done nothing but lose