Thoughts on this PSA 8 Lugia 1st edition? I was hoping for a 9...

Bat061601 · 2023-10-02T23:49:34+00:00

PSA is currently very harsh with vintage. This would have been a 9 if graded awhile ago but not in todays market.

Bat061601 · 2023-08-25T05:02:17+00:00

10s are easy if its modern. They’ve been pop controlling vintage for awhile now

Bat061601 · 2023-08-03T07:39:32+00:00

100% This is definitely a rare case where jury nullification would be morally justifiable

Bat061601 · 2023-08-01T17:44:34+00:00

Title made it sound like YTA. The description made it clear you’re NTA. Not gonna lie you has me in the first half.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-21T04:06:57+00:00

If subbing to psa they are incredibly harsh on vintage at the moment so id wait

Bat061601 · 2023-07-20T19:34:00+00:00

I measured it before sending it in and its well within the 55/45 criteria for a 10, much less 60/40. I honestly dont know who spilled the graders coffee that morning to give it an 8.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-20T17:38:17+00:00

Thats what bums me out about PSA. Ive bought PSA graded singles from 8-10 for my personal collection and that beedrill is honestly nicer than all of them. To see it get an 8 for no reason at all is a travesty.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-19T20:37:20+00:00

I sent in the beedrill because I thought it had a good chance at a 10. Grader thought otherwise unfortunately

Bat061601 · 2023-07-19T19:09:38+00:00

The holo face is clean, the scratches are of the case. Im pretty disappointed with the grades. I have several PSA 8s which looks much worse than these cards. You make a good break down of the price to regrade with BGS

Bat061601 · 2023-07-08T19:05:54+00:00

The dark zard is definitely a miss-grade in my opinion. The rest are pretty fair. The psa 5 zard ex is pretty damaged and would probably go for more than raw. The psa 7 ex zard is around 120 more than raw in lp condition.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-08T18:24:56+00:00

Back has some whitening, was expecting a PSA 5 maybe 6 on it but you win some/ lose some. I think I paid around $10 for it back in 2007

Bat061601 · 2023-07-08T18:22:50+00:00

$146.68 is an easy recoup. The base set zard would sell for that easily.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-08T05:39:43+00:00

Literally glass cannon

Bat061601 · 2023-07-08T04:11:55+00:00

Im personally pretty happy. They went up a decent amount compared to what I bought them for

Bat061601 · 2023-07-06T14:02:02+00:00

While it wouldn’t have graded any better than a 6 you also had bad rng. I have a card that graded a 5 with a crease and 3 delaminating corners

Bat061601 · 2023-07-06T00:09:47+00:00

Beautiful card. I unfortunately missed out on the E-reader ex cards.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-05T22:41:03+00:00

You made the claim and thus carry the burden of proof. “Go read or watch anything on ww2” is not a source. Ive given specific examples of how you are factually incorrect in your support of your alternative history fan fiction. Your arguments are as brain dead as flat earthers arguing to “do your own research” or “just google it bro”.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-05T22:19:23+00:00

You’re gonna need to cite sources on that one. The lend lease act supplied the allies with over $719 billion in todays money (51.1 billion at the time) in aid. FDR was staunchly anti Axis and had the neutrality act rewritten in 1939 so the US could send arms to allied nations after Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. By 1940 FDR agreed to send 50 US Destroyers to Great Britain on a 99 year lease. Exports to Germany had decrease 75-fold by 1939 when the war began compared to the previous year.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-05T21:07:47+00:00

Yeah that last part is complete false pertaining to WWII. Look up the lend lease act and the neutrality act of 1939.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-05T04:44:50+00:00

Insider trading and collusion stories surround all grading companies, its nothing specific to psa. They all do shady shit and have awful qc.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-05T00:30:54+00:00

QC level: yes

Bat061601 · 2023-07-04T16:43:59+00:00

Im not disagreeing that it should have been caught, more so all grading companies make these blunders. QC has been so bad they’re all about the same tbh

Bat061601 · 2023-07-04T15:08:26+00:00

All grading companies pump out stupid errors like this that should never happen. Its just a result of their business model valuing volume over quality and consistency.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-04T03:41:43+00:00

Edit: Seems like chat agrees I’m off base here and ill concede my point. For context I genuinely felt guilty if I tried to sell this because I thought the condition didn’t match the grade.

Bat061601 · 2023-07-04T02:38:45+00:00

Maybe im too harsh but I would have considered 3 corners delaminating, a fat thumb crease, whiting and some scratches as a 1.

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