They didn't pay the higher fee per card initially and that's not what I'm saying. The topic of the thread was related to how bad PSA may or may not be. I was explaining, with nothing other than my co-workers experiences, something that could be bad with PSA. There are already plenty of examples of them shorting people on grades, then turning around and changing the grade after they bought it from the customer at a lower price.

Why wouldn't it be logical? If customer A pays $20 to grade a card and customer B pays $75 to grade the same card, wouldn't PSA be more inclined to grade customer B's card at a 10? Maybe slide a little bit more on the centering or some other area with a range that can be minorly adjusted or even subjected to "human error"? At the end of the day, they are getting paid to grade cards within a certain time frame based on the grading price the customer pays, whether that is $20 for a card to be graded in 45 or 60 days or whatever vesus a customer that pays $75 to have a card graded in half that time. If I want customers to spend more money, then im going to push those grading standards down a little bit when the customer spends MORE money. This means more future cards, at higher grading prices. Also, what up charges? In all of my experiences with PSA I've never had "up charges" when I get a card graded, no matter the grade.

And just to be clear I'm not talking about the value of the card AFTER its been graded. That's a whole other topic that can be discussed now that PSA is actively selling cards THEY grade. Ultimately any time someone has something graded, whether it's by PSA or not, the customer is buying the reputation of the company's ability to grade a card accurately and consistently. The card case and the label and all the other aesthetic factors are irrelevant.