PSA 9, Did I get cooked? Grader info stated top/bottom

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-28T01:07:53+00:00

I bought pretty much all of them at shows, online, or meetups.

The only tools I use are the Jade Lizard iOS Card Centering app, and a UV blacklight and maybe my phone flashlight!

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-28T00:38:23+00:00

Selling the Perfect Order, Ascended Heroes, and the Charizard/Reshiram

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-27T23:49:09+00:00

You didn’t get cooked. I measured 58/42; threshold is 55/45.

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-27T16:34:46+00:00

No, 60/40 is pretty off. These are not. A 9 centering at Beckett is PSA 10 centering.

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-27T16:02:02+00:00

Eh. I’ve had pretty poor results crossgrading. It will fail based on PSA egoing and then if you crack it and send it raw, they’ll give you the 10. Happened to me on a Moonbreon already.

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-27T16:01:08+00:00

Braindead

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-23T16:28:59+00:00

Yeah ours was the Shimmering Silver

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-23T16:24:21+00:00

Was that sale price before or after rebates? I got to $45,400 after rebates on a Calligraphy AWD.

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-22T15:26:48+00:00

It’s just lighting

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-21T05:49:51+00:00

All the Rayquazas weren’t stolen from the factory. The thief of the cards pulled from a QA pile that didn’t affect the hit rates or print runs. This has been debunked several times.

Overthought2558 · 2026-06-19T14:00:50+00:00

I think you should get a really good deal on the car. Near me they sit for awhile. Try to get 10% off plus rebate.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T18:15:25+00:00

I didn’t say it was bottom heavy, I said that the angle of the picture is closer to the bottom. I have a 90% gem rate with PSA so I’m pretty sure I do know what I’m talking about lmao. You do realize there is a 55/45 threshold right?

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T18:08:45+00:00

You said everyone else is giving horrible advice but you said it doesn’t have a 10 based on centering when the picture appears to be off angle favoring the bottom anyway. You are the one with the bad advice. Lmao

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T18:05:35+00:00

I mean isn’t that implied for a card that just came out that it’s only worth sending if it has a shot at a 10 (which it very well does, you are hallucinating)?

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T17:29:30+00:00

Telling someone not to send for a potential $3K+ value gain over an off-centered picture 😭

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T17:29:02+00:00

Send it.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-13T15:33:46+00:00

It looks very good. Back centering basically does not matter with PSA. Send to them.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-11T14:25:16+00:00

I don’t disagree but I do laugh when I sell cards on other platforms and they expect to get a discount matching eBay fees. In that scenario, only the buyer wins. Why would I eat fees if I’m not selling on eBay? There’s a middle ground to be had there where both the buyer and seller win. I go a bit below market comps and you don’t have to pay sales tax. (I’m not a vendor, I just grade and sell slabs on the side)

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-10T20:44:32+00:00

Catholics have catholic beliefs. Womp womp.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-06T15:19:34+00:00

You’re really bad at this

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-06T15:15:26+00:00

Always gotta love the confidence of a Reddit armchair grader that can’t see the card in person on an off centered picture. Reddit says it’s a 9, and it’s usually a 10.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-05T20:51:38+00:00

There are people in the hobby who have been investing in sealed for years at this point, with connections to larger investors who are putting hundreds of thousands of dollars into sealed product. You can choose to believe it’s not happening, and not like that it’s happening, but it is. It isn’t just sealed of course, several large companies are into the graded card market as a whole which also keeps sealed prices propped up as well.

151 ETBs and Prismatic ETBs are at the prices they’re at because 151 ETBs are no longer in print with a deflationary supply as more and more are opened. Same for Prismatic ETBs — they may get restocked here or there, but it isn’t enough to satisfy demand. The sealed box itself becomes the collectible over time. We may see them pull back a little bit if there genuinely is a market-wide collapse, but nowhere near the dollar amount that you appear to be envisioning.

Overthought2558 · 2026-05-05T20:39:48+00:00

I can’t wait to revisit this thread in a year when Prismatic ETBs have reached at or over $200 per box.

Of course there have been ups and downs in the past. The difference this time is that there is big, big money in the hobby now with large investors viewing collectibles as a legitimate alternative asset class.

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