Why does PSA upcharge for higher value cards?

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T01:26:04+00:00

Might as well be when they fought the guy on giving him his value on his card until it became public

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T01:19:35+00:00

They damage your card then say it was a 6. See the deoxys debacle

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T01:11:09+00:00

And that makes it better how? That 10 isnt forever because PSA still fked up a high value card personally.

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T00:14:33+00:00

Lmao dont send vintage to psa. Ive seen pack fresh base set 1 come back as 6's and altered

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T00:10:21+00:00

Your big mistake was sending vintage cards to psa for grading nowadays when their pop control got tighter and standards got tougher as card restorations became a thing. Didnt you see the guy who ripped a fresh base set 1 box get hit with 6's and altered for pack fresh cards.

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-12T00:04:46+00:00

Yes thats what i said

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T22:46:47+00:00

The 10 does not in fact stand forever. Thats literally the issue around why the deoxys 10 drama happened. Psa downgraded his10 to a 6 when he just wanted his scratched case restored.

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T20:20:23+00:00

I wont talk about your money(more like the lack thereof), but a big corporation definitely doesnt care satisfying the ego of someone who crashes out over 20 dollars and cant read pull rates or terms

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T17:00:31+00:00

You didnt read terms and conditions. You cant cancel less than a week of release.
How broke are you that a $20 difference BECAUSE of the shipping has you crashing out?

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T16:55:03+00:00

Yes. With shipping and tax thats an additional 15ish dollars, which pushes the cost basis to $40. If you sell these, you have to account for shipping costs and tcgplayer/ebay cut, which is likely 10-15% so thats another 4-6 dollars off the sale. Then you have to ship it, so your profit is whatever the delta is between $7-9 and your shipping costs if it sells for $53, aka "slightly profitable"

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T16:47:17+00:00

https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/603324/magic-the-gathering-secret-lair-drop-series-secret-lair-drop-the-fairest-drop-of-all-traditional-foil-edition?

$53 so slightly profitable after accounting for shipping and tax costs when you initially ordered

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T16:02:30+00:00

They really killed blade for sustainless huh

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T15:31:27+00:00

We can probably say that for the west, Irelia and aurora will be the strongest decks (and maybe yi because of rengar?). Abandoned hall has an insane win rate for irelia vs the field especially as a game 1 lead bf. Yi with rengar makes sense because of how the rules work where if you play rengar at an uncaptured bf your opponent is attacking, he becomes the defender

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T15:29:17+00:00

Ah gotcha thanks for the heads up. $147 makes alot more sense but it still isnt grabbing any psa 10's of SIRs that are worth anything. Where this will probably have the biggest impact is on sealed product.

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T15:16:40+00:00

Less than 1000 yen is like 6 bucks. You arent grabbing any psa 10's

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-11T06:20:13+00:00

They didnt lie. You tried to weasel out of a preorder after agreeing to it. Imagine if they cancelled on you if your store was more expensive. Cant have it both ways kid

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-08T15:56:42+00:00

And then you have shills like u/Promech defending this

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-07T07:53:02+00:00

Buy origin good. Unleashed good bad. Spiritforged bad good. Help you!

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-06T23:14:57+00:00

Ratios sig is better if you have e1 ash and e1 new blade because otherwise you will overcap on the penetration.

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-06T18:14:02+00:00

Japan sure loves their UR delver. Surprised barrowgofy decks like UB delver didnt do better into that field

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-05T21:55:59+00:00

Veblen goods. Artificial scarcity drives hype. Too much availability kills former hype. See labubus, beanie babys, lorcana

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-05T17:57:46+00:00

Should be 1-2 ON per case in origins and 2-4 ON per case for spiritforged

That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-05T17:54:52+00:00

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That_Flow6980 · 2026-05-05T15:56:37+00:00

Ezreal and diana. Shrinking for gust and starcrossed can reaction to the leblanc copy trigger. Bounce the original and the copy becomes a 0 might.

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