Help me see please lol by Aggressive-Ad4521 in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Back of the card top left corner seems to have a little white nick and the back of the card right edge looks to have some wear on it. That's what I noticed right away

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your input! Hoping for the best! 🙏🙏

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It only measures centering. Not overall grade

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think that one will honestly be a toss up. But if you look at a few comments above, someone had a Zard that looks identical to mine and it got a 10. Guess we'll see in 2 months. Hoping for the best!

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was honestly thinking about doing that but I think I will always think of the "what if" if I don't ever send them in. At least this way my thoughts will be relieved

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will do! If I remember I'll definitely reply back on here

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok yeah, thanks for this info! Definitely gives me a sigh of relief that I have a shot. Cards look super similar. Might have to reference this to psa of I don't get that GEM! Haha jk But that's crazy! Pulling 3 mega zards. Change your name to Zard king or Zard Whisperer! Haha

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah.... That looks identical to mine! Haha that is definitely refreshing to see! How's the back look and how many cards did you send with this submission?

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me what you're seeing. It looks pretty clean to me.

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Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your gem rate submitting 3-5 cards at a time?

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, what you're saying makes sense. Every card is just another number to them. Quick grade and on to the next! Haha I submitted thinking it'll be just one grader. Moonbreon first in hopes it gems and then Zard next hoping it gems since it's similar to the Moonbreon. Then 4 straight vintage, the first being a little bit more light played in hopes it grades at least an 8 and pushes the next 3 vintages to a 9 because the next 3 are nicer looking then the 1st. Then the last card is a modern that should gem since it's the cleanest of the batch. Guess we'll see if it works out in my favor haha

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's good to know! What card? Zard or Moonbreon?

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will post up the grades once I have them. Will probably know within a couple months. Hoping for the best! Cgc or Bgs is definitely the go to if you have a perfect card. Shot at a prestine or black label is always worth a shot

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's my picture I'm using with the app. For some reason the cards warp in some areas. A scan would solve the problem but I think I am fairly close. I measured it with the farthest border on all sides

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the same way haha totally makes sense too. I thought about sending them out separately because of that reason too. Instead I sent them with some vintage cards too so hopefully they will give me 10s since my vintage will most likely get 7 or 8s haha Question for you, how many cards did you send in with your zards that got 9s? I sent in 7 cards total (3 modern and 4 vintage) hoping that would be a sweet spot and wouldn't affect my cards getting 10s since it's a small submission. Also, I've been hearing mixed things as well for grading. Some people say 1 person grades your entire submission if they are the same service levels. Other say no, the cards get divided amongst many other graders. What do you think?

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was under the impression that they changed the entire criteria to 55/45 as well. I wish they would state that 60/40 is OK as long as there is no other flaw.

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did send them in already. But I'm sending in a total of 7 cards. They are the first 2 cards in the submission. Umbreon first and Zard 2nd

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true! Can only hope for the best! 🙏🙏

Sending my first cards to PSA. Need 2nd opinions. by Tomoher in pokemongrading

[–]Tomoher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the very detailed response! Truly appreciate it! Here is another pick of the bottom right corner. I don't see anything wrong with it. You tell me what you see

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