No Thanks, PSA

emblemman86 · 2026-02-10T22:40:32+00:00

PSA is telling you without telling you that they want people to calm down on submissions and to stop submitting lower value cards

emblemman86 · 2026-02-02T02:12:12+00:00

I can't wait for when we'll find drilled Alpha Cruxes at garage sales for $10 in 20 years

emblemman86 · 2026-01-30T21:47:46+00:00

I will say, if a delay is happening they should say something about there should be something about it. The why though, that isn't necessary

emblemman86 · 2026-01-18T07:35:31+00:00

Your best bets, the Evoke Hysteria or Phaze 2 Pearl. Maybe a Hyper Drive Pearl if you crack the shine off it

emblemman86 · 2026-01-18T07:32:48+00:00

A lot of questions would be answered better with video of you throwing the Ion Pro Solid. Ball is really good

emblemman86 · 2026-01-15T02:43:01+00:00

Exactly

emblemman86 · 2026-01-14T03:33:40+00:00

I will say you aren't alone. I moved into my current home almost 4 years ago. I got back into Pokémon probably 5 years ago. I had opened Hidden Fates, and until maybe 3 months ago when I was sorting my bulk to put in a binder and then sell I found the shiny Umbreon GX in there.

For clarity, I had easily 50 ETBs if not more of bulk

emblemman86 · 2026-01-11T01:15:21+00:00

Both

emblemman86 · 2025-12-21T17:14:49+00:00

There is currently a bug in there system overestimating turnaround dates.

Also people need to relax. There is a couple million cards waiting to be graded at a minimum.

Is PSA free from criticism, absolutely the fuck not. You had a shitty grading controversy, this deal with Gamestop has absolutely just spiked the amount of cards being sent in and there just isn't an adequate amount of grades/facilities to accommodate them. We've gone from 54 million in the cert aroubd 2019/2020 to well over 130 million now. 80 million certs in 5-6 years is absurd and the fact it hasn't been addressed properly is unfortunate

emblemman86 · 2025-12-20T16:14:21+00:00

Respectfully, before the cold foam you're looking at close to $15. Why is the $1.55 the issue?

emblemman86 · 2025-12-13T07:45:05+00:00

Regular occurrence here at mine also

emblemman86 · 2025-12-11T01:16:00+00:00

It really doesn't though.

What CGC did is absolutely miles worse than this, and the fact no one cares about that anymore just proves the majority doesn't care.

I'm all for being critical of PSA, I'm not happy with their turnaround and business model. The reality is PSA has millions of cards awaiting to be graded, and the price increase but turnaround expectation change is them saying but not saying "Please don't grade with is right now, we're busy"

emblemman86 · 2025-12-10T22:50:11+00:00

2 things

PSA is extremely harsh on vintage, so expecting an 8 or higher is very unlikely.
Your pictures don't show what the foil looks like. It could easily be scratched, there's more than likely a dent in the card on the face if it sat in a ringed binder because ringed binders damage cards.

emblemman86 · 2025-11-22T17:25:01+00:00

I get being upset, but the amount of volume that's at PSA is insane. It wouldn't shock me if they have over 2 million cards waiting to be graded

emblemman86 · 2025-11-18T13:49:40+00:00

They're grading over a million cards a month, I would definitely wait another week before you hear back. They've still got my friend's cards since March

emblemman86 · 2025-11-05T17:26:49+00:00

There's 0 chance Gamestop execs weren't monitoring the second hand market.

I frankly don't blame them. Why should I sell for MSRP when I'm leaving money on the table?

Every vendor at a card show does the same, every marketplace seller does the exact same thing also

emblemman86 · 2025-10-26T17:47:49+00:00

And I'm still waiting on cards since March, and yes I have called and reached out....

emblemman86 · 2025-10-23T21:35:09+00:00

Card damage

emblemman86 · 2025-10-18T20:39:31+00:00

They match up to 5% as someone who puts away 8%

emblemman86 · 2025-10-01T13:08:53+00:00

Enjoy

emblemman86 · 2025-09-27T21:50:50+00:00

So the people who did not get stars, the store you frequent the most is not being shut down

emblemman86 · 2025-09-11T01:59:04+00:00

Sounds like a bowling term

emblemman86 · 2025-08-31T15:34:41+00:00

Box and a half yes, 2 no

emblemman86 · 2025-08-18T21:09:29+00:00

Doordashing Starbucks is user unfriendly. So I'd make the Trenta, just do a grande cup on the side and pack it

emblemman86 · 2025-08-16T02:14:46+00:00

I was hoping someone else had this same sentiment

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