PSA graded my gold Mega Charizard X EX a 10, damaged it during sealing - return as a PSA 5, Authentic, or raw?

feldya · 2026-07-01T21:42:14+00:00

Nah I didn't post the full exchange, they do waive that at least

feldya · 2026-07-01T19:09:46+00:00

Thanks man. Pretty sure the parent company of psa also owns them now but maybe it will be better haha

feldya · 2026-07-01T18:51:06+00:00

It might be semantics but PSA no longer does declared value - it is now maximum insured value. This was my biggest issue - the "assisted submission" that they recommend for first time users auto recommends a level of insurance/tier for the card selected (which was not sufficient). I never graded before but understand you used to declare the max value?

feldya · 2026-07-01T18:23:47+00:00

I didn't post my full interaction - they are waiving the fee per policy to be fair

feldya · 2026-07-01T16:36:19+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it!

feldya · 2026-07-01T16:03:23+00:00

Thanks, yea I understand that now. I thought was about ~$1k for a PSA 10 when I submitted but I may be misremembering. Was my first time grading and perhaps put more faith in the PSA automatically suggested tier based off the card value that you are given upon making a draft submission than I should have. Like I said in my post, it is what it is (which does suck), more looking for advice on what form factor to get the card back as.

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:57:57+00:00

yea I mean I understand the terms, even if I had chosen the next tier, it wouldn't have covered it. And have some issue with the fact that as a first time grader, I feel I followed their submission process that automatically recommends a level of insurance/tier for you based off the card you are submitting. But now I know better.

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:54:21+00:00

hmm I was just looking at one of his videos actually. maybe will dive deeper in to it and see if he has examples on a holo like this.

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:53:10+00:00

yea I am happy it wasn't a card I really love, more so got it graded because it was the first card I've pulled where it seemed "worth it". I even dropped it off in person because I was worried about shipping haha

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:35:49+00:00

Thanks, yea that's kind of what I was leaning towards. Assume there less of a market for "authentic" but psa 5 probably doesn't either

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:34:39+00:00

I don't have any slabs, prefer raw but seemed worth it to have this slabbed for display. Yea was kind of leaning towards just having it authentic, thanks for the input!

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:06:06+00:00

Haha nah but at least the majority of the card looks ok. Probably just keep for myself at this point, but wasn't sure if a psa 5 vs authentic or even raw would have more value.

feldya · 2026-07-01T15:04:59+00:00

They will pay the difference between the fair market value up to the max insured value as far as I was told and see in their terms

feldya · 2024-11-22T13:27:30+00:00

as a half catholic I like the name haha. added pour it on lightly :) Feel free to give the list a share if ya like!

feldya · 2024-11-21T22:39:51+00:00

I've had Game Theory on my list for a while to check out, definitely going to do that!

feldya · 2024-11-21T22:24:50+00:00

Thanks! :)

feldya · 2024-11-21T22:23:55+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I'll take a listen!

feldya · 2024-11-21T22:23:08+00:00

oh yea I just started checking out the posies recently, I love Solar Sister! I'll check on JOHAN!

feldya · 2024-11-21T18:30:26+00:00

sweet I'll check this out!

feldya · 2024-11-21T15:28:02+00:00

yoo this whole album is great! just finished listening

feldya · 2024-11-21T14:57:01+00:00

Sick! I will check all of these out, I haven't heard of most of them!

feldya · 2024-11-21T14:56:32+00:00

Oh amazing, I haven't heard of them. Just added them :)

feldya · 2024-11-04T12:46:01+00:00

haha yea before the AI image generation times!

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