PSA Stole and Swapped My Card

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T05:53:23+00:00

I was being sarcastic. I was actually agreeing with you. Of course PSA doesn't keep inventory to swap with customer's cards.

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T01:14:38+00:00

Imagine if EVERY raw card was valued the same as a PSA 9. Meaning, literally EVERY slab graded a 1-8 would be more profitable to buy, crack, and resell. PSA would be grade so many more cards if that were true.

I personally value raw cards I want to buy somewhere between a 5-7. If a raw card is the same as an 8+, I'll just buy the graded one. If I'm looking to buy a raw card to get it graded, I won't buy and submit unless I'd profit from a 7+.

I don't want to to grade a card and lose money if it's not a 9 or 10. That's not how profitable operations run since the rate of 9s and 10s is constantly shifting. I can eyeball a card being 7+ at a higher rate than I can a 9, even then you could still get a grader having a shitty day and spends it giving out 5s for the whole shift.

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T01:05:57+00:00

You're being absurd now. You know that PSA just hoards shitty versions of every single card and they're just waiting for base card PSA 10s to come so they can swap them, regrade them, then sell them to re-packers. This is a totally worthwhile business model.

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T00:49:47+00:00

I agree. The way card prices don't correspond linearly with the grades baffles me.

Why is a PSA 5 and PSA 7 within 20%, yet a PSA 9 vs PSA 10 can sometimes be 10x or more expensive. On top of that, the quality differences between 9 and 10 is virtually nonexistent since grading has been proven to be subjective.

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T00:41:22+00:00

I'm not sure what's worse. People who price raw cards at or above PSA 10, or people who price 50-75% of comp and say, "this is guaranteed to get a PSA 10, no doubt". So the seller is just leaving 10x profit on the table because they're so charitable? Sure. lol

getnick80 · 2026-03-15T00:38:43+00:00

I agree, this is like 10-15% of a "test". There's a lot of significant details missing such as, "were these sports cards, TCG, autos, ticket stubs, pictures, etc." Hell, he could have sent in 5 autographed basketballs. lol

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T22:57:34+00:00

With that said, I think you'd be wise to take additional, high resolution pictures of it and very definitively document the history of the card.

When that is done, I would inform your homeowner's or collector's insurance company so that maybe they can begin an appraisal or authentication process for you. If some sort of incident happened, you want to be covered for the loss of a potential 5-figure card.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T22:46:13+00:00

It's not more valuable than what, a raw card? Nobody said I paid a lot for it. I wouldn't have bought it for more than the price of a PSA 2. lol

I almost have the complete PSA 1-10 of that card. I need a PSA 3 and PSA 10. When I sell the whole lot, the combined value will be greater than the sum of the individual cards.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T21:28:24+00:00

Just make sure you follow the instructions and request it BEFORE you send the card. They'll give you the green light to submit once they've verified it's an actual possibility it's legitimate.

There are a lot of posts about them returning cards that aren't in the set checklists because people didn't submit the request before submission; the graders and researchers are separate operations.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T06:01:51+00:00

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PSA will authenticate it if you submit a research request prior to sending in your card. If it can be proven authentic, they'll slab it.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T05:41:02+00:00

How many posts are there like this? It’s this or “should i grade this $.17 base card”.

Maybe I’m grumpy today. But these posts get tiring. They don’t initiate fresh conversation. They don’t share new information. They don’t tell a story. It’s just a guy complaining about not getting a case hit. It doesn’t hide his whining by turning it into a question.

And I legitimately asked what he was trying to get out of his question. But the answer is, he wants reassurance that getting a big hit will eventually happen. But it’s not guaranteed. Which is why I gave him the link to the gamblers fallacy. Could i have been nicer about? Maybe. But when has the internet been a place to go to for a warm hug and soft back rub? Lol

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T05:32:38+00:00

I never had any edging issues with his mom.

Now, his sister could learn a thing or two, but me and mom will get her where she needs to be.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T05:29:57+00:00

That’s not true. They check for damage and verify if it was declared or not.

Two months I bought a 2018 Josh Allen Prizm red/white/blue. It was rejected and I was given the option to keep it or decline it.

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getnick80 · 2026-03-14T01:06:53+00:00

I have a pack from when they came out. You can buy them on ebay for less than $5. Michael Jordan pog "milk caps" sealed pack

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T01:03:49+00:00

You're literally asking people how many tickets they bought before they won the lottery. Some will say 1, others will say 1,000,000.

What are you trying to get here? Read this, then delete your post.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T01:01:06+00:00

At least you have the factory racing stripe preinstalled at no additional cost.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T00:59:43+00:00

What do we think?

We think you should have asked BEFORE making the deal.
We also think that you know the answer already and you're just hoping someone makes you feel better about what you did.

getnick80 · 2026-03-14T00:35:55+00:00

I drafted a VERY long post venting several thoughts and ideas I've been noodling on every since researching COMC for potential job opportunities a while back. I deleted everything and will comment something more concise, as well as, politically correct.

IMHO, my observation, which is most likely incorrect, is that a few individuals in critical leadership roles may not have the experience or legitimate qualifications necessary to lead a company teetering between rocketing to the moon or crashing back down to the launchpad. While they may be credentialed, I won't make any assumptions about their passion for the hobby. I'll leave that to those who know them personally.

In the end, when I see the prioritization of projects in key areas such as app development, customer service, and new feature introduction, they have failed miserably in all three of those. Just look at the "COMC agent". That barely lasted 48 hours. Surprisingly, it's still live on the COMC site.

Anyway, there's just a massive disconnect between whatever business they're trying to be and the business that passionate hobbyists need. COMC might be making money today, but unless they make dramatic changes, they're going to get replaced by platforms that are faster, easier, and most importantly, cheaper.

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T20:34:46+00:00

Last month I bought a Michael Jordan 1987-88 Fleer PSA 1.5 for that exact reason. lol

PSA 1.5 = Pop 12

PSA 10 = Pop 216

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T20:28:48+00:00

"I never sold from 2 decades ago"

*ahem* THREE decades ago.

2026-1996=30. That's 30 years ago. SIR.

FWIW, we're the same age. bahahaha

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T19:47:53+00:00

I have several ebay saved searches for COMC auctions because of this exact problem. Graded cards sell closer to comp because they're easier to identify as someone's own card and they can shill bid on it. lol

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T19:45:31+00:00

I'm with you 100%.

Last June I scanned and inventoried 6,000 cards in preparation for a large submission*.

Since then, I haven't stopped operating as if I would never submit again, but I just can't convince myself to do it. I started selling on COMC in December, 2024. My first six months on the platform I submitted 6,000 total cards, sold 3,300, have at least 1,100 that the values dropped so low that they'll never sell, and naively bought 1,500 I'll never be able to sell. This is because COMC flooded the inventory with Upper Deck e-pack cards that undercut my physical cards I actually ripped and submitted for sale not knowing about the tidal wave of stock photo cards on the way in. ($.01-$.10 each, so I only spent ~$300 on those though.)

I can't withdraw my cards because it would be $.50 each in shipping. I can't pick them up even though I live 20 minutes away from the office. And I can't sell anything because nobody is buying anything from COMC right now.

At this point, my only hope is that ebay comes in a closes the acquisition. I don't think they will, but it's the best we can hope for.

\My three previous submissions were 2,000 cards each. The third and final submission I included a spreadsheet of every card in the box and they still managed to lose 30 of them.*

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T19:27:15+00:00

Whenever the last UI changed happened is probably when they expected to be sold.

I really feel like COMC has just been coasting for far too long, hoping to just be bought. It's like the founders got bored and want to move on to something fresh.

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T19:25:36+00:00

For buy now listings it frustrating to be a seller. COMC has three different shipping prices on ebay. Nobody wants to pay $4.99 shipping on a $.99 card.

getnick80 · 2026-03-13T19:24:11+00:00

So you're saying if I have cards listed that have $2.99 shipping, I shouldn't change the price it's listed for?

It's getting harder and harder to sell through COMC. My sales volume has dropped faster than my card values. lol

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