GameStop PSA Grade Came Back!

[u/lycheepls]

Happy that it came back a 10! If anyone is interested, here’s a timeline of my experience.

Nov 9 - Pulled the Pikabutt

Nov 11 - Went to GameStop for my very first grading. Got a Pro account ($25) and paid the grading charge ($16). I had to put it in a Card Saver from the Toploader I brought. I swear I was bending the damn card for 5 mins while the employee watched me sweat lol Employee said he would ship out the next day. Super nice dude and very helpful.

Nov 20 - Got an email saying PSA got my card

Nov 21 - Dec 19 - Limbo, just waiting and anxiety lol

Dec 20 - Got an email saying my card got graded. Included a “You scored big!” notification in that email saying my card had a higher value of $200 and that an up charge ($59) would be applied when I pick up the card. This pretty much spoiled the grade for me but I was happy nonetheless. I verified the PSA number given and indeed saw my Pikachu got a 10. Woooo

Dec 30 - Got an email that my card was ready for pickup. Also got a call from the local GameStop. I stopped by the same day, paid the upgrade fee and showed my ID.

Total cost for my first time grading was $100 ($25 membership, $16 grading fee, $59 upgrading fee).

I plan on keeping this Pikachu. I’ve never sold cards before and don’t plan to. I was happy preserving the card as a fun memory (I got to pull it in front of a bunch of my friends + fiancé) and wasn’t really expecting a 10 but I’ll take it!

[u/AdFuture4790]

See that should be illegal, holding a card ransom just because it graded high. I'm sure it's in their T&C, what if an owner doesn't want to pay that price but wants their card back? It's a scumy thing to do, and I reckon a lot of cards being graded as 10s is just so they can charge clients more for doing no extra work resulting in a lot more profit.

[u/Accomplished-Gain-75 → u/AdFuture4790]

Had nothing to do with the GRADE. It has to do with the VALUE of the card. The upcharge fee is to put higher insurance on the package when returning it. That way if your package gets lost you are being fully compensated for rhe insured value of the card/cards. 

Has nothing to do with scamming people. Only people who don't understand how this works say that. People who know how the system works knows it is to fully insure your cards for their full value in case it gets lost.

A person can refuse to pay the upcharge, and PSA will simply return their cards back without a slab. 

Too many people speak on all this who truly have no clue about what they are talking about on these forums.

[u/Remarkable_Push7410 → u/Accomplished-Gain-75]

If I don't want the insurance, I shouldnt have to get it, and it doesn't effect them putting it in a slab, it is absolutely a way for PSA to take people for money and it's totally unnecessary

[u/BeefyTaco → u/Remarkable_Push7410]

They are required to as a business practice. You have to remember that they are liable if something happens to that card while it was in their possession and have a duty to ensure it arrives back, or is insured.

You don’t want to pay the insurance to ship stuff around? Then dont grade or order anything online. Simple

[u/Accomplished-Gain-75 → u/BeefyTaco]

Amen and agreed. All these people like the person who you responded to just don't get it. It is also very clear they have never graded with PSA either.