I've only sent cards to GMA and I thought they did a great job. They even caught a old vintage counterfeit card. That I sent in and didn't know was not authentic. So good of GMA to be that good.
Second comment after watching that last one. If you go to their website and see their grading scale, it might help determine why they gave it a 9 over PSA's 6. Maybe they missed it. Or since it's on the back and hardly noticeable they didn't think it detracted from the overall aesthetic much in their eyes.
I've sent to GMA numerous times in the past couple years. I loved the new label, but really love the new slab case design as well. They've always had quick turnaround times and super accurate grading in my opinion. It's a shame everyone is so stuck on PSA when they do some many things wrong. Sheep. It hurts the hobby as a whole I feel. Don't get me wrong, I own hundreds of PSA slabs, but they aren't the "Be All End All" of grading companies.
Hey man! What do you recommend for the worst offenders of all, the actual company that makes reprints with no markings whatsoever to tell it wasn’t original? I know some are easy to tell by certain colors or shininess but some cards are SO close an amateur like me has no chance to differentiate. Been seeing a ton of Kobe refractor rookies that look legit
I’m trying out GMA for the second time this month. I’ve read good and bad on there grading. In my opinion they are very fair. Sent 2nd order today in which I did 5 comparison cards with SGC. We’ll see soon
How did it go? I did my first ever grading, not knowing how, or what I was doing other than best price for return and picked 15 to send to SGC. I DID well for that little knowledge. Got back 4 9.5's & 5 10s, 1 7 & rest 9s. I'm not sure what to think about 9.5vs10 though.
There's another video on here of a guy cracking open 2 GMA 9's and a GMA 7 and sending them to PSA. The 9's came back 10's and the 7 came back an 8.🤷♂️
Cracking and resubmitting is throwing off the pop counts. I dont remember the card but i saw a video pointing out how a card numbered to 10 was graded 17 times. Just another reason to take pop counts w a grain of salt and collect what you enjoy
The better question is why would you grade with PSA when all grading companies all grade near the same and PSA is the most inconsistent and do pop control but people will continue to pay more for the red ugly label
No, I never send the labels when I do any of my regrading videos. I want honest grades for the cards I send in to see how the grading actually compares.
Definitely possible….I have seen errors and issues like this posted on forums for years. No company will ever be perfect, especially with the number of cards that come through their doors for grading, and the speed in which they have had to hire new employees.
Yes, this was just for comparison sake….I’ve done a number of these comparisons in the past. I will be posting more over the next few weeks. Thanks for checking out the video!
I want to send poop in the mail using envelopes and used stamps. The goal is to get them to send it to the return address that will be mike Zuckerbergs house.
