HUGE Walmart Baseball Card Announcement! 

We need a competitor to make ebay lower their seller fees.

@24:18 ~ You can tell Dr. Phil is coming from experience here ~ the passion, the fervor ~he is so well versed ~ perhaps he just attended another AA meeting before this video ~ he has obviously been around the casino block maybe a bankruptcy or two.......you don't get this kind of programming on Netflix folks... Keep up the good work Dr. we are behind you 150%. :)

Everyone should get a peace of the pie!! Also, PSA should not be the end all and be all of grading companies!!

All the breakers and resellers are ruining it for the average collector.

you guys should have way more subscribers!!!!!thank you for your knowledge you guys. i cant stress it enough. worth its weight in gold!!!to all of you gentlemen thanks.

Agree with Ty about graders notes, the only time we will care about graders notes is those head scratcher cases. I'm sure someone will find a way to exploit it, but otherwise don't see how it could be a negative for the consumer. It's not like Graders Notes are going to invent annoying buyers. They already exist, this just may be a new avenue for them to be annoying.

Another great video. Thanks guys. Just a few things 1. Wal-mart - no thanks, as much as I would like a more compeitition for eBay Wal-Mart represents everything that is wrong with corporate America. I might be showing my age, but I remember when Wal-mart's big advertising gimmick was to buy products made in the US. Boy, how that has changed. 2. PSA Grading notes - I like the idea, but comes as now surprise that PSA has contractrating stances on whether you can share the notes or not. I guess I don't know how PSA can stop the person that owns the card from sharing the notes 3. Grading vending machines - I don't mind this concept, but I would call it more like a blind bad than a re-pack. Re--packs to me are opened all at the same time and you have an idea what the big hits. Some transparency than a blind bag which usually just guanatees you an auto, mem, or graded card. Until next time....

Glad I caught that Mikal Bridges tidbit....I've been holding a black velocity rookie since release day lol

It’s GREAT….. for everyone except the card shops

Love you guys

If it’s hindsight. What’s the difference? Notes or sub grades, after the fact of the grade, I think we are going too far. I agree with Scott, it’s too much for something most of us like due to the simplicity. That’s why I like PSA.

I think the move to Walmart for sports card outlet is a great thing. As long as it catering more to getting the cards (hobby) into the kids hands. Walmart is the biggest chain store in America, so using that to expand the hobby is great. As an "investor" as you guys are somewhat, I understand the worry of an avalanche of product.... However, the print run and so on, on all the cards is not changing, so the value of those said cards will not go down... if anything it could make the prices higher on those type of cards. Thanks guys, God Bless!

It's a great idea for Walmart to get in on the card market. Walmart is a competitive company and I hope that they scorch the competition.

Love how Zero grader notes is ONLY available at Express or above and you cant share the notes that you pay for!! 🤣

What do you guys think of TAG and how they do their grading? I’ve graded a couple cards with them and I liked the service. I also like that it creates a standard with the cards graded as well, less nuance. I feel if PSA is going to go this route on notes then they’re taking a step into some sort of automation in the future. What would the notes have been for that 6 turned into a 10 and which grader was correct? Feels like there’s still a human aspect to something that doesn’t need it.

Graders notes may be of interest to the person that submitted the card for grading. Outside of that, I don’t think most people will care about the notes.

On the surface I would say graders notes are a good thing if they are in the right companies hands. From my almost 15 years of sending bulk orders to PSA their consistency is at an all time low. In my opinion they grew too fast and inexperienced graders are on the floor now to get more cards slabbed. This could be a messy situation from the standpoint of what Jeff said with people snapping out serial numbered cards and getting different notes etc. Cool idea but to get the notes you have to use premium services so its probably another money grab by PSA

I welcome any competition, bc the 13.25% seller fees on eBay are brutal. Your card basically has to go up 20-25% just to break even when you account for shipping and taxes as well

I started making repacks back in late 2019 but with the goal of creating a product that was fun to open, had value, guaranteed a auto or relic, parallels and was just fun to open. Something you look back and be like, 'that was worth it, i had fun, i dont feel taken advantage of'. I started selling them for 9.99$ and flat 2.99$ shipping (for any qty) and to this day, they are still 9.99 with flat 2.99 shipping. The problem with these big companies is they're goal is to scam, squeeze, trick you in to as much money as possible, rather that creating a product that people want. I will continue to make my hand made packs for 9.99, i just hope these new entities don't ruin it for everyone.

100% for Walmart getting prices down

I feel like the vending machine is a perfect entry to partner with market movers Ty! Have a market movers scanner so the regular Joe knows what they just pulled and what it's worth! Get on the phone and make it happen!

TAG is really good. Anyone can scan it and get everything about the card. I bet if I cracked 3 cards that they gave a 9 any of the others would give them a 10.

Walmart doesn't really care if this Sports Card venture hits big. It basically attracts more people to view their website and raises the probability of them buying from them.

Well if we’re getting repack machines let’s have breakers tables at casinos too, would love pulling up absolutely shit faced and buy into breaks 😂 would fly from Australia to the states just for that

The new slabs are much easier to crack with tile nippers. It’s actually scary that the plastic stays in tact and does not crack at all.

I'd just be happy if my Walmarts actually stocked and sold retail card products, but they don't... ZERO! As for grader notes, I've collected both comics and cards off and on for decades, but didn't get involved with grading until 2019, and that was with comics, and later cards. That said, I was used to grader notes with CGC graded comics, but when I started grading cards with PSA, I couldn't understand why there wasn't grader notes included.

Such a good vid. This reminds me of the junk wax years. Mass produced, loss quality and values tank. Hopefully I'm wrong.

I may be one of the first to get some grader notes back. I had submitted a couple of cards at the june special express tier that popped the day grader notes started. They are not very in depth. They said for PSA 9 "top right corner" and for the other one I sent they said "corner chipping" so it's really blunt and to the point, at least for corner flaws and seems like each grader might have different way of saying the same thing. Both were paper stock cards from 2024 topps series 2 so I do wonder what they say for chrome cards with surface issues (print lines, scratches etc)

The entrance of Wal-Mart and cards in casinos does remind me of the 80s boom where cards were advertised on TV and found everywhere. Is this another bubble or are sports cards now a more permanent feature of the consumer landscape?

Wish my local WM's card supplier would quit reselling all the Marvel cards and actually put them on the shelves

Interesting idea for Walmart - I wonder how it will turn out.

Assuming the graders notes aren’t totally vague and useless it might be worth it on high pop mostly junk wax era stuff to prevent PSA’s obvious gatekeeping

Walmart and Gamestop getting into cards doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies about the future either Scott.

Bro show me the CARD FACTS! 😂 21:39

25:46 not fanatics repack machine. It’s independent with psa approved The cert is stolen of the slab on the machine

Maybe PSA should only grade numbered cards and that Topps should start using a QR coded system for their rare cards(low numbered cards and autographed cards)that they put in hobby boxes, jumbo boxes, blasters, hanger boxes, etc. And so when someone pulls a rare card and decides to send it to get graded, PSA could take note of the information within the QR code and implement it into the PSA website, so that no one else can try to have it regraded if the card that happened to be previously graded received a lower grade.

Yo i think ohtani is the most collected athlete of all time. there is simply more funds in all of shohei's cards then all other players across any sport or celeb. If you got a pizza and shohei gets a slice, his slice is the biggest

Ebay fees are out of control. When you throw in shipping costs, taxes when you surpass 2,000 dollars, time and gas, I'm not sure why anybody would sell on Ebay. Other than treating it as solely a Hobby.

I don’t try to buy psa because they don’t have sub grades. This is a step in the right direction for me.

I didn’t hear you say that overproduction of cards is a concern with Walmart and the vending machines increasing access. The 90’s all over again?

Marketplace.. how about selling Sports Cards in their stores here in the US. Wa State we can only buy them online, no one carries them, there isn't a single vendor in a single store here.

Subgrades are also just a number so instead of 1 number getting questioned, you have 4 so i don't ever count sub grades more transparent. Serial numbered cards have always had a paper trial so that wouldnt be a bigger concern

Aaron Judge is unfreagin' believable.... only 1 HR tonight so far ~~.320 with power thru the roof....

You have mentioned Neo‘s name now four times in the first 10 minutes of your video lol. You guys should’ve just had them on this episode As a guest, that would have been cool.

I graded a Brady Rookie and Psa sent it back ungraded and I would loved what the reason was for that so I think it be good.

Growing thw hobby.

Scott you don’t need the sub grades on BGS slabs how do you not know this?

Walmart is pretty good at selling things.

Yes

Wait, should I not be wearing cargo shorts anymore?

At least if you get a psa slab in Vegas you can go home with something instead of an empty bank account

eBay is and always will be KING! As they say in the Wire “The king stay the king”

Arena Club's AI does a great job. And the vending machine is no different than breaking. It might even be more honest.

When does Wal mart start this?

It’s annoying PSA made their slabs harder to crack

Here’s the REAL problem that PSA has created for themselves with their graders notes: its given collectors the information that they rightly deserve and PSA now has to stand by their grades - and ultimately it’s just going to show what a SHAM grading really is. PSA has how many graders now? What percentage of them are even HALF as qualified to be graders as any of you guys or me, the Blanco Acuna Uber-Believer?? I would bet you any amount of money - this will NOT end well for PSA. They grade way too many cards and have too many graders to have any real rhyme or reason to their grades - and grading notes will just reveal that lamf

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Why does it sound like Philmington is talking in a jug?

Vending machines seems like the wrong term for them. They are more like Gacha machines. They have chase prizes and you are guaranteed something, but 99% of the prizes will be garbage.

SGC slabs are the best looking slabs on the market. I’m getting fair evaluations as well.

Ty loves trevor Lawrence and wants to be him

Jeez guys just invite me on next time 😂😂😂

HOOP

Bwahahahagahga.....looks like a bunch of self proclaimed experts sheeeeeeting their shirts! 😂🎉

Walmart is convenient

Cardboard crutches

isnt the card on the side of the vending machine a decertified card, lol. the chase cards is a fake psa slab 😂

Yup TAG Is the threat…they are going to be a standard someday. Don’t care the peep that laugh but I love using tag as my slabs. When we start walking into LCSs and Walmart 😅 to be able to submit a card to a machine that reads your shit right there. A guy behind the counter that slaps the slab together with the laser seal technology blah blah. PSA doesn’t stand a chance if they don’t change…and this IS THEM ATTEMPTING TO ADAPT.

PSA is laying ground work for when people start realizing that A.I. grading will start taking over the market. People will start losing fate in PSA because of the “human error” effect whereas A.I. will sooner than later not have that error effect once A.I. learns all it needs to grade a card without doubt.

More gambling degeneracy. Yaay.

Grading has ruined the hobby. I still like non graded vintage myself

Every one of these opinions is completely out of touch with the average card collector. "OH no, my bottom dollar!" Lol

No offense guys, but wow you guys are in someone’s back pocket against Walmart.

If it werent for moms of baby boomers throwing pieces of cardboard EN MASSE, said pieces of cardboard would not be "rare". Throwing cardboard in the trash means its trash. You people are in denial that you are involved in a form of sports wagering disguised as a "hobby". The grading companies are the real winners and the odds are they have an even lower opinion of their clientel than strippers do.

I disagree that instagram helps sellers make more profits because in order to sell on facebook or Instagram everyone know you are saving commissions and so you end up selling the cards for 15% less anyway