[iconms]

OP, PWCC is one of the biggest consignors so when you see tons of high end Gem Mint auctions from him, they are the cards of many of his customers.

[nolan5000]

OP, PWCC is one of the biggest consignors so when you see tons of high end Gem Mint auctions from him, they are the cards of many of his customers.

+1 Yup

[chrisa19978]

I do think a lot has to do with how many you send and how often you send cards in that they might give you a break. I am getting more into grading as some of the cards sell for so much more from graded to non graded and my main purpose for doing this is to get the 1996 Mirror Gold Derek Jeter that I need to finish his rookie collection. But I will probably not stop there as there are still a lot of cards of his from the 90's I would like to get.

[nolan5000]

The way that I heard it works, is that it's anonymous. All the orders are received in and given a job #. All the grader sees is a job #. They don't see a name OR a member account #.

Is this not how it's done?

[chrisa19978]

The way that I heard it works, is that it's anonymous. All the orders are received in and given a job #. All the grader sees is a job #. They don't see a name OR a member account #.

Is this not how it's done?

The thing is when you put a submission in it shows your name and other info so I do think they know who is sending what. I am sure they can't bend to much but to bump a 9 to a 9.5 most people I don't think would notice. I am not say this is what happens but you have to believe if your sending in thousands of cards a year there going to try and help you out some.

[wolvie15]

I think those who have a lot of these 10 cards are distributors. I read online that when it was announced that there were 1/1 cards in some top covers of A & G , a distributor sifted through teh boxes he had opened and concluded one out of 300 boxes contained such a card !!

To conclude that, he must have opened at least 300 boxes ( i would never conclude it is 1 in 300 with only 300 boxes ).

Means he opened a LOT of packages. If you open that many packages, you get good at locating which cards are worth grading.
I would never pay to have a Colby Rasmus card graded. Who cares if you can get $1,20 for his card instead of $0,40 for a graded card when it will cost you a lot more to have it graded.

I also find that the graders ( other than Beckett ) do too freely give a 10. I have seen, for instance off-centered UD 1989 Griffeys given a 10 by some graders. Or cards that had surface flaws.

You find far less BGS 10 on EBay . Beckett seems to be more strict than other graders

[nolan5000]

You find far less BGS 10 on eBay. Beckett seems to be more strict than other graders.

+1

[ricelynnevans75]

I also find that the graders ( other than Beckett ) do too freely give a 10. I have seen, for instance off-centered UD 1989 Griffeys given a 10 by some graders. Or cards that had surface flaws.

You find far less BGS 10 on EBay . Beckett seems to be more strict than other graders

However, if you compare the number of PSA 10 to BGS 9.5 (the two designated numerical grades for Gem Mint), you'll find more BGS 9.5.

[nolan5000]

However, if you compare the number of PSA 10 to BGS 9.5 (the two designated numerical grades for Gem Mint), you'll find more BGS 9.5.

As far as what?

[Vols-1]

The big consignors employ people who are professional card resubmitters. Guess what they do all day!