[johnxgodfree]

sounds nicer than the midrange loupe I use... I rarely have been off on my guesstimate on grading, the best bet it sounds like for you if it is 9.5 or bust (I honestly think you did really well with your grades with BGS.. I wouldn't say a BGS 9.5 = a PSA 10 like a lot of other people are saying. as BGS is generally MUCH stricter with their grades, and for the most part in any examples I have experienced personally a PSA 10 is easier to attain than a BGS 9.5+ I can't put figures to it, obviously but just because an item is a PSA 10 I wouldn't guarantee of 100% assume it will come back a BGS 9.5

anyway what I was getting to if you feel for the value a PSA 10 would be your best bet for your customers and they appreciate it...then go with that. you know your customers and what they want no reason to not provide. if you do want to go with BGS you can set a minimum grade for the items, for example if you wanted nothing to come back lower than a 9.5 on certain cards you could mark it as such. that way it would not get slabbed if it was a 9.0 or less. you still get charged but it would save you from having something that you might be able to sell raw better than encased in a 8.5 or 9 holder

i'd personally take a BGS 9.5 over any PSA 10 counterpart for any modern cards just because I like the cases/look of the BGS slabs. really do not like the look or feel of the PSA cases