The grading fee is almost trivial to the delivery fee. So, it usually makes more sense to get as much stuff graded as possible. For example, assuming you live in Eastern timezone, and graded this card under SGC's current monthly special of $17 for cards under $1000 and gave this card a declared value of $950, then the delivery fee would be $26 (standard Fedex fee) + $2.50 (insurance for every $500 above the first $500) + $2.10 for Residential delivery + $3.25 for Adult signature confirmation = $33.85 just for SGC to deliver the card to you. Add on the $17 grading fee and the total fee is $50.85 just for one card.
Now, if you sent 2 cards to them each with a declared value of $950, the delivery fee would be only $5 more for the extra insurance. So for two cards, it would be $33.85 + 5 + 17x2 (grading) = 72.85 or $36.43 per card. Therefore, it usually makes sense to send more cards for grading at one time if that's what your plan is. This is just an example for SGC, but PSA has similar delivery fees, where the situation is the same.
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