Good question.
I have a lot greater concern about PSA (have't used the other tpg's in a while) than any mail carrier. Different levels of insurance and comfort:
1) priority insured
2) overnight insured
3) registered insured (takes the longest, but is most "secure")
I usually send priority insured unless need more than 5k insurance, then need to go registered.
I have had 1 issue in the past with PSA damaging something I sent in - 1964 Bazooka stamp sheet and ironically issues with 2 things I just got back - ungraded (that's a whole other story!) - I can't prove it, but 1 I am 100% certain PSA damaged by allowing a tiny spec of something to get into the card saver when they put the card back in it - leaving a tiny indentation in the card. The second I am almost certain I sent in crease free and it came back with a pretty bad crease - I have no "before scans" to prove either, nor would collecting on insured value help me replace either of the cards as they are both incredibly scarce.
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