Bought PSA card on Ebay, card is rattling in holder, what would you do?

[bnorth]

If not happy with it send it back for a refund. On the PSA front I see no reason they would not reholder it for whatever their normal fee is. Besides the ones with the ugly plastic sheet every PSA card I have ever owned rattled around in the slab.

[Tennis13]

Originally Posted by bnorth

If not happy with it send it back for a refund. On the PSA front I see no reason they would not reholder it for whatever their normal fee is. Besides the ones with the ugly plastic sheet every PSA card I have ever owned rattled around in the slab.

You know what? You might be right. I never noticed that. I have a ton of SGC cards, and some old Goudeys that don't really rattle, but the modern stuff might rattle, huh? There's another modern card I have that rattles, I checked after you sent this. Is that why there are those little grooves in the holder that extend out but not to the ends, so it rattles, but doesn't hit the end? I was already sort of thinking that, and thinking that my dinged corner could be the reason for the 8. Just a thought.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Tennis13

You know what? You might be right. I never noticed that. I have a ton of SGC cards, and some old Goudeys that don't really rattle, but the modern stuff might rattle, huh? There's another modern card I have that rattles, I checked after you sent this. Is that why there are those little grooves in the holder that extend out but not to the ends, so it rattles, but doesn't hit the end? I was already sort of thinking that, and thinking that my dinged corner could be the reason for the 8. Just a thought.

A dinged corner shouldn't get anything near an 8... but who knows

[jb67]

Always a major let down to receive a card that does not meet the expectations. Post of pict. of the card and might be able to give some better input. I would be curious as to how bad the dinged corner is. I assume the picture that was posted on the original listing did not show the dinged corner. Is that correct?

[leaflover]

PSA should make it good. Don't they guarantee the grade? Possibly the corner was damaged because the grader put the card in a holder that allowed the card to float around. A card with a dinged corner is not an 8 anymore.

[Tennis13]

Does this file show through? I'm not good with the Net54 system.

[iwantitiwinit]

I'd normally say don't worry about it you bot a PSA 8 so it's a PSA 8 and if it's rattling around a bit thats how it goes. In this case though, because there is no white border around the card and the card printing itself runs to the very edge of the card the movement within the holder in my opinion actually causes the chipping along the border and corner. Based on what I see I don't believe that if this card was cracked out and resubmitted blindly to PSA that it would regrade as an 8. PSA allowing the card to move inside the holder is most likely to blame but what will they do about it. You essentially have an expensive card that most likely isn't worth what you paid.

If it were me I'd try for a refund first because you don't really seem to be happy with the card, if you were unable to get the refund it I'd go the PSA route and see what remedy you have there.