The Authenticator Strikes Again

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Here's an easy solution, go to the Post Office & rent a P.O. Box
& have your ebay purchases sent there & the authenticating service
is void & you get your card w/o delay.

Looks like an 11x11 P.O. box will cost me $516 for 12 months using the USPS website.

Doesn't having to pay $500 to the government to have a temporary workaround to drive to because a 3rd party company is killing a deal that follows the rules of the platform it was agreed to upon and for which the buyer and seller are both actively consenting and choosing to do of their own free will seem absolutely ridiculous? Or does this make sense to some people?

[packs]

I bought a factory certified auto from a seller and eBay then cancelled the sale and refunded me because the card wasn't "authentic". It was a 2022 Bowman Draft certified auto insert. Not sure what was wrong with it but I was equally surprised.

[RL]

PSA is not supposed to check for scratches..


below is copy and paste from ebay


The seller ships your card to the authentication facility, where ungraded cards are inspected by CGC Cards™, and graded cards have their case and label authenticated by a PSA authenticator. No regrading is performed.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by G1911

Looks like an 11x11 P.O. box will cost me $516 for 12 months using the USPS website.

Greg I pay less then a 1/3 of that
Granted I have a smaller box & I live in the sticks

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Greg I pay less then a 1/3 of that
Granted I have a smaller box & I live in the sticks

My zip:

[Lobo Aullando]

That size is usually for a business that's getting some volume. Individuals usually get one of the smaller sizes. There are lockers for large parcels that don't fit.

Originally Posted by G1911

My zip:

[Centauri]

I had to LOL at the original poster claiming his *slabs* would grade in the top 10%. How soon until we are trading a T206 Cobb bat off, card graded a PSA 4, slab graded a SGA 9 (SGA = Slab Graders of America).

[Popcorn]

Is anyone else waiting on orders to be authenticated? Had two cards delivered both on Monday the 18th still being processed.

[JeremyW]

I'm a fan of the Ebay authentication deal. That being said, PSA should not be rejecting scratched slabs of any TPG. Frosted edges maybe, but not scratches.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Centauri

I had to LOL at the original poster claiming his *slabs* would grade in the top 10%. How soon until we are trading a T206 Cobb bat off, card graded a PSA 4, slab graded a SGA 9 (SGA = Slab Graders of America).

LOL but it's a real thing given how beat up SGC slabs, or at least the older generations, become with routine handling. PSA I can usually clean up, if needed, with Novus 2. Doesn't work nearly so well on SGC. Scratches, scuffs, clouding, little cracks that reflect light, routine for the older SGC slabs in my experience.

[JeremyW]

I can understand collectors being uncomfortable with scratches on their slabs, but PSA has no right to reject scratched slabs submitted to them through Ebay.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando

That size is usually for a business that's getting some volume. Individuals usually get one of the smaller sizes. There are lockers for large parcels that don't fit.

You guys pick the size, I’ll provide evidence of the price, and I’ll repost the exact same original statement with but the new price value and maybe then some once can explain how this makes any sense.