Triple Crown ball with clubhouse sigs?? What??

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

PSA's definition of "Pre-Certified" from their website, near the bottom of the page:

http://www.psacard.com/about/what_is_grading.chtml

"PSA/DNA Pre-Certified
As a hobbyist, you may see the PSA/DNA Pre-Certified logo in various auction house catalogues or online. It is a service unique to auctions and to autographs found within. The purpose of the service is to let the prospective bidders know whether an autographed auction item will pass PSA/DNA should that person win the item and want to send it in for authentication immediately after the auction closes. If you see the Pre-Certified logo, it means the item has been reviewed by our experts and is absolutely guaranteed to pass."

Feel free to speculate what this actually means in practice, but it does not mean that PSA gives the auction house wholesale license to rubber-stamp their name on any item the in-house authenticator deems legitimate.

I don't get it. Why would PSA look at an item to see if it would pass? Wouldn't that the results of that examination be the same as passing? Why not just f'ing pass it then? Or is it just another scam, to get someone to pay twice for essentially the same service?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I don't get it. Why would PSA look at an item to see if it would pass? Wouldn't that the results of that examination be the same as passing? Why not just f'ing pass it then? Or is it just another scam, to get someone to pay twice for essentially the same service?

Well, the collector is not paying twice but PSA is collecting from the auction house and the collector, so the collector is certainly being victimized, but what else is new?

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I don't get it. Why would PSA look at an item to see if it would pass? Wouldn't that the results of that examination be the same as passing? Why not just f'ing pass it then? Or is it just another scam, to get someone to pay twice for essentially the same service?

exactly, they would have people pay for it 5 times if they could figure out how to do it.