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Originally Posted by MavsRChamps
Didn't want to start a new thread for this so just curious how people's returns have been on $10 - $50 raw card type of cards? Maybe for 2000 - Present specifically?
Asking because I've been putting away 50+ cards to grade in this value range, and I was leaning to send these to PSA for the $16.99 special right now but I'm looking at resale values and I just don't see much rational to send them in. These are cards you typically grade also - Lebron cards, refractor parallels, popular sets etc etc. I'm not seeing the value added for 10's and 9's are practically close to raw for these types of cards. A card doesn't just have to be worth "$17 more" with grading but it's really $21 if you consider Ebay fees (not even incl shipping to PSA and back).
Couple examples (of many):
1.Steph Curry 2016-17 Revolution Astro parallel ... This card has sold RAW for between $12 - $20 recently, a PSA 10 recently sold for $44. PSA 9 prob between $20 - $30. You do the math; I just don't see how it makes sense to grade especially when it's about 50/50 shot at best for a 9 or 10 for these type of cards. This is Steph Curry too ... Do some lesser known player for a card in this value range and premium for 10 is even less.
So basically I don't know what my plan is now. But I'm gonna hold off for now.
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These cards had a good run between 2019 and 2021. As others have pointed out, it just doesn't make financial sense to submit things like this given grading cost.
I have no idea how PSA gets as much volume as they get each month (I do know, rhetorical comment). These types of cards are dead if intending to submit to sell, and that's a lot of volume from different types of cards like this.