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larry25 · 04-01-2025, 07:33 PM

Curious if anyone else is getting his butt kicked on modern bulk submission from 1990 to 2010 or so over the last 4-5-6 months. My gem rate used to be 50% or more on most orders. Some random orders would be 10-20%, but for most of those, I'd also get orders that were 70-80% or even more. This year, just about every one of my twenty or so 25-50 card bulk orders are averaging 5-10%. I even had a few that went 0% or had that one single gem.

I know that grading standards sort of wax and wane a little bit over time--I've been doing this since the 1990s--but what the serious heck is going on here?

Am I alone in this? Or are others that deal in modern (not ultra modern) seeing the same thing?

04-01-2025, 07:33 PM	#1
larry25 Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 965	Has your PSA 10 Gem rate for modern bulk submissions changed dramatically this year? Curious if anyone else is getting his butt kicked on modern bulk submission from 1990 to 2010 or so over the last 4-5-6 months. My gem rate used to be 50% or more on most orders. Some random orders would be 10-20%, but for most of those, I'd also get orders that were 70-80% or even more. This year, just about every one of my twenty or so 25-50 card bulk orders are averaging 5-10%. I even had a few that went 0% or had that one single gem. I know that grading standards sort of wax and wane a little bit over time--I've been doing this since the 1990s--but what the serious heck is going on here? Am I alone in this? Or are others that deal in modern (not ultra modern) seeing the same thing?