PSA Soon to open a Japanese grading site.

[bobbycass]

Got this email today.

PSA日本支社ではトレカの鑑定士を募集中です。
趣味をプロのお仕事に変える大チャンスです。

応募資格・採用条件

カード収集における幅広い知識
日・英両語によるコミュニケーション能力
リーダーシップスキルのある方尚歓迎
米国本社（カリフォルニア州）で6ヶ月～の研修あり
勤務地：東京（研修修了後）
ご興味のある方はこちらのリンクをご参照ください。

PSA Japan branch is looking for a trading card appraiser.
This is a great opportunity to turn your hobby into a professional job.

Qualifications and recruitment conditions

Extensive knowledge of card collection
Communication skills in both Japanese and English
Those with leadership skills are welcome
Training from 6 months at the US headquarters (California)
Work location: Tokyo (after completing the training)

Its for a Japanese person only as they want someone who speaks Japanese at a native level and English at a mediocre level.

[TakaTanakaGiant]

FINALLY!
Looking forward to finally sending some stuff off.

[k13]

As "soon" as you get your cards back from a year ago.

How much demand can there be in Japan?
At these prices no one is grading anything.

Thought there was more action in HK/China/Korea.

[TakaTanakaGiant]

Originally Posted by k13

As "soon" as you get your cards back from a year ago.

How much demand can there be in Japan?
At these prices no one is grading anything.

Thought there was more action in HK/China/Korea.

There are quite a few sub groups based over here. Just never got around to sending because of the inflated commission and insurance rates.

[netmasters]

Originally Posted by k13

As "soon" as you get your cards back from a year ago.

How much demand can there be in Japan?
At these prices no one is grading anything.

Thought there was more action in HK/China/Korea.

Tell me you have no idea TCG exists without telling me you don't know TCG exists.

[bobbycass]

Originally Posted by k13

As "soon" as you get your cards back from a year ago.

How much demand can there be in Japan?
At these prices no one is grading anything.

Thought there was more action in HK/China/Korea.

At what prices?

Id say there are more card collectors here than anywhere else in the world.

A year ago Id rarely see any PSA stuff for sale over here but grading has really taken off this year. More and more are being sold.

[YayNJ]

k13 probably thinks Pokemon is all american

[bobbycass]

So apparently there is a plan to set up a grading unit in Japan. They are looking to kick it off by 2023. A long way away but we in Japan will soon be able to grade locally.

The slabs will be identical to the US ones and use the exact same methods as their California base.

[k13]

Originally Posted by netmasters

Tell me you have no idea TCG exists without telling me you don't know TCG exists.

This is the soccer section of the forum.

[k13]

There's only been 289 soccer cards graded by PSA from 2021 products....
It won't be any different for 2022+ if grading still costs $100 +

[netmasters]

Originally Posted by k13

This is the soccer section of the forum.

That has nothing to do with PSA opening a grading office in Japan. It didn’t say PSA is opening a soccer grading office in Japan. I’m glad to teach you what TCGs are. You are the dumbest person that posts here so I’m willing to give you all the help you need. We would all rather you just go away but if you are going to be here at least learn to read.

[bobbycass]

Originally Posted by k13

There's only been 289 soccer cards graded by PSA from 2021 products....
It won't be any different for 2022+ if grading still costs $100 +

I can grade cards for 33 dollars from Japan. PSA have a special set up over here.

[k13]

Originally Posted by netmasters

That has nothing to do with PSA opening a grading office in Japan. It didn’t say PSA is opening a soccer grading office in Japan. I’m glad to teach you what TCGs are. You are the dumbest person that posts here so I’m willing to give you all the help you need. We would all rather you just go away but if you are going to be here at least learn to read.

TCG market will bust again.
So overproduced.
After all the old stuff is graded who's going to grade all this junk.

Speculators/Investors do most of the grading once things don't sell they leave.

They've already stopped trying to flip most of the wax because it is so badly overprinted. Stacks of Celebrations everywhere. Tripping over that garbage.

[The Accountant]

Originally Posted by k13

TCG market will bust again.
So overproduced.
After all the old stuff is graded who's going to grade all this junk.

Speculators/Investors do most of the grading once things don't sell they leave.

They've already stopped trying to flip most of the wax because it is so badly overprinted. Stacks of Celebrations everywhere. Tripping over that garbage.

Those not groups were brainwashed to think celebrations was a slam dunk. Talk about overproduced junk

[CheapThief]

Probably a pretty solid idea, though I don't know what demand will look like. I think it's going to be hard for JPN sellers to compete in the US market, owing to shipping costs, and if my experience is any indication there just aren't a lot of Japanese slab collectors. I sold my first graded TCG card in Feb '17, and have sold 10's of thousands since then, and I don't think I've sold more than 2-3 cards to a Japanese buyer.

Maybe the market for graded cards among Japanese collectors is starting to take off? Hard to say. I know they probably have a ton of fairly scarce cards over there that will attract interest from US buyers once graded, but after that 1st wave of vintage cards are slabbed I don't know what would come next.

[CheapThief]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

Those not groups were brainwashed to think celebrations was a slam dunk. Talk about overproduced junk

No idea what a 'not group' is, but I agree that if these TCG issues are ever going to appeal to a broader section of the collecting base they're going to have to figure out a way to produce more than 20-30 cards a year that sell for over $100 raw.

[Onepocketj]

Please stop quoting k13 and ruining every thread. Just ignore him.
Thank you

[Tumba]

I like my junk


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