The DEFINITIVE TCGPlayer Conditioning Guide! Flaws Explained Using Overlays
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Card conditioning is subjective to an extent, but TCGPlayer tries their best to give each flaw a card can have some clear examples of what to look for. This video should help clarify things using their new overlays they sent to LGSs recently.
TCGPlayer's Conditioning Guide used in this video: mktg-assets.tcgplayer.com/web...
Special thanks to TCGPlayer for these overlays. They are the best teaching tools ever.
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Thanks for sharing! As a small vendor on tcgplayer its good to know what larger vendors such as yourself get notified on. Condition is one of the things, due to variance, that I didnt want to deal with so I have only listed newer items I've personally opened or inspected and heavily scrutinized so as to have little to no customer service issues. If they provided or offered this type of guide, perhaps I might feel more confident offering more items.
Yeah, I wish it was something all sellers had access to!
Great information. They have so much leniency for NM 😮
I stopped buying NM off TCGp because I've gotten several that have some glaring dents and bad edges. Should have been LP and now I just buy if there's a pic on there.
I only sell a card as near mint if it’s basically perfect. Otherwise you’ll lose any condition battle. Not sure why sellers even risk it.
Yes they do - if you check the pdf it can basically 3 small defects and still be near mint.
Their standards on paper reflect leniency, but I believe this is more of a defense against buyers than leniency for sellers. In my personal experience with direct, they're significantly more strict than their standards suggest with cards submitted. A single speck of whitening on the backside of a card has gotten me more than a handful of LP returns from the Direct program. What I'm saying is, in effect, they are stricter on cards they receive, as opposed to cards they send out. I say this as someone who has shopped and sold on Direct.
exactly countless such cards TCGPlayer is not the place to buy NM cards@@IneptCardCollector
Great video! pretty cool. Thanks!
You’re a peach, chef
This was really interesting! Hope they sell those overlays
Good info!
Still tough as you can't gauge depth and such with those guides but definitely like what they're trying to do here.
Thanks for the great video, always nice to understand TCG's conditioning guidelines better.
Question: Did they clarify on if multiple of the same defects, say 6-7 white spots or flaking imperfections, are counted separately or if they're all grouped together and counted as a "single" defect?
Good stuff, Mase 👍 Glad they're making an effort to remove the subjectivity of card conditioning. I wonder if eBay will update to something similar in the future.
We shall see
would love a part 2 where you can show examples with real cards, the lines and boxes still have me a little confused for some of the areas
I don’t see many sellers actually using these tools regularly. From buyer experience, “near mint” cards usually come with tons of whitening on the back (surface and edge) and very likely to have multiple holo scratches on the front. It is very rare that there might be “a single
Good to know. Literally all of my cards are near mint.
People over here trying to say pack fresh cards aren't NM
I get pack fresh cards that are what I'd consider moderate due to print issues and even whitening on corners. usually its safe to assume its in good shape. But one reason to always be mindful.
Bump on this video with the tightening of TCGDirect discrepancies. I've reached out to my TCGPlayer Account Partner on these!
Good video Mason, question re defects. You didn't mention it, but that visual guide would also include print lines, right?
I know that's a rough one since they're so common, but that seems to meet the description to me.
They just recently put out guidance on print lines. They said that a single print line does not affect a cards condition, but multiple within so much distance would be considered surface damage
I’d like to hear the print line interpretation too!
I'd be curious how that guidance is written. Does it still fall under a defect imperfection type, how that matters for one big line across the whole card vs multiple small lines, etc?
What is the difference between Surface wear and scratches on a card are they not the same? So near mint cards can have scratches but not surface wear?
where do you buy theses?
Are they giving these templates out to everyone or just sellers/stores?
I’m not sure how people would get them outside of these kits. I had others say they got them at a trade show, but if there was ways sellers could buy them would be nice!
what kind of never ending SNL skit is this
If you've ever accidentally rolled over a card with a chair that can create a major indentation. (just to provide an example of how that might occur)
These templates are cool, but in practice I don't think anyone would pay attention to them! As a seller, I've learned that anything other than the tiniest speck or imperfection should be considered LP or worse, lest you get a return request. As a buyer, I've learned that most sellers consider anything LP or MP per these standards to be near-mint. And no, pack-fresh does not automatically mean near-mint!🤦♂️
Pretty much! It was so annoying when I first got into buying and selling online.
Hell, sometimes it feels like people buy mint or near mint and get pissed off that you send them a card that is not PSA 10. Bro! If you want a PSA 10, just buy a PSA 10!
You’re exactly correct. Unless you’re buying low value ultra modern cards, expect “near mint” to have multiple chips all over the back, probably covered in holo scratches, and maybe slight corner bends if the seller is really bad. Ironically the lower valued modern cards are more likely to have been opened and stored immediately without getting handled a bunch.
they are meant to be visual aids, not something you actually use on every card. And besides, not every card would need to. If a card has even a slight issue with each of these templates, at that point its just straight up damaged.
Man i wish tcgplayer liked me enough to send me stuff 😂
It was something sellers could request - emails went out. It didn’t say anything about these templates tho!
@CNA-Games to be honest I completely missed that dangit! Probably happened during the week the family got sick and I fell a little behind, ignored almost all the actual tcgplayer emails and just checked orders lol.
i appreciate the condition definitions but whos gonna do any of this on a non 50+$ card
im the guy who will hold a seller to condition on all the cards they send me. I've bought from plenty of people who do a good job at making sure cards are conditioned right. you should be checking any card you sell.
@@differentlyabledmuslimjewi4475 every card gets checked but microscope and 20 overlays aren’t coming out. There will always be potential dispute in either direction
Good riddance, does TCGplayer suppose you sellers to measure each card where in doubt? I mean for clear cases like pack-fresh cards or beaten up cards it is pretty clear but anything in between? And how does it add up, a card having a little bit of multiple "issues", below the margins for each boundary of NM - does that not add up to LP or similar? That's where the point system you mentioned would enter I assume - similar to grading companies. A card with a surface 8/10 cannot be a overall 9.5 anymore.
Great information, however totally impractical. A crease is a crease. Edge wear is edge wear.. TCGplayer is trying to reinvent the wheel here