How To Grade Pokemon Cards Step By Step Guide

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
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  • @NostalgiaNomics
    @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

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    • @evergreenfire509
      @evergreenfire509 Před 25 dny

      Yo Alex, did I do something wrong? Lol. Or is it because I wasn’t paying attention at a time and the Patreon try to pull from an empty account?
      I just got a notification from my email that you blocked me? 100% not joking, bro. I just got paid so I could send some stuff in to get graded and I was planning on doing your highest membership I could.
      So if you would kindly fill me in on how I f**ed up! I truly appreciate it. Because I really do absolutely love the channel and I really do think that you are the most underrated Pokémon investment channels out there.

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

      @evergreenfire509 Haha I'm sorry. I was just staying uo on the accounts that hadn't paid is all. Shoot me an email with your name and I'll unblock you. Nostalgianomics@gmail.com
      I apologize. Nothing personal at all. There are people who join to get the 10% off code and access the discord and stuff and never pay so that's all is. My bad.

    • @evergreenfire509
      @evergreenfire509 Před 25 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics yeah that’s my bad bro. my bad for not making sure I stayed with something in that account.

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

      @@evergreenfire509 Whats your first name. I'll unblock ya right now.

    • @evergreenfire509
      @evergreenfire509 Před 25 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics oh bro and I have to tell you man your research is so on point it’s not even funny. Don’t give me wrong like you even showed. It’s not like every single card was a 50 X.
      But for real not only did you call the craze, but I put your research with my research the plays I am see all over the market are so insane right now and have been for the last few months when you look at it from an X value over a dollar value.
      I’ve literally seen cards selling from between 4 to 6 dollars near mince lots of listings so there’s a good chance to get 10 that we’re selling in a PSA 10 for over $150. And even bigger plays.
      Truly, bro, you are given out legit fire alpha on either how to make money at this in a business sense.
      or have this hobby pay the person back and be able to collect everything that somebody could want all their dream stuff and as long as they leverage the knowledge buy at the right time the right product and are willing to sell when it’s time… but own all of their favorite dream product for free essentially.

  • @comeoutandpla
    @comeoutandpla Před 25 dny +4

    A good light and magnifying glass are great cheap tools to inspect the cards. I think they look at 10-20x when grading the cards

  • @fireballgaming345
    @fireballgaming345 Před 22 dny +1

    Appreciate this video. I want to send some cards in so bad but keep spending money on packs lol. I just want to send 1 at a time. Can't imagine sending 10 to 15 cards cuz of the chance of something bad happening to them.

  • @joshredl3543
    @joshredl3543 Před 24 dny +1

    That was a sweet card to flip from psa magazine. I got my magazine early and actually made a decent profit after my ebay fees.

  • @mikuz210
    @mikuz210 Před 25 dny +1

    Great video. To add on to your point, for PSA submissions make 100% sure that the shipping person you give the package to does not cover the external barcode.
    I used Fedex once (never again) and the person who scanned my PSA package put the box in a bag so the barcode was covered. I didn't think about it at the time but PSA contacted me and said the package was covered so went to their non labeled pile. Caused a huge delay.

  • @JTPokellector
    @JTPokellector Před 11 hodinami

    This is a very helpful video. Just got back into collecting recently and have gotten 3-4 cards that are probably worth grading but it felt daunting to do it. So thanks for breaking it down to help make it more approachable

  •  Před 25 dny +5

    Gotta use the centering tool till your eyes dont need it anymore

    • @comeoutandpla
      @comeoutandpla Před 25 dny

      sportscardspro has a great centering analyzer. Takes a little practice to get the best pictures, but it gives pretty detailed info. It’s not great for cards that have a lot of art overlapping the borders, but it will get you a good ballpark value

  • @GalaxyCardShop
    @GalaxyCardShop Před 25 dny

    Great video! 🔥

  • @gregesparza5857
    @gregesparza5857 Před 10 dny

    great video Alex

  • @toycollector1
    @toycollector1 Před 25 dny +1

    Thanks for the video i was just thinking about this and then you pop up with this video wow!

  • @znelly209
    @znelly209 Před 25 dny

    Thank you!!

  • @andrewtobias4545
    @andrewtobias4545 Před 25 dny +1

    Just put the ones with scratches at the very end of a long sub. 😂
    They also seem to judge centering more harshly at the end from my experience.
    Recency bias and grader fatigue are real things you can use to your advantage here.

  • @user-wr7nm4uq8h
    @user-wr7nm4uq8h Před 25 dny +1

    Simple and effective, that's what we need.
    Continue this way with your content, I am a new subscriber to your channel.
    my regards.

  • @PapaGingerManDude
    @PapaGingerManDude Před 25 dny +1

    Ask and theee shall receive heck ya

  • @iFOMO23
    @iFOMO23 Před 25 dny

    Very nice packaging👌

  • @risensparrow
    @risensparrow Před 25 dny

    THANK YOU ALEX

  • @newjones1754
    @newjones1754 Před 25 dny

    For some reason i never grade a card.
    But i'm going to send in my Pikachu Grey felt Promo's in some day.

  • @Cmize420
    @Cmize420 Před 25 dny

    Nice simple video…. It really is that easy guys don’t be scared

  • @PokeSleepDeals
    @PokeSleepDeals Před 25 dny

    I figured to buy card NM to grade like you & you drop this video is my sign from the Universe!!

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

      Haha Goodluck!!

    • @PokeSleepDeals
      @PokeSleepDeals Před 25 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics I’ll need more than that you know how intense this hustle is .. 😂 💀

  • @Momostravel
    @Momostravel Před 25 dny +2

    Looking forward to watching this Alex. I need it, I only have about 1,000 of them to grade, OK, maybe not 1,000 but definitely hundreds of what I think should be 10’s. I’m pretty selective on what I buy

  • @pokegirlkat
    @pokegirlkat Před 25 dny +2

    Im working on submitting my first submission to PSA and this video was so helpful!!!! What shipping company and service do you use ? And do you usually add insurance?

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +2

      Awesome to hear. Goodluck on the submission. I usually just use USPS Priority. You can definitely add insurance to be safe. I usually dont but that may come back to bite me one of these times lol

    • @pokegirlkat
      @pokegirlkat Před 24 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics thank you, this is helpful!

  • @robd9359
    @robd9359 Před 25 dny +1

    What shipping carrier do you prefer to use for submitting? USPS FedEx UPS.
    Would assume they are all fine but I'd imagine one just seems to work the best and quickest.

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +2

      I just use USPS and never had any issues but I wouldn't say they are the best necessarily

  • @stephenmcmillan6905
    @stephenmcmillan6905 Před 25 dny

    You also gets credits for Loupe and fanatics with PSA

  • @KyzeeKy
    @KyzeeKy Před 25 dny +1

    🐐

  • @kingslayya6876
    @kingslayya6876 Před 25 dny

    do you have any slabs that ur sitting on long term, mewtube, charizard promo + mewtwo vstar, mew mewtwo tag tean promo etc

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 24 dny +2

      Ya for sure but more for personal collection. I still feel better holding sealed product over singles and slabs for long term growth though.

  • @brett3857
    @brett3857 Před 25 dny +1

    Just did my first shipment order to PSA - I will let you know how I do!

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny

      🙏

    • @comeoutandpla
      @comeoutandpla Před 25 dny +2

      First time subs are the best learning experience. Really lets you see what you may or may not have seen. But it’s always possible they misgraded a card as well. I had a near perfect card come back as an 8…resubbed it and got a 10 🤷‍♂️

  • @Ctdcollectibles
    @Ctdcollectibles Před 25 dny

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @iFOMO23
    @iFOMO23 Před 25 dny

    At what point do I add the mayo or does PSA do that for me? They play hard to get when I dont send it.

  • @Gtn5
    @Gtn5 Před 25 dny +1

    What are your methods for cleaning up the cards?

  • @jaredp6536
    @jaredp6536 Před 25 dny

    Still don't quite understand PSA...so there's no way to do a one time send in without having to pay a monthly or yearly fee?

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny

      No you can but it would be at the $24.99 per card tier if you want to do that.

  • @BGS_Kards
    @BGS_Kards Před 25 dny +1

    Have you done pack grading before?

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny

      No I don't mess with the packs. There is money in it but they are very illiquid.

  • @sinis9243
    @sinis9243 Před 3 dny

    Is it taking longer for anyone else? They received my submission June 28th and it says estimated return time went from September 8th to October 6th?!?!

  • @pokegrindin2351
    @pokegrindin2351 Před 25 dny

    🍿

  • @DeqzNW
    @DeqzNW Před 25 dny

    i submitted in top loaders with pull tabs before no problems

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

      @@DeqzNW Interesting. Dunno if it will always go that well. They specifically say no top loaders lol

    • @sugarshane2058
      @sugarshane2058 Před 25 dny +1

      Same here. I use top loaders and no problems. Card savers should be banned from the world.

  • @PokeRetroFan
    @PokeRetroFan Před 25 dny

    The $149 Psa membership is steep not gonna lie. I recently stopped using cgc and currently looking at Psa or Beckett as Beckett has really improved all-round. He is right also the Psa magazines do sell well and will definitely help to offset the membership. In the end when I’m ready to submissions off I’ll do both grading companies. I really love CGC slabs but as of late they are really scummy and I can’t defend them anymore

  • @Mountain_Peak_TCG
    @Mountain_Peak_TCG Před 25 dny

    Do the little bends on the that zard on the bottom right corner count as anything wrong ?

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +1

      The unfortunate truth is it depends on the grader. Most of the time they do not and still can get the 10.

    • @Mountain_Peak_TCG
      @Mountain_Peak_TCG Před 25 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics even with BGS? I’m trying to transition from PSA to BGS

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 25 dny +2

      @Mountain_Peak_TCG Gotcha... I only send absolutely perfect cards to BGS so I wouldn't know as well on that... may not get ghe Black Label or Pristine...

    • @Mountain_Peak_TCG
      @Mountain_Peak_TCG Před 25 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics thank you!

  • @Red_Pill_things
    @Red_Pill_things Před 25 dny

    Folks 🗣

  • @cameIs
    @cameIs Před 25 dny

    hi

  • @travisrob5311
    @travisrob5311 Před 19 dny

    What is this about a free card? I'm a member but have only seen magazines. I've never received a card

    • @NostalgiaNomics
      @NostalgiaNomics  Před 8 dny +1

      The last magazine with the One Piece Cover came with a promo card

    • @travisrob5311
      @travisrob5311 Před 8 dny

      @@NostalgiaNomics thank you. Enjoy your vacation. Can't wait to hear ur opinions on this CT scanner stuff when ur back

  • @andrewcarter1104
    @andrewcarter1104 Před 25 dny

    Step 1, just grade 10's

  • @ishwiz407
    @ishwiz407 Před 25 dny

    *FOLKS*

  • @kylewarren5268
    @kylewarren5268 Před 25 dny

    I only pay $100 a year for my psa membership and i get the mags too...
    I don't remember picking what kind of magazine I wanted either. They just send them. Lol