PokéDad Sam

On 2/14/2022 at 9:13 AM, Kilsh0t said:

Does anyone else feel like they are purposely not giving out 10’s on cards they should? Ive now had over 150 cards graded with just about everyone being pulled myself and instantly put in sleeve and CGC card holder.The first batch i sent was express with sub grades which was about 15 card submission and mostly 9 and 9.5s . Then another smaller submission sent economy , some with subs some not and similar grades as the first. And my last submission was a 89 card no subs sent Bulk and majority of them are 8s and 9s with a couple 9.5s …. I just find it really odd that not 1 of them came back a 10. I feel like the odds of 150 pack fresh cards getting graded with not one 10 is extremely low.

Anyone else feel this way?

Watch a TCA gaming video or alpha investments. They have opened thousands of packs and will tell you a ton of pack fresh cards are not 10s or even 9s. These things are printed  in bulk with humans overseeing the process . Theres a wife variety of QC issues on some print runs and even periods of time. 

I think there are a lot of factors for crossovers. 
1. How old was the psa cert, they clearly have tightened their grading standards for the most part.

2. How strong was the psa grade was it a weak 10 or strong 9? They have no half scale or a ton of cards would be psa 9.5’s. 
 

3. I also would venture that if you cracked a ton of early psa 10’s a good majority of then would come back as 9’s.