Ludchat calls it investing LUL

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@@LukiceSkywalker tbf the cards are almost guaranteed to go up in value, so they are kind of investments

@@callumparker3293 probably not. Psa 10s will go up but below that will plateau or fall

@@superjock28 not with vintage cards. The supply is getting smaller and smaller and the demand will only really go up, so even with lower grades the value will still likely go up

It was so cute

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@@0XIV0 thanks I'm sure many people appreciate this including me

@@owenstrei np always watching out for the hommies

its a joke tho

You know you can send your cards to another grading service like cgc, bgs, etc.

Don’t understate a while, my cards have been gone for 7 months lmfao

@@jt1807 u aint playing risk but Monopoly

@@Chaoticsaur yeah mine have been there for about 6 months

@@jt1807 yeah, unfortunately mine cards are currently at psa... So now it's just the waiting game

Just thought about it, I'm not surprised to see you in the comments. Nice to see you here Randy!

@@samfeatherstone7383 im randy

Randy! And yes so true

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@@DoolezPanda 13:21

You don’t become the all time subbed stream without being built a bit differently

wait, this comment is lame

just saying that before it gets a lot of likes

@@Justin-qe6gj your comment is lame

@@hansolol4863 your comment is lame

As much as a joke this is some people actually do this.

well of course they do, if resubmitting has a chance of making money people will do it

I resend every psa 9. Sometimes I have to send it three to five times but eventually they send back a 10.

Or you can just go around spitting on everyone else’s cards. So you’re looks better

@@monkey-choppa2751 I like the way your mind works

ikr wtf

I mean, he said he was gonna take better care of us after the subathon

Yeah what's going on?! 😂

And I’m living for it

Content dam is about to break so he’s offloading

Should I grade my cards like every single of my bulk

Nah look up these cards on psacert for their scans Both Dnite and Gengar have minor scratch and little bit of whitening. Definitely debatable 9/10 though

i think most cards are either slightly off-center or some corner has a problem and thats already enough for it not to be a 10,it's almost impossible to get a perfect 10 even from freshly opened packs especially from those older sets,quality control was abysmal at those times...

Solid joke :D

Love the joke man

@@-Mxfia- mogus pfp

I s99 what you did there.

Yeah but it costs a bit of money to send it in each time, so eventually you can lose money, depending on the card.

@@AnselLeveque Yeah but for some of the ones that are worth a few thousand dollars at a 10, but less than one thousand at a 9, it’s worth it.

Don't forget to factor psa return time and price increase since they are backed

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I think resending these, even ones worth $6k in 10, is a waste of money and time because why would a new grader give 10s if he saw they were previously graded 9s?

Indeed try to tell people that and they tell me i have 0 clue what im talking about. I watch way too many card opening channels and grading videos. 10s are stupid hard to acquire its all about luck.

Islands so genuine

Yea he added so much calling everything a 10...

@@danplath1 I completely agree with this. island is a fraud who pretends like he's some guru of card quality and facts. Meanwhile most of the time he's just furiously googling.

psa is a scam bro I know ppl who wrk there and they are not ppl I'd want having anything to do with something valuable.

@@The_Google_User Yeah for sure, you have to resend it a few times because it's subjective. Some are harsher, some less so. Sometimes I have to send it 3-5 times to get a 10. I only resend if it's a strong 9 and I can't see anything wrong. Hey, it works.

Centering was not perfect

You're just not gonna be able to see why a card deserves a 9 or a 10 in a video like this unfortunately. He definitely could be getting a grader who's too tough but there's more than a fair chance the cards were a little too off centered or had a very small amount of white on the corners for them to be considered 10s. Just the way it goes.

if the centering is off more than 55/45 on any area its immediately not a 10

Wait that’s actually fucked up

@@raff5595 no it’s not, if I give you the best score possible and someone else did something way better, it’s not fair for the second person to get the same score as the first.

@@taconative334 ok I get your logic, but it doesn’t work considering how essays are actually graded. An essay gets graded based on a checklist of things that it needs to have. Examples: good grammar, a good introduction, good conclusion, enough words, etc. That all get measured and summed up in the end to make your grade. So, depending in what was asked of you, you could have a very dry and boring essay that checks all the boxes and get 100% vs someone with a very creative and funny essay who gets a 95% because of an incomplete conclusion. Now that is a very subjective example because you could also be graded on criativity/originality, but you get the point. The system itself is kinda fucked up because it values following orders over being original, but there also needs to be a consistent framework that is the same for everybody so that it is fair, even if the nature of the framework isn’t fair by itself. So, because the teacher is not using a consistent method of grading and instead giving points comparing a student’s work with a possibility of a better work that doesn’t actually exist, it is, indeed, fucked up and unfair. Have an amazing rest of your night 😃👍

I had an english teacher who graded exams like this was an absolute nightmare since basically the highest possible grade to get on an exam was a 92/93 since most of the exam was writing prompts and they were usually graded out of 10 points each so the max you could ever get on a problem was 9/10 essentially. I remember asking my teacher what I did wrong and why I got points docked and he literally said it was good but it could have been better and I don't give full marks. I was like bitch I got to apply to college and I am competing against other students that have teachers that are reasonable. In addition I have 50 fucking minutes for the test I dont have the time to write William fucking Shakespeare. The idea is sound but it doesn't actually work for grading since it doesn't give an accurate measure of the students ability in comparison to other students since their work is graded more harshly and they get a lower score even if their work is better. This is the reason why I hate English class.

@@fl4k_40 I was referring less to letter grades and more of percent grades but ok

Or a large diamond? The diamond market is 100% artifical. They're next to worthless tbh

@@The_Google_User and the market for colorful pieces of cardboard isn't??

Diamonds as well as trading cards hold a promised value that we humans agree upon, just as money itself actually.

@@realrebelli0n ores and minerals are a common worldwide currency

Potion isn't even competitively viable 🤓

Yeah tbh Island is an absolute hack of an "expert". Anyone who collects seriously knows that the wizard of the coast era is 95% or more likely to get a 9 or lower on any holo even if pack fresh. Their card cutting techniques almost ALWAYS produce off center cards and errors in holo patterns. TBH he kept hyping everyone up to buy old cards by baiting with PSA 10 prices. At least the streamers are rich enough to not care much, I just hope new collectors weren't tricked too.

@@KingKong11730 WOTC still hasn't figured out how to print and cut cards, especially holos. They run one of the biggest card games in the world and their holos constantly curl, some of the regular cards have print lines, cards are off center. It's ridiculous.

@@themakerstoolbox9688 exactly. Even though I personally prefer WOTC era of pokemon cards, the quality of cards has objectively increased massively once the pokemon company started printing their own cards. You'd think WOTC would have figured out how to print a decent card after decades of experience but I guess not.

@@KingKong11730 It's especially bad with their foils/holos. At this point I immediately sleeve any worthwhile holo in the hard plastic sleeves because it is most likely going to curl. If you ever go to an lgs when they have promo cards, the stack always looks like a Pringles can with how bad the cards are bowed. That being said, game design wise, they are the best in the business

@@KingKong11730 the worst part is is that they have been steadily declining in quality too. If you watch the tolarian academy he goes off on them all the time for it.

month long break inbound

Sup fellow KZfaq frogs

Who would you recommend to go to for good grading? Because I have a card I’d like to get graded at some point and don’t want to be thrown a 9

Stfu lolololol

Nah, the cards likely have very slight imperfections such as a print line or old spots of whitening in the corners we can't see in the video.

@@farmingsim9813 Or centering. Since these are all cut in batches the centering can be off millimeters and it will affect the entire run. And the grading services measure that stuff more precisely than I can eyeball it

The only scam here is the lie hundreds and thousands of 'influencers' have told themselves and their audience about how much the average old pokemon card is worth. Without having any idea how much condition could affect it, and how rare it is to get a 10. Grading isn't a scam they'll just tell you exactly how it compares to a perfect card, and the truth hurts but that's why not every charizard 1st edition is PSA 10. Cause cards in perfect condition (even pack fresh) are RARE

@@joshb77777 you couldn't have said it better

@@joshb77777 facts!! I've been collecting Pokémon for 10 years. I honestly prefer modern than vintage because the artwork is way better than vintage. Call me crazy but I rather have the lab MewTwo than the vintage MewTwo. lol

otherwise

PSA high on their own success. I swear I think manipulating the market. I prefer Beckett

PSA isn't accepting any more cards for grading tho. Maybe let CGC or BGS grade them?

@@shankzula6332 I know ppl who wrk there and they are 100% manipulating the market. Putting out more 10s lowers the value of the cards, wich they control.

@@The_Google_User dont surprise me a bit.

He lost about 5k because of all the 9s and that's not counting the 50$ he paid to grade each card

More valuable than diamonds for certain cards

It’s all about that scarcity baby!

@@robbu2445 diamonds are worthless. Compare it to gold or silver.

Cuz gold is heavy? lol pound for pound drugs cost more than gold too 😂

btw they become more valuable than their weight in gold at about $90

I hope the double uploads stay

Definitivamente

Yes because they can have a lot of imperfections coming out the factory. Like bad cuts with already dull blades, printing lines or lines in the holo foil. Japanese cards are usually the cleanest.

You literally bought them

Specifically unusual and uncommon ones. Such as in coins. I had one from like 1960. It has a 27 cent variant, few dollar variants, and 1 100,000 variant. So yeah you likely understand

You’re really calling animal crossing music sykkuno music

That’s just wasting money. PSA already knows they’ve graded these 9s even if you resend them as raw.

@@fixindan3592 r/whooosh

Charizard Vmax Rainbow says no ;) (16.03.22 pokemonprice: PSA 10=7813, PSA 9= 2381; psacard: PSA 10=7982, PSA 9= 2412)

That sounds kinda fucked tbh. They have every incentive in the world to artificially keep up the value of 10s cause, in a sense, they sell them. The more expensive 10s are, the better the EV of sending in a card that looks like one. But you can't really prove that accusation either, cause nobody's gonna believe you that you know better grading than the company. If they don't wanna lose the trust their entire business model depends on, they should really be more transparent about why a card didn't make 10.

Also I think it's important to mention the grades Lud received here. *Often with PSA* _- but not only with PSA, other grading companies also can do this -_ it really is 'luck of the draw.' If you got grader X, you would have gotten a 10 on every nearly-perfect card. But, if you got grader Y, they would have given 9's to those same cards & only 10's to absolutely flawless cards. _(IMO that's what should be a 10 anyway, but only if that standard is unanimous; across the board)_ *PSA* are also known for *manipulating the market* on higher end cards _- like the 1st edition Lugia -_ & holding those cards to a higher standard, which makes *absolutely no sense,* other than to make sure there aren't too many higher grades, which would *potentially lower their values.*

@@foxmaddenreal Why read the comments before watching the video?🤔

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So what

@@shankzula6332 so.... I was making a joke? Snowflakes these days man

@@14.kelvinwilliam60 wow you came up with me being oversensitive from 2 worlds. And of course the typical. "I can say something toxic, as long as I say im "joking"when I get called out. Nah nah my dude you just a jealous joker.

@@shankzula6332 Wtf?? Ive always supported Ludwig since Ive seen him, which was like right around when Ludwig had blonde hair. You can literally see my comments in Ludwigs' videos that mostly are jokes or support, My guy, you gotta understand that people can make jokes, and the fact you called me offensive by literally saying that Ludwig is showing off his pokemon cards (Which is something I never thought I'll type) Is actually crazy😂

congratulations

Ok

To be fair half the time it seems like PSA doesn’t know either. The fact that you can re-submit a card and get a different grade shows that it’s all subjective.

No. 26 cards is absolutely nothing. They deal with orders of up to 500 cards on a very normal basis.