Awwww man! This is so disappointing. I wouldn't know any of this if not for your reporting. Thank you for all of your help in keeping more casual collectors like myself in the loop in hobby news!

1 tip i have: dont buy vintage cards in PSA slabs with cert numbers under 300s from someone you dont know.

As someone who has sold on eBay you can be lucky to get feedback on one in five sales. So if he has 14k feedback he may have made five times that number of sales (Maybe even more..)

My question is how do we know this is not an inside job with a PSA employee? I would raise that question for sure since these slabs are very convincing. Take some empty slabs home and do your scam at home. That’s where my radar immediately goes to. Great info as always my friend!!!

About 12 years ago I purchased a PSA 9 Seaver rookie on Ebay. The case was slighlty scratched (but showed no other signs of tampering). After about a year I decided to have it reholdered and came back from PSA altered card and altered holder. I was out 3 grand at that time. Now I was a experienced collector (for about 35 years) at the time and grading/buying PSA graded cards for 10 years. I was so pissed I sold my whole graded card collection (100's of high end PSA 9 and 10 rookie and second year cards) and took my family to Hawaii for three weeks for a high end vacation. If the doctors could fool me they could fool anyone. Be careful....

Getting the truth out! Nice job Dan! The sports card hobby is a disgrace!

There was issues years ago where one of those grading companies was swapping out the customers card and giving them a lower quality of the card they sent and sending it back as low grade and keeping the customers awesome graded gem mint card. Crazyness!

Fake PSA slabs have been floating around for years. Collectors need to realize there are top counterfeiters grifting this hobby.

Just imagine how many cards are trimmed/altered....and I'm not talking about KurtsCardCare.

The guys who are doing this need to be arrested.

I know they're new, but TAG's slabs should be the standard going forward. Any slab that has a sticker/label that can be pulled out and reused is going to be tampered with. TAG's slab actually imprints the information into the window on the acrylic, there is no sticker, label, etc. This will be incredibly more difficult and less profitable to try to swap out cards since you'd have to have their etching setup to do so close enough to try and pull off. Heck, if their prices were cheaper, maybe we should consider them going forward. There's just been so many frauds and scams with PSA and the others that maybe it's time to stop treating them as the end all be all. Maybe AI grading IS the way to go, since it's so subjective otherwise and one PSA grader may give one card and 8 and a different guy gives it a 10. Too much variance, not to mention the obvious cards that are being intentionally kept to low pop 10's (Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Smith, Eddie Murray - there are more GEM MT 10 78 Mike Schmidt's than of these 3 combined with only 2,616 grades compared to 12,140 for the Murray, 11,571 for the Smith, and over 30,400 for the Henderson). Either way the only way things will change is if the consumers force their hands, and it's not looking like that will happen anytime soon.

With the increase in value of trading cards over the last four years, the scammers have figured out there is good money in doing this sort of crap. As a collector of over 50 years I’ve seen my fair share of scams. I have also seen so many swapped out cards, mis-graded (yes, PSA themselves are facing “sweet-heart” grading accusation) cards, trimmed cards in PSA slabs….and the list goes on. The 1st thing that needs to happen is this guy who did this needs to go to jail. He’s robbed, most likely, 100’s of thousands of dollars off of collectors…it’s like counterfitting. But the most important thing is using due diligence before buying anything. Just because a card is in a PSA holder and says 10 doesn’t mean it is a 10. Look at the card closely. If you see a card doesn’t fill out the holder completely pass on it. A PSA 9 or 10 shouldn’t have errors that ghe naked eye pick up….if you see it pass. Most importantly, let other’s know!

Great vid. Lots of folks have been looking to get an edge on graded slabs whether its altering cards, or resubmissions and this video is a great example of another way that this is being done. Need to be wary of buying slabs.

Thank you for spreading the word.

Thank you for sharing this always worried about the vintage cards in the older slabs

Thanks for the info. Sadly, this is becoming more common across different hobbies. I've seen fake slabs for sale on Etsy. Buyer beware. Cheers!

At some point eBay has to also be held accountable for acct’s like this……… I imagine there was feedback left, on the ebayers feedback, that might have identified them as fraudsters BUT eBay assists the criminals by allowing such “feedback” to removed = is whats called “adenine and abetting” …..

Literally anything that starts bringing in a bunch of money, has people getting greedy and finding ways to take advantage of it, and people. Unfortunate

Good stuff Dan 🙏

Great informative video Dan. Any chance on doing a video going over the big grading companies (PSA, BGS, SGC, CSG) slab’s on what to look out for to ensure the slab is legitimate? I know PSA uses black light holograms on their labels along with other markings but I am unsure on what to look out for on the others. Thanks again

Dam. Now I gotta check all my cards regularly to see if they’ve been deactivated. Maybe the raw card collectors are onto something.

Wow this is a huge scam. Its so sad to know so many people bought PSA graded vintage cards for the love of the hobby and dont even know their card is worthless. The whole point in buying PSA cards is because they are supposed to be authentic.

I once bought a Josh Allen on card IP auto on a 2020 Contenders Season Ticket because I figured the Authenticity Guarantee would protect me. But once I bought it, eBay told me tough luck because the seller made an error in the listing it wasn’t eligible. So the seller made the mistake but got the benefit of the guarantee but I trusted eBay and maybe got screwed. We’ll see what PSA says.

To many of us, this is not new news. Sadly to most this is shocking. Tell me again about the institutional investors lol 😂 Great video. Need more!

Great video Dan. Most vintage collectors store away their cards, so most of those fake cards will remain buried for a long time. Then will come a time where they (or their family) will sell the cards and find out PSA decertified. Given the quality control at PSA, they will likely decertify many legit cards too, either by blindly decertifying all cards from that seller or mistyping a cert number.

That’s so messed up smh we spend are hard earn money 💰 for someone to do such a thing smh 🤦‍♂️

I have collected since teenager only stopped a few years ago when I first got sick. None of the stuff going on is new in anyway. The Company that makes the slabs for PSA sells slabs to others. PSA case is supposed to be patented but few cases out back and your good. PSA has been adding new security to combat it. What PSA started Registry and then just started taking photos of everything to compare but older slabs not in system. If you wanna know depth of how crooked thus market is. Try finding info when faje jersey cards were in a bunch of cards. It was right before UD lost licenses and Donruss was bought by Panini. Their was an article in beckett. They wouldn't say wich Company or wich cards were wrong all that info got sealed by courts. They even said Reason it won't be released is it would likely bankrupt card industry.

I’ve got so many slabs that they’re all different, different graders and different thicknesses according to relics and Cardstock! But, wow!! Even if you type the Psa number in, it’ll bri g up that card but the grade is off and you’d never know!! Yuck..

You do a great job in your videos... If the hobby is to survive, people need to be honest with themselves and with knowing what is going on. Between this and card trimming... I cannot imagine how many altered cards are out there in the hobby. I think the actual number is quite a bit higher than what people might think.

That's why i hate the listings that block the barcode and cert#

This is so damn frustrating. Thanks so much for sharing!!!! Also, this is fraudulent conversion. And the amount is well over $500 given the sells, so this should be considered a felony and this seller should be tracked down and prosecuted if not dismembered first by someone he/she/they sold to.

I do really appreciate this video Dan. All this makes more sense of why people is moving to the NFT world which eventually will replace the way people is collecting cards currently along with other collectables!!

I have been struggling with this kind of stuff of late. So much graft in our once beautiful hobby. I think the word fake is somewhat misleading. Maybe imposter is better. The inserted cards are at times authentic but just far inferior to the grade listed on the header. The comments you showed from some people are startling and indicate the lack of ethics in some dealers. I can't really point any blame at PSA or EBAY, even though they have their issues. An authentically guarantee speaks to the card itself and the card may be a real Jordan but in much poorer shape than the original card that we removed. So technically the card is authentic but the slab is fake. PSA can't be happy about this but what will their response be? Perhaps making the headers imbedded inside the plastic and non removable. The grading industry has it's share of corruption with incintious relationships between large auction houses and grading companies. Thank you for this video. It is excellent but also heartbreaking.

Great info thx

Wow that’s crazyyyyyyy. I would hate to have been duped like that.

Dan the Man!!

Maybe make the grade slip permanent. So you can't take it off the slab. For example. If you try to peel a sticky title from the slab that was cracked. That it's impossible to throw into another slab??

Nice video. Unfortunately, the eBay account is still active (no cards listed). The link provided in the blowout thread is just incorrect.

This is just the tip of the iceberg... and only one seller. I'm sure there are alot of altered cards out in circulation, and in slabs as well. Unfortunately, when you have alot $$ changing hands, you increase the risk of fraud as well.

Needs to be a 1 strike and you're out policy in the card game. You scam once, you can never sell on eBay or anywhere

One of the WIWAG guys is still actively selling on eBay. This is well documented in the blowout forums.

Geez! I hope they got arrested.

It incredible how wicked people are…

I've been saying it for years what stops a middleman from taking cards to work that he knows are going to be coming in and flip-flopping them he walks in with a 7in leaves with the 10 and grades his card at 8. PSA are so thick into it cuz they're not going to stop they can't stop they won't stop until they get busted and down goes Frazier.

Ebay is pure joke Trash for authentication...

Wouldn't they need a machine that seal these things an the plastic holders from psa something's smelling

Ebay doesn't go back and track the scammers records. Especially if they have alot of feedbacks. Ebay is pretty much buy at your own risk. Everything is setup to protect the buyers.

Well PSA and other graders should make it More secure!!! Maybe start making slabs uncrackable at all. I know customers wouldn't like that. But what happens when a bad kid in class screws things up. It screws everyone. But it's not ebay's fault. It's actually a grading companies issue that needs to be fixed!!

Wonder if Ebay has the information stored even if the public does not have access

As I said before Ebay allows these scammers to get away with this and provides the platform for them to do it. Lots of changes are needed there

How are they cracking it open without noticeable damage? This should be addressed with PSA as well as with EBay.

May I just highlight that it is not PSA who are at fault here but more so the seller, eBay and also purchasers for not doing their due diligence. Your video name suggests PSA Scam and that PSA is involved here…might want to reword that. It is definitely a good video alerting the hobby community and is much appreciated. Hope whoever is involved in doing these things is held accountable!

Sucks this is going on, probably more people out there that have not gotten caught! What do you look for? How do you tell a real slab from a fake when looking at them on a computer screen?

Slabs need to be straight-up printed on no sheet of paper inside or it needs to be etched into the slab

This is ultimately why TAG will save the hobby. Once they expand into the vintage market, it’d behoove everyone to crack all their vintage slabs and submit to TAG. Take the hit on getting a lower grade, but KNOW the “final grade” for that card. TAG’s detailed imaging creates a “fingerprint” for every card. It becomes impossible to pass off a fake or a reslab, because every card has very unique imperfections, that the machine can easily compare against the original.

And how about the cards you send in say it a 10 an someone somewhere? Switchs it out for a lower grade right there puts a 8 back in rates it at a 10 on slab now they have a 10 also just saying

Person should go to jail

Stop this Now!

This is terrible. How do you check to see if you have any deactivated cards?

I'm confused how this guy selling fake slabs affects the pop reports? Psa pop reports is the pop report.

Folks get busy and find out if you bought from them

PS it is okay to be new but do not pretend like most that they have been collecting since they were 5 reading price guides since early stages of life... I started collecting researching prices and cards at 5 years of age... First person I collected was Ozzie Smith The Wizard!!!

This guy also needs to receive more punishment than a ban from ebay. I can only imagine how much money he stole from people with 14k feedback.

PSA cases are so shit and so are their labels, why do people think they are worth more is beyond me

Thys is just one account... I feel this Much success on this account over such a long period of time. You don't think he had numerous accounts or partners that had accounts doing the same thing. Do you understand how lucrative of a scam this was for this gentleman or women...I don't know the details & to Be quite Frank Nobody knows the exact details... But you are being foolish if you think this was his only Avenue in which he was Utilizing To get over on the hobby...

Done with cards I grew on up,15 now!

i told these PSA fanbois that PSA was a shitty company no one listened cept SCR AIH and Dantheman I AM VINDICATED!!!!!

Your accent sounds like Australia or NZ? And you collect American sports cards? That's cool and all, but unusual, no?

Psa using shitty slabs you can buy blanks of from China isn't helping. Slabs need to be made with unique features, and not in China because they will sell it to anyone once they make it regardless of contracts.

Get @sportscardradio on the case