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This PSA about a fake post about a fake post?

PSA This post is fake and has been reposted a bunch of times for karma farming.

Keep that. Prizm Parallels RC PSA 10s are usually the most liquid of any player. Price might go down since it’s the offseason but it will shoot back up

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This PSA about a fake post about a fake post?

PSA This post is fake and has been reposted a bunch of times for karma farming.

Keep that. Prizm Parallels RC PSA 10s are usually the most liquid of any player. Price might go down since it’s the offseason but it will shoot back up

PSA - your advisor’s job is to make themselves the most money possible.  

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Damn not bad for a PSA 4!

Most likely a supply/demand issue, iirc they were burning through the PSA stockpile just from US demand.

Weekend PSA for all you retards: fireworks, unlike your 0DTEs, are not supposed to be held until they blow up in your face

>Lane 1: The Bulk Submission Service
So this doesn't actually ease the cost of getting your cards graded, which address how ganestop mitigates a cooling market.
>Lane 2: The Trade-In Program (They only buy already-graded slabs) gameStop does buy cards to flip on their website, but they do not buy raw, unauthenticated cards from the public.
So.oj top of the PSA cost to absorb, now you have to absorb the GameStop fee as well, which is fine in a hot market, but really hard to absorb in a cooling market.
Again, a bunch if nonsense that doesn't actually address the real issue.

You're really showing how little you understand about their system.
You are mixing up the two completely separate sides of the program. GameStop runs two different lanes for cards, and neither one involves them taking a blind risk on fakes.
Here is how the two lanes actually work:
Lane 1: The Bulk Submission Service (They don't buy these)
when you bring a raw card to GameStop to use their corporate bulk account, GameStop is not buying that card from you.
they are strictly acting as a secure drop-off courier. They take your raw card, drop it into a tamper-evident security bag, and mail it directly to PSA’s actual authentication facilities. PSA does 100% of the authenticating and grading. Once PSA verifies it's real and seals it in a slab, they mail it back to the store for the customer to pick up. GameStop takes zero risk here because they never owned the card; they just collected a fee to handle the logistics.
Lane 2: The Trade-In Program (They only buy already-graded slabs)
gameStop does buy cards to flip on their website, but they do not buy raw, unauthenticated cards from the public.
They will only buy a card if it is already sealed inside an official PSA slab. When a customer brings a graded slab to the counter to sell it, the employee doesn't just guess if it's real. They scan the specific PSA barcode and QR code on the plastic case.
That scan connects directly to PSA’s live, backend database via an API. The store computer instantly pulls up the official database photos, certificate numbers, and exact security markings of that exact card from when PSA originally graded it. If the slab doesn't perfectly match the live federal database, the system blocks the trade immediately.
GameStop isn't blindly taking on the risk of fakes or letting store employees guess what's real. They built a system completely hardwired into the world's largest third-party authentication network to completely insulate themselves from fraud.
Why is this so hard to understand?

That is exactly the point. You are looking at grading from the perspective of an individual seller trying to absorb a high upfront fee. But GameStop completely changes the math on that.
If an individual wants to submit a card to PSA directly right now, they have to pay a 149 dollar annual membership fee, fill out complicated forms, buy specific shipping supplies, pay high individual shipping and insurance costs, and deal with massive wait times. If the market cools, yes, that 100 dollar plus individual hurdle stops casual collectors completely.
But GameStop completely removes that barrier. Collectors can walk right into a store, hand over a card, and use GameStop’s massive corporate bulk account. By batching submissions through GameStop, regular people completely skip the annual membership fee and get a predictable, low-friction pipeline.
More importantly, it isn't just about people grading to sell online. GameStop buys graded cards instantly on the spot for cash or store credit. If the resale market cools down, individual selling on eBay or Facebook Marketplace becomes a massive headache with low liquidity. That actually drives more casual collectors straight into GameStop because they can bypass the slow online market entirely and get instant liquidity for their mid-tier cards right at the counter.
GameStop isn't relying on individuals making a profit on high-end vintage sales. They built a low-cost, convenient intake ramp that captures the entire volume of everyday collectors who want an easy process, regardless of whether the luxury market is hot or cold

>Even IF the highend vintage market cools down, millions of casual and competitive players still buy pack bundles and pay service fees to grade their cards.
You are completely wrong on this. Grading cards only makes sense for selling said cards, and when the market is hot the PSA fee is easy to absorb. But when the market cools, you'll see a lot less grading because the fee becomes to much to absorb by the seller.

You are misunderstanding how GameStop handles collectibles. They aren't hoarding cardboard boxes of raw trading cards in a warehouse, waiting for the price to go up like a speculative hedge fund. Their business model is entirely focused on infrastructure and service volume.
GameStop's recent growth in the category isn't from flipping rare cards. It is driven by the expansion of their in-store PSA grading submission program. They charge a flat fee up front to act as a low-overhead logistics network for collectors. A customer walks in, drops off a card, hands over the cash, and GameStop ships it out via a streamlined corporate pipeline to PSA, taking an immediate slice of pure service revenue.
When it comes to buying inventory back from customers, they have hard caps in place, paying a maximum of 500 dollars for any single graded card. They explicitly avoid holding onto hyper volatile, multi million dollr luxury assets that are prone to a market crash. Instead, they turn over high-volume, mid-tier inventory rapidly through real-time pricing models tied to current market data.
Even **IF** the highend vintage market cools down, **millions of casual and competitive players still buy pack bundles and pay service fees to grade their cards.** GameStop built a highly profitable, high-volume service machine, not a speculative portfolio.

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I was seeing some stuff about stocks closing early today, but they do not.

Sorta.. we get a $5 discount on shipping to PSA and there’s the monthly $5 off on all GameStop purchases, which includes PSA submissions so in total it’s $10 saved per submission.
As for getting items authenticated as eBay sellers we currently have to pay for the shipping label/insurance to get our sold goods to the authenticators ($5 to $20 depending on how valuable the sold goods are) for all sold items over I believe $250 so being able to simply drop our items off at a local GameStop would be convenient and save on packaging materials as well. You also lose the risk of your package getting lost on its way to the authenticators. Once your items reach the authenticators you’re basically in the clear as a seller.
So in a future ideal scenario I could sell a $250 Pokemon slab on eBay, drop it off at my local GameStop which would cost me nothing, and I’m done! GameStop acting as the Authenticator would make sure my slab is legit and once verified they’d package it up nicely for my buyer and send it. In a dream scenario an RC led eBay would take less of my profits. Currently you’re hit with a 13% service fee for anything sold under $7.5k, sold goods above that price point only take a 2% fee. Seeing a smaller fee for goods sold under $7.5k would be amazing. I’d be happy with 10%! RC still makes some money and as a seller I walk away making more than I would selling my slabs to card show vendors and local shops!

Do pro members at gamestop get better prices for grading and etc through gamestop with PSA? Cause i could see them incorporating pro members with sellers who frequently come in for authorization