A grader should grade the card, not charge you for what it's worth
At PSA, the same five-day grade costs $999 or $13,191. Nothing about the service changes. Only the price of the card does.
Send PSA a card worth $20,000 for its fastest service and the fee is $999. Send it a card worth $425,000 and the fee is $13,191. Same five to seven business days. Same high-resolution imaging. Same grader notes. Same sleeve, same slab, same look at the same four corners. PSA's own price list describes no difference between the two except one line: what the card is worth.
Opinion. By Cardboard Journal, 17 OctRead the argumentEarlier
TAG reopens every tier, at PSA's prices minus four cents
TAG now charges PSA's prices, four cents less. Its slab still doesn't resell like PSA's.
SGC triples its base grading price, and its cheap-and-fast pitch goes with it
Re-run the maths on any submission under $200 — the floor moved to $50.
DSG's pitch: one flat price and 32 subgrades, whatever the card is worth
Flat pricing is the whole argument — it only pays on cards the majors would surcharge.
MNT trims its service tiers as Canadian collectors report better-than-expected premiums
Worth a quote if you are in Canada; get the CAD total with shipping before you commit.