KSA for grading crossover success?

[howethegreat]

Im looking at a few ksa graded cards (mainly hockey) and im wondering if anyone had success crossing to psa or bvg?

[centrehice]

KSA knows OPC probably better than anyone, at least older OPC. They grade tougher than PSA and perhaps slightly lower than Beckett, but I'm convinced they are tough.

Many Americans put KSA down, because they don't know anything about them.
I don't fully understand what you mean by crossing to PSA or Beckett.

I think that KSA is a Canadian/Ontario choice, especially for those close to Kitchener and area.

Preparing cards for grading is a complete pain in the back end to start with, and I think that by being able to drop them off, KSA is a great alternative to registered mail and it's high costs.

I hate graded cards, as they are very hard to sell or to get your money out of if you happen to buy any of them. A complete waste of time for me.

[sjw241]

KSA are on par if not tougher than PSA. By tougher I mean they will give a slightly lower grade than PSA for the same card. KSA has one grader, so the grading is consistent, unlike PSA where they have lots of different graders.
KSA got a bad reputation at first, but the new owners have worked hard to improve the reputation of KSA. I have sold lots of older OPC graded by KSA and all my customers seem happy. As for getting a KSA graded card re graded by PSA or BGS, I have never done it, but personally I wouldn't waste the time and money to do it. KSA in my opinion are just as good, if not better than PSA and BGS.

[Habitforming]

The only negative thing I can say about KSA is they never seem to care about a card being off center. Yes, if it is major off center, but a 60/40 with a gem mint grade isn't uncommon.

[howethegreat]

KSA knows OPC probably better than anyone, at least older OPC. They grade tougher than PSA and perhaps slightly lower than Beckett, but I'm convinced they are tough.

Many Americans put KSA down, because they don't know anything about them.
I don't fully understand what you mean by crossing to PSA or Beckett.

I think that KSA is a Canadian/Ontario choice, especially for those close to Kitchener and area.

Preparing cards for grading is a complete pain in the back end to start with, and I think that by being able to drop them off, KSA is a great alternative to registered mail and it's high costs.

I hate graded cards, as they are very hard to sell or to get your money out of if you happen to buy any of them. A complete waste of time for me.

I mean by success is has anyone purchased a ksa card and crossed it to psa or bgs with good results?

[centrehice]

KSA Graded cards don't get the traffic that PSA cards do or BVG graded. Americans simply don't know who they are. So the answer is no, they can sometimes be in oblivion.

If you have KSA graded Baseball, you won't get the price you will for the others.