Customer Reviews
of our Magic collection selling service
Justin C
Review left Mar 15 2025
My experience with poor grading results - Figured out the issue!
Review
Everything was resolved and I learned my mistake, but here's the story:
I've used Card Conduit since 2023, and this was the first shipment that came back with grades I that felt wrong. My cards in this Curated service (and another batch of Sorted service, shipped in the same package) are 90% fresh from the pack - how did so many cards come back LP or DMG? Especially on some of the most valuable foils?
I decided to reach out.
Nick Anderson was gracious to respond to my questions, and pulled cards form this shipment, and also was able to pull a couple examples from my Sorted shipment. He sent the most detailed close-up photos I could have asked for.
The result? Largely scratches on the foils, concentrated near the edges, and the LP grades were truly warranted. But why? And it dawned on me - it was my packaging job.
For the first time, my shipment (included all my Curated, Sorted, Standard shipments in 1 box) was so large that wasn't time-efficient to pack my usual way - into stacks of team bags. What did I do? Large ziplock bags, but taped down so they wouldn't move too much. But with any large stack of cards in a loose bag, there was a bit of wiggle room. What I highly suspect it that the wiggle room doomed my cards to be scratched via the days of vibrations experienced during shipping.
Not only did I learn about my shipping packaging mistake, but I've gained more confidence than EVER that Card Conduit's grading is fair and reliable. I'll continue to be a repeat customer, without a doubt. Just with better packaging jobs this time (Nick recommended 200 or 300 ct BCW white fold over boxes, but tightly packed and padded on one end. If you hear cards shifting after a shake test, add more padding to tighten it up!)
I've used Card Conduit since 2023, and this was the first shipment that came back with grades I that felt wrong. My cards in this Curated service (and another batch of Sorted service, shipped in the same package) are 90% fresh from the pack - how did so many cards come back LP or DMG? Especially on some of the most valuable foils?
I decided to reach out.
Nick Anderson was gracious to respond to my questions, and pulled cards form this shipment, and also was able to pull a couple examples from my Sorted shipment. He sent the most detailed close-up photos I could have asked for.
The result? Largely scratches on the foils, concentrated near the edges, and the LP grades were truly warranted. But why? And it dawned on me - it was my packaging job.
For the first time, my shipment (included all my Curated, Sorted, Standard shipments in 1 box) was so large that wasn't time-efficient to pack my usual way - into stacks of team bags. What did I do? Large ziplock bags, but taped down so they wouldn't move too much. But with any large stack of cards in a loose bag, there was a bit of wiggle room. What I highly suspect it that the wiggle room doomed my cards to be scratched via the days of vibrations experienced during shipping.
Not only did I learn about my shipping packaging mistake, but I've gained more confidence than EVER that Card Conduit's grading is fair and reliable. I'll continue to be a repeat customer, without a doubt. Just with better packaging jobs this time (Nick recommended 200 or 300 ct BCW white fold over boxes, but tightly packed and padded on one end. If you hear cards shifting after a shake test, add more padding to tighten it up!)
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