GameStop pays cash on the spot for graded PSA 8+ cards
Ryan Cohen · GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s $56B Plan to Take Over eBay · Jun 23, 2026 · at 23:22
Ryan Cohen, CEO of GameStop, details GameStop's expansion into collectibles and trading cards.
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“You can bring in a, Graded PSA card eight and above, and we will give you cash on the spot. We buy back the card, and then we either sell it in the store, or we bring it back to our warehouses, and we sell it online.”
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