I have a 10/3 received order that hasn't moved yet.

Amazing how much you pimp for psa.

SGC turnaround....
 

Received by SGC on 9/29/21
Shipping back to me 11/5/21

Peace, Mike

I have a 10/4 received order that hasn't moved but judging by Mike's post above I assume it will be soon.

I think so also....
 

I was figuring based on others that mine would be done the 1st week of November and they hit in that window.

I'd think yours might hit late next week! Hoping for you!

Thanks! Mike

Uhhh...I don't pimp for them....and nothing of what I am saying is top secret info. It's public knowledge.

Update....
 

Bobby did you ever get resolution on that missing Sub? Just curious as I was following that and have been super busy lately so just curious! Hope they remedied it!

Mike

They cut me a check and called it a day.

Wow!
 

At least you got your customer's money back but damn, thats alot of cards floating out there somewhere!

Thanks for the update!

Mike

Recent grades....
 

Recent submission of mine and a friend's. No interest in trading or selling right now. Just wanted to post FYI. 9/29/21 accepted at SGC.......back in mail to me 11/5/21.....or about 18 months faster than PSA


1 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee #18 Wayne Gretzky -- 3
2 2005-06 Fleer Ultra #251 Sidney Crosby -- 9.5
3 1975-76 Topps #100 Bobby Orr -- 8
4 1985-86 Topps #9 Mario Lemieux -- 6.5
5 1971-72 Topps #45 Ken Dryden -- 3.5
6 2009-10 Panini #307 Stephen Curry -- 9
7 2008-09 Topps Chrome #24 KOBE BRYANT -- 10 GM
8 1989 Topps Traded Tiffany #41T Ken Griffey Jr. -- 9
9 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. -- 9
10 1976 Topps #148 Walter Payton -- 6.5
11 2019 Topps Chrome #201 VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR Prism Refractor 9
12 2018-19 Panini Chronicles #512 LUKA DONCIC -- 9
13 1975 Topps #228 George Brett -- 8
14 1987 Auburn Tigers Bo Jackson Tiger Great 7.5
15 1987 Auburn Tigers FRANK THOMAS -- 8.5
16 2017 Panini Crown Royale #84 PATRICK MAHOMES II -- 9
17 2017-18 Panini Prizm #16 JAYSON TATUM -- 9.5
18 2000-01 Topps Finest FMR11 VINCE CARTER Moments 9
19 1977-78 Topps #100 Julius Erving -- 8
20 1999-00 Topps AM15 KOBE BRYANT All-Matrix 9
21 1965 Topps #160 Bob Clemente -- 6
22 1981 TCMA #15 Wade Boggs Pawtucket Red Sox 8
23 2019 Topps Chrome #203 FERNANDO TATIS JR. Xfractor 9
24 1960 Topps #148 Carl Yastrzemski -- 3.5
25 1986-87 Topps #53 Patrick Roy -- 7
26 1973 Topps #615 Mike Schmidt -- 4.5
27 1973 Topps #615 Mike Schmidt -- 4.5
28 1973 Topps #615 Mike Schmidt -- 3
29 1961-62 Fleer #3 Elgin Baylor -- A
30 1961-62 Fleer #61 Oscar Robertson Evidence of Trimming
31 2019 Topps '84 Chrome U T84U-34 FERNANDO TATIS JR. 10 GM
32 2020-21 Panini Prizm #278 Lamelo Ball -- 10 GM
33 2020-21 Panini Prizm #278 Lamelo Ball -- 9.5
34 1996 SI For Kids #536 Tiger Woods -- 5
35 2000 SI For Kids #877 Venus & Serena Williams -- 4.5
36 1999 SI For Kids #814 Serena Williams -- 6
37 2021 Panini Elite #104 Mac Jones -- 9
38 1996-97 Topps #22 Bird/Erving/Johnson Finest Reprint 8.5
39 2021 Panini Prizm D.P. DPA-TLA Trey Lance Autographed 9.5
40 2018 Panini Illusions #20 JUAN SOTO Autographed 9

A bummer on the Oscar Robertson rookie.

Yes....
 

True but luckily I still gave 4 graded Oscar signed Rookies thankfully. ;)

Mike

Here is an update to my submission status as of today:


Sub was received by SGC on: 10/4/21 (Two cards)


Graded on: 11/8/21
Went to Post-Grading Processing on: 11/8/21

Same with mine on a 10/4/21 Received Date

I was wrong my received date was 10/5 Let's hope they move tomorrow. Would love to get them in Wednesday's auction.

Fingers crossed, SGC seems to be moving well at this point!

The person who submitted on 9/29 and was sent back by SGC on 11/5, I am a day behind…. I submitted on 9/30 and it was mailed back to me today, 1 business day later .

Latest update from SGC:

Sub was received by SGC on: 10/4/21 (Two cards)

Graded on: 11/8/21

Went to Post-Grading Processing on: 11/8/21

Shipped today: 8/9/21

26 business days from received to shipped (not counting the holiday).

my received on 10/5 still has no change :(

We made it. Cards are in post-grading. Anyone know when I can expect to see the grades? Auction opens tonight so these will have to be a late addition but hopefully we have them in by the weekend!

when I got the shipped notification I could see grades. Click on your order number and you can see them there. I got a split decision. One good (what I expected), one SUCKED!

Mine sat in post grading for a day. 11/8 post, 11/9 graded.

Scott....
 

i used USPS Priority, I saw tracking on Friday and just got them today. Honestly, your cards hit exactly when I thought they would so I think depending on distance to ship, you are still about 6 to 8 days from getting your cards in hand. Hopefully a bit sooner but that is my estimate. You should see your grades in 1 to 2 days.

Mike

We imaged before we sent, so if I have a grade I can list and update the image later. They are actually listed as "graded" today, so keeping my fingers crossed I see grades today, that would be a bonus.

Scott,

When you click on your order number it should take you to your order form. That is were I could see and can see my grades against the cards listed on the order form. My grades showed up the day they shipped......yesterday.

Hope that helps.

B. T.

SGC also uploads nice scanned images of your cards to their site after they slab them. You might be able to use those scans before you even get the cards in hand. If you log into your account and click on the link below, it will have a link to your scanned images folder.

https://www.gosgc.com/account/sellerready

Thanks, they are being overnighted so I assume I'll have them in hand by Friday.

The cards will be “seller ready” but unfortunately there will be no one “buyer ready “

Grading Decline
 

Is it me or anyone else receiving what we would call under graded cards back? Specifically cards from 1969 or earlier. Since this pandemic plagued grading fiasco where the grading companies were forced to hire more graders I have personally noted this decline.

Tony, SGC has been around for many years and I've been buying/selling since Day 1 with their slabs. Throughout the years, they have maintained consistency, good customer service, a fast graded product, and a knack for weeding out trimmed and doctored cards. You may have a had a batch of bad luck or timing but overall, SGC is spot on. Most of the time!

Mike

I've always thought SGC graded the toughest out of any of the TPG's, and are the most consistent as well.
They are not perfect, but I believe they are the closest to that.

I, too, have been using SGC for many years but a recent sub of only three cards left me scratching my head. I will play the game of guess the grade . I will try to upload the cards in question later today under a separate thread.

Around when the pandemic started in 2020, SGC lost the script on a lot of things - particularly centering - which may have been related to the hiring of new graders. (?) I got a couple of '72 cards in 5's and 5.5's where the grade was clearly tied only to centering - they were NM or better cards otherwise - and it's like nobody taught the graders the difference between 85/15 and 65/35. The latter does not deserve a downgrade to EX range or lower if otherwise a pack fresh card. Yes, all graders make mistakes but realistically we are talking hundreds or thousands of dollars difference in some cases with the more pricey cards. It's expected, but also extremely frustrating. I'm not sure if SGC has resolved that particular tendency around centering yet or not. I've been loathe to send them any more cards since they later returned me Mantles in slabs with plastic shards sticking into the edges of the card.

Ugh, so entered Post Grading on 11/10 and still no grades let alone my overnight shipment arriving by today. Guess they'll hold until next Pre War auction.

I've noticed this as well. Even PSA has abandoned their published centering standards since the pandemic began. Both have moved the goalposts on us.

centering has clearly gotten tougher. what baffles me about centering is that it is the only category that is scientific, and should be consistent. I doubt the graders even bother to measure - it is all done by eye.

+1 Agree and a little scary especially when talking about how it effects the grading and thus the value to some people

How fast is SGC cranking these days? I have a few orders out, all received in the last month.

Has anyone received grades recently? If so, when did SGC receive your cards?

I have an order that was shipped back to me yesterday from SGC. They received this order 10-22

Best of Luck

Thank you! The earliest of my orders was received 10/29, so hopefully it's not far behind.

My buddy had a sub received on 10/27 that just hit post grading today. As far as turnaround I am not sure anyone could ask for much more.

My order received on 10/29 hit post-grading processing yesterday. Not bad at all!

Nevermind

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SGC timeline updates?
 

Any new updates on SGC timeline?

Those getting things back now when did you submit?

Mine accepted 12/6/21 still marked received

latest
 

They received mine on 11/29. Graded on 12/23. Just got an email yesterday that they're on the way back to me now.

Quick as usual.....
 

- Received at SGC 11/24/21

- Graded on 12/23/21

- I just got them back yesterday via priority mail on 1/3/21

Mike

Anyone get an order back recently? How we tracking at the current moment?

I’m anxious I guess, have an order they received Jan 20, and hoping for an estimate from someone

Thanks All

Are you serious? It’s less than two weeks? Good thing you are not in Bobby’s PSA group submission that is now going on a year!

Mine took 5 weeks total. Forget the exact dates but it was mid December to Mid Jan.

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I am a group submitter for SGC, as of yesterday orders that were received on 01/18 had hit post grading.

Hope that helps!

I sent one card to SGC which at the time still listed 45 business days at $30.

Received at SGC 01-13-22
Graded 01-31-22
Received back today 02-03-22

Awesome, thats exactly what I was looking for, thank you

Am I serious?

Yes!

PSA sucks, I’ve had an order there over a year as well. Never again

On the other hand, SGC is rockin em out

Cheers!

$30 per card is too much.

Seems cheap compared to $100 or sitting on the internet begging for a $50 spot for a few cards.

Sent a 35 card order, received by SGC on 1-11-22. Graded on 1-28-22.

1/19 here, just hit post-grading processing.

Also those $100 spots are max $1499 and the $50 are max $999 value at PSA.

$30 is for max value $1499 for SGC

I like SGC for certain cards and PSA for others.

Just pointing out that $30 may seem like a lot for certain cards but it's a bargain for others.

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Thanks for the info. When I was doing graded cards I done the same with PSA and SGC.

Cards mailed on the 18th of Jan.

Received on the 21st of Jan.

Graded and went to post grading processing today, 7 Feb.

Has anyone been able to complete an order over the last week or so? I've been having an issue doing so and am attempting to determine what's going on.

UPDATE: I was able to get some clarity from SGC and help completing the order. It appears it was a PayPal issue.

Cards are graded and shipped today. One nag, SGC did not annotate the 68 Topps Ed Brinkman as a yellow team letter as I requested on my initial form.

Cards received at SGC on 21 Jan and returned on 8 Feb. That is right around two weeks. Can’t beat that with a stick.

Had the same problem with two E98 Old Put Backs, they should have been added to the label as requested with the order, I chalk it up to grader inexperience.

Glad to hear that SGC is moving quick. Sent off my first submission today and im hoping to have them back by the end of the month. This thread is making me hopeful.

Wow, that's fast. But the question on everybody's mind is... DID THEY POP?
Everybody's gotsta know when and if they popped? Ain't done nutting until they popped. Everybody knows that. Please tell us when they pop or if they will pop. I like it, just when they pop. I don't even care if they have my cards for a year and a half as long as they pop. Well did they? Pop that is.

That's definitely worth the 30 bucks if you have to have graded. Popped or not...

It sounds as if you're asking whether they popped?

Back off man, you are scaring me.

Like popcorn pop. Or some other pop pop?

Not picking up what you are laying down man….. crazy talk. That is all I see.

:D

Few things reading through the posts:

1. Graders don't designate the labels, that's done by research team, and some things they don't find significant enough to designate and try to eliminate too many variations in labeling to help with the pop reports being more accurate.

2. Someone commented on my earlier post of me being a group submitter. You are correct it is 30.00 a card to send yourself, through us its 23.00 a card, so 7.00/card savings. I'll also mention that 30.00 is one of the cheapest rates out there for anyone being as even the "new companies" are charging more and take longer.

3. Our latest order took exactly 12 business days from the day it was received to the day it shipped out the door....pretty impressive when looking at what the other companies are doing.

That's fine if it's something that isn't already in the pop reports but the Brinkman variation and the E98 Old Puts are already in the pop reports so not labeling them as the variations actually make the pop reports more inaccurate.

Correct, in my case it would have added 1 to the E98 Red Brown and established 1 pop Blue Kling Old Put backs.

I have a 5 card sub at SGC now:

Received 1/27/22
Graded 2/11/22
Now in Post-Grading processing.

I just sent a 2 card submission, after not using their service for about 2 years (used SGC exclusively for 17 years prior). Admittedly I switched to PSA and currently have 42 cards still there after a year, now I dont have an issue with that since they only go back into a box anyway. We will see how this SGC sub goes and maybe I will be back, but not sure based on how they just dont seem to want to compete (almost like they want to be the underdog), although their website is starting to show improvement and would still like to see a registry, albeit for me not for competition but more for self organization.

UPDATE - expected arrival back home on 2/17/22

They're still cranking.

7 card sub at SGC now:

Received 2/1/22
Graded 2/15/22
Now in Post-Grading processing.

I have no idea what you're talking about. SGC is literally the only major grading company that has actually improved on any front since the pandemic began. They are the only TPG that gives even 2 shits about the customer these days.

In your opinion why don't they restart their registry? That would push more people to crossover their Psa slabs and register. Would be my only complaint.

11 card order

Submitted 2/9

Received 2/14

Graded 2/25 (currently in post-grading processing)

I know we all LOVE fast shipping so we all must LOVE fast grading too. Question is are they getting it right? I have seen a lot of recently graded material by SGC and from detailed scans and plenty in hand they seem to be crushing vintage over the last 6 months. I do not need or want fast and inexpensive grading if the results of such are cards in 5s/6s that should be lock 7s.