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Old 07-22-2013, 05:47 PM
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Comparing SGC to PSA is like comparing a mom and pop store to a major corporation. You get better service in the mom and pop store but the corporation can offer so much more. SGC has never gotten their registry off the ground because they were late to the game and didn't spend the money that PSA did.
Jay, I agree with the first and third sentences, but not the second. PSA does not "offer so much more", particularly as a service company, its supposed raison d'etre. Let's see:

Better pricing for their service? No.
Better competency for their service? No.
Better consistency with their service? No.
Faster service? No.
Better listening to complaints? No.
Better at standing behind product and paying for mistakes? No.
Better variety of service? No or marginally so.
Better at feeding the egos of those who live for showing others that theirs is bigger/better? Absolutely.

Really the only advantage that I see they have, albeit it's huge and determinative, is the registry. They got that advantage years ago and I don't begrudge them, but If SGC were to invest all the money in the world into a registry at this point I doubt it would change things, at least for many years, in terms of pricing on at least the post-war stuff.
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