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Originally Posted by Harford20
In our current climate, I have noted many buyers are incorporating the fact that the TPG plastic cost and time to obtain them are considerable and these "costs" are being factored in to the buy.
If you figure that there is $1200-1500 worth of plastic and time in this auction, the complete set at $6500 seems CHEAP actually.
Dave
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I actually pulled the trigger on a number of SGC graded '33 Goudeys that I'd been considering the day that SGC made the announcement of the fee increase. It did change the economics for me, especially for graded commons. I, of course, hope for grading deals to come along soon, but I'm not counting on it. The price increase has dampened my enthusiasm for buying graded cards to crossover and for buying ungraded cards as well (for '33 Goudey in particular, I'm still perfectly happy with PSA and ungraded cards elsewhere). I still think that SGC is shooting themselves in the foot by disincentivizing the grading of commons, and missed a great opportunity to capture market share by remaining at $15 when PSA increased their fees, but they surely know their business better than I do.
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E101 (33/50)
T3 set (104/104), complete!
T205 set (108/221)
'33 Goudey
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