[glchen]

The new flips for CSG are a huge improvement from their original one. Previously, I thought the flip was so bad, I would refuse to submit to CSG and be reluctant to even purchase CSG-holdered cards. These new flips are nice. I wouldn't hesitate to submit to CSG or purchase CSG cards in the future.

However, I think the biggest gap for CSG right now is that they need to be able to holder cards beyond the standard sized ones. That is, all other TPG's holder at least up to 6"x9" sized cards/premiums, and PSA and Beckett go up to 8"x11". CSG needs to at least match what SGC holders to be in the same class as the Big 3 TPGs. The fact that they do not yet holder postcard-sized cards should be an embarrassment to them.

The other nice to have improvement I'd like to see from CSG is their insert for non-standard sized cards like T206's. See below for a comparison using the old CSG holders. (None of these cards are mine. Took images from ebay.) You can see by this comparison for the overall presentation of the card, SGC still wins. Based on the insert, PSA is still probably slightly better than CSG. CSG has a nicer flip than Beckett now, so it probably beats Beckett.

My current ranking: SGC > PSA > CSG > Beckett

There's a star by Beckett, however. I absolutely love Beckett's black label flip. I can understand why some OCD collectors would just stick w/ Black label in their collection. Even the gold label is pretty nice. However, prewar for Beckett is stuck w/ the white label or blue label, which are the worst. The other consideration is Beckett also offers the holders with the best protection. They're the only holder where I wouldn't worry about damage if I accidentally dropped it. Therefore, from a protection standpoint, I wouldn't have any issues with submitting or buying Beckett cards either.