Yes, the 8 char minimum in SGC's search is annoying, but that's only the start.
If you start with the year, it works well enough. e.g. "1912 T207" got me right to the T207's broken down by back ... and the fun starts there ...
Even though things evolve and there's not much way to correct past mistakes, omissions, etc... there is still much that could be improved:
Primarily data accuracy - fix things that are very clearly wrong.
After that, my biggest pet peeve is ... WHO SORTS BY FIRST NAME??... separate the damned names, please, or fix the sort ordering. I see that PSA has fixed this and that they are now ordered by default by last name. I will give SGC credit for being able to sort on any column simply by clicking the column headers ...
Also, for me, the entire table fits onscreen (no left/right scrolling) at least as long as 'Show old grading' is not selected.
Do I consult it much? not any more. Do I care? not really, but it is interesting to see how the populations have evolved over the last decade or so. Do I have graded cards? Almost entirely, and mostly SGC but the former registry has faded from the rear window and interest in the registry mostly with it... would I like to see it back. Maybe if they revisited the registry in more friendly way, but it would need work they're not willing to invest, I believe.
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