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Originally Posted by GeoPoto
I will be surprised if PSA keeps SGC going indefinitely. Surely, they are working towards merging whatever management, administration, logistics, grading, and slabbing functions aren't already merged. That would be Aquisitions 101. The tipping point will arrive when the IT department is ready to add SGC-graded cards to the registry. Operating two businesses that do essentially the same thing can't make sense. SGC-style slabs may become an option to appease tuxedo aficionados, but grading standards, customer service, and anything else users care about will become one and the same, if they haven't already.
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It makes sense and has for Most car companies.
Ford/Lincoln/Mecury
Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge .... /Jeep/AMC
GM with many brands.
Raleigh Bicycled bought up most large British brands and used them eventually to circumvent exclusive territories
So one city might have Raleigh/Rudge/Humber/Robin Hood/and many more.
A lot of companies also sell their products to another big company labeled as another brand but they're the same product.
As long as it's profitable, I doubt SGC is going anywhere. It probably will change for the better in some ways worse in others.
I still think they're missing out by not doing team color gaskets. Or at least a couple options for some sets that might not look as good with the black gasket like 71 Topps or 1950 Drakes. (I'm sort of odd in thinking I like the SGC holder for prewar, but the PSA holder for newer cards. )