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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

In my opinion there is an enormous difference. In the case you describe, SGC is not putting its seal of approval (via encapsulating the card in its slab) on the card. Returning it to you as you gave it to them (in the PSA slab) DOES NOT RETURN THE CARD TO CIRCULATION WITH ANY SGC CERTIFICATION ON THE SLAB THAT COLLECTORS COULD RELY ON TO THEIR DETRIMENT. Your example would be analogous if (1) SGC solicited submissions of PSA-graded cards with the promise they would at minimum, regardless if the card was overgraded or altered, holder the card in an SGC slab with the same grade as PSA gave it, or (2) you re-submitted an SGC-slabbed card to them and they returned it to you in its original slab even though upon re-examination they determined it to be altered or overgraded.