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Posted By: Joann

Mike R - GREAT post. hahaha. Shoot. I wanted you to finish the Beverly Hillbillies song. Nice.

As to SGC, I wholly agree with James and Rhys upthread as to undergrading. I like their holders a ton better than PSA, and their submission process (no extensive box label requirements, no club to join and having to submit 6 at once) is much much easier to use.

But their desire to be the baddest ass in the land as far as tough grading is a real issue with me. Grading should be accurate, not "tough". A wrong grade is a wrong grade, and the undergrading tendencies of one company should be considered as unhealthy as the overgrading tendencies of another company.

In the end maybe it will work out just as Rhys has mentioned above. The market will take care of it regardless of chatboard opinions. I guess that's a new spin on it. Buy SGC and flip for the higher grade, similar to buying raw and grading. SGC sellers will then try to get the higher prices for their cards based on true grade, but probably won't get them. Then maybe SGC might need to adjust. Interesting. We'll see.

I used to send borderline 1 cards to SGC knowing they could get the 1.5, whereas PSA being forced to choose between a 1 and a 2 would probably pick the 1. But with PSA introducing half grades, even this is no longer a reason.

I really really like SGC a ton - by far my favorite - for everything but their actual grading. I don't want to have decent cards get hammered so they can thump their chest about being the toughest graders.

J