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Posted By: Richard Dwyer

For the third year in a row, Steve Rocchi slabbed 46 baseball cards that I made for my kids at Carver Elementary. I picked them up today. $920 of free slabbing!

While I was there, I asked him if there would be a population report on tobacco packs. He said in 30-45 days from now they will have that info on their website, along with prices realized. I'm looking forward to this.

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

I, too, want to commend GAI and Steve. I recently submitted an extremely rare cigarette pack to GAI at the East Coast National for encapsulation. After submitting, I sent Steve a long email detailing my feelings on the pack. Steve was quick to reply and work through some of the labeling concerns I had with the pack and assured me that all information would be passed on to Keith (who does the packs)to ensure the pack would be properly labeled. Today, Keith called me before encapsulation was to be done in order to make sure we were on the same page with the pack. I was very pleased that both Steve and Keith addressed my concerns and worked with me. I know we all have our favorite grading companies and although most of my cards are in SGC slabs, I have to say that GAI has had the best customer service with me personally, and I will continue to use them for my autographed material and other various items.

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Posted By: Matt

What pack did you send in Jon?

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Posted By: Griffin's

The nice thing about Global is you can actually talk to someone, and get things done that other companies won't do- they have a bit of flexibility, and don't have to stick to a rigid menu of offerings.
These three I just wanted slabbed for protection, and they were happy to oblige.

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Posted By: martin dalziel

Richard,
Your kids must be thrilled at receiving their own cards and the 'Perfect' notation is just that - perfect. What a great keepsake and kudos to GAI for its generosity. This is what the hobby is really about.

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Posted By: leon

I agree with you. As much as I talk about issues with GAI's grading standards on cards I definitely give them kudo's for the Perfect 10, and the free grading for the kids. What a great gesture......

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Posted By: Richard Dwyer

The kids will receive their cards on Tuesday. Last year GAI did 90 cards, the year before that they did 59.

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Posted By: David McDonald

What a nice thing to do for these kids! Good on you, Richard. Good on you, GAI.