SGC...Trustworthy?

[MartyFromCANADA]

I bought an E-91 American Caramel George Gibson in a SGC case, graded 40 a while back. Being fairly new to the hobby and having a bit of OCD, I sent it to PSA so the holder would be uniform with cards I had previously purchased in PSA holders. I sent a few for crossover, and they came back with atrocious looking mylar baggies in the holder.

Unhappy with the look of the cards in their new PSA homes, I decided to send them back to SGC. They have the custom gaskets, and I thought they would look neater in their cases and satisfy my OCD.

Well, today I got a look at the grades online. The E-91 Gibson, previously graded by SGC, is now, "too small to holder". How could this be when the card had already been graded twice without problems.

I called SGC and talked to a grader. He said, "it may have been a partial millimetre off, that's why it got a too small to holder". I told him the exact card had been graded very good previously by SGC, I received no good reason.

The point is, I paid a premium for a card graded by SGC to ensure the card was authentic and unaltered. This experience shows this grading/authentication system we put our trust (and money) into is seriously flawed. I am not a happy customer.

Has anyone else had a problem like this?