Ebays new certification dealio

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

Personally I would love to see this process operate as you have described. Your idea of "buy raw and receive it slabbed" would make great sense on several levels, but especially for us collectors up in Canada. To get a card shipped to us, then sent back to get graded, we have to deal with customs and charges twice. I( and other Canadian collectors) would love to cut that down by half.

Regardless, the idea of getting a slabbed card back is appealing.

FWIW, I do look at some of the hockey cards on PWCC (I know, boo, hiss), and tonight I saw more CSG graded hockey cards than I've ever seen. Here s hoping someone can take on PWCC, although I suspect with their new warehouse, PSA will eventually be slabbing more cards than ever.

When I made that observation about how such a service would save the buyer time and shipping costs, I forgot about how much more beneficial that would be for you guys North of the border. And it would likely apply to any other international sales as well.

I'm thinking CSG and Ebay have been talking and planning together for a lot longer than we may have expected. And if CSG can really get their Registry going, and keep their lower grading costs and much faster turnaround times than PSA in place, I can see a lot of collectors really start using them. The cost and time savings alone is huge, but think of this. A newer collector that likes the Registry idea, and wants to get into it, doesn't have to compete against all the big time collections on PSA. In other words, someone starting out right now could realistically have a top ten rated set on CSG's registry, whereas, they may not be able to even crack the top 25 or 50, or even more, sets on PSA's registry. And I sincerely doubt anyone on PSA's Registry is going to suddenly look to cross any sets over to CSG.

[jayshum]

Is a registry for CSG really possible or practical? Are there enough raw, high grade vintage cards from enough sets still out there for CSG to grade so that multiple people would have a realistic chance to put together sets for a registry?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Is a registry for CSG really possible or practical? Are there enough raw, high grade vintage cards from enough sets still out there for CSG to grade so that multiple people would have a realistic chance to put together sets for a registry?

That's not a problem, there are more high grade vintage cards showing up every day.

[Snowman]

I just had a vintage card purchase fail eBay's authentication process. The card has a very large and obvious wax stain on the back too. Which the seller clearly shows and mentions. It also has a very slight diamond cut to it, which is common with these. It's definitely not a fake card. This should be interesting.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I just had a vintage card purchase fail eBay's authentication process. The card has a very large and obvious wax stain on the back too. Which the seller clearly shows and mentions. It also has a very slight diamond cut to it, which is common with these. It's definitely not a fake card. This should be interesting.

I wonder if that gives everyone the all clear to complete the transaction off eBay? Or do you have an option to waive the "authentication"?

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Deertick

I wonder if that gives everyone the all clear to complete the transaction off eBay? Or do you have an option to waive the "authentication"?

It has to be authentic and as described by the seller, so that doesn’t necessarily mean they thought it was fake. It’d be informative to have a link to the listing, snowman, if you don’t mind.



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[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Clutch-Hitter

It has to be authentic and as described by the seller, so that doesn’t necessarily mean they thought it was fake. It’d be informative to have a link to the listing, snowman, if you don’t mind.



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Ya, I was thinking it might be because the seller listed it as EX+ condition? I don't know, but if the card looked like it does in the photos, then it should have passed authentication. Maybe he sent a different card on accident? Or maybe there was a hidden crease that wasn't disclosed? Who knows. But the seller has good feedback and the card in the photos is definitely an authentic card.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Is a registry for CSG really possible or practical? Are there enough raw, high grade vintage cards from enough sets still out there for CSG to grade so that multiple people would have a realistic chance to put together sets for a registry?

No. Definitely not.

It reminds me of when Google tried to compete with Facebook by creating a social media Google+ network. Nobody used it because everyone they knew and wanted to interact with was using Facebook. And despite Google having nearly endless capital to promote the project and massive name recognition already, it was doomed to fail right from the start.