New SGC Look?

Blackie · #1 05-21-2014, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Love SGC, hate the news flips. This may cost them my business

Dan I wonder if they changed the back of the holder to add some type of hologram or something different to stop fakes? The new website design is great but the holder not so much. I have a submission on its way back now.......hoping they used the older flip.

#2 05-21-2014, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackie

Dan I wonder if they changed the back of the holder to add some type of hologram or something different to stop fakes? The new website design is great but the holder not so much. I have a submission on its way back now.......hoping they used the older flip.

Whether they have a hologram or not the design is just aesthetically unappealing and, like others have mentioned, it disrupts any uniformity with former SGC slabs. Sometimes change is good, but unfortunately not in this case.

ValKehl · #3 05-21-2014, 06:10 PM

IMHO, the old flips have a much classier look than the new flips. It always amazes me how a seemingly-unnecessary business decision can have a real negative effect on a company's business.
Val

Leon · #4 05-21-2014, 06:06 PM

There will be an archived submission status very, very soon(if not already there). It is the last thing to be populated to the new site. There are watermarks on the new flips that can't be seen from scans. They are much more difficult to counterfeit or reproduce and are much safer. This info from Sean Skeffington their VP of operations.

I haven't given much thought to the flips yet but off hand they don't look that bad. They won't be like all of my others but I am not sure I care. I know I am in the minority so far and everyone is entitled to my opinion

.

I should add that although the new flips don't look bad, the old ones are much more attractive.

Blackie · #5 05-21-2014, 06:10 PM

Leon thanks for the information.........do you know if the watermarks are visible?

Leon · #6 05-21-2014, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackie

Leon thanks for the information.........do you know if the watermarks are visible?

I was out when Sean left the voice mail but my understanding is yes they are visible in person but not from a scan. Don't hold my feet to the fire but I am pretty sure he said they are visible in person.

Blackie · #7 05-21-2014, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leon

I was out when Sean left the voice mail but my understanding is yes they are visible in person but not from a scan. Don't hold my feet to the fire but I am pretty sure he said they are visible in person.

Roger that brother.........thanks Leon! I always enjoy talking with Sean and Earl. I still believe they have the best customer service out there!

GregMitch34 · #8 05-21-2014, 06:41 PM

Yes, if they put a green border back on it might be acceptable even with new typeface etc.

Blackie · #9 05-21-2014, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

Yes, if they put a green border back on it might be acceptable even with new typeface etc.

I agree!!! Good point

MW1 · #10 05-21-2014, 06:46 PM

Not liking the new labels at all...have to agree with the other 99% of collectors here. They look like something that was designed and printed quickly, without much thought given to proper aesthetics or the value of brand-name recognition. SGC really should have gotten more customer feedback before going forward with this.

Peter_Spaeth · #11 05-21-2014, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MW1

Not liking the new labels at all...have to agree with the other 99% of collectors here. They look like something that was designed and printed quickly, without much thought given to proper aesthetics or the value of brand-name recognition. SGC really should have gotten more customer feedback before going forward with this.

You have to wonder, whose idea was this, and who approved it and why? Maybe someone thought the simple look was cool, I don't know. But as has been said they look so much like the flips of the joke grading services.