SGC Gold Club "Specials"

[basesareempty]

Let me just say that my disappointment is in the fact that after paying to become a gold club member( $125 or $300) their $5 special only allows you to submit cards up to $100. I guess if you want to submit T206 commons in lower grade this is a good deal. was just hoping for something better before I joined.

[Exhibitman]

I agree. A $100 value limit on the $5 special is stupidly low for a company with a $hitty, basically non-existent registry. I can see PSA doing it to try and get people to put in their mainstream postwar cards for registry sets. I'd rather pay the extra buck a card for PSA's special just in case anything comes back a 9 or 10.

Not the way to build business and interest. About the same as PSA won't cut it. SGC has to be Avis: try harder.

I am not going to join the SGC club unless their specials are worthwhile. So far, not.

[glchen]

Well, in comparison, the PSA special for this month is $6.25 per card for prewar cards with 25 cards minimum, $100 declared value, and 50 business day turnaround. So in SGC's defense, they are cheaper and significantly faster than PSA.

[Exhibitman]

True, for prewar. I guess I could see sending in a boatload of Exhibits on the $5 deal.

[Luke]

$5 with no minimum is really good. Not sure what more they could do on the low end. I guess it could be $4 and people would like it more, but $5 seems like a nice price to me.

[pokerplyr80]

Cheaper and faster than PSA. Not quite sure how this fails miserably. It sounds like a good deal to me.

[Exhibitman]

The products aren't equivalents, Jesse. I don't see a dollar difference with the same value ceiling and faster (promised) turnaround as sufficient to differentiate from what PSA offers on its specials. It is basically a mainstream commons and minor stars special, and I don't see the value in sending that type of card to SGC; at PSA you might score a high grade worth real money to a registry geek. Now, with a $200 or $250 ceiling instead, it could really draw in all manner of superstar but lesser grade cards that really need to be slabbed to sell but that exceed the $100 limit at PSA.