SGC is cranking on recent subs....WOW!!!!!!!

[Huck]

PSA likely has a backlog of over a million cards. The right thing to do, would have been to stop accepting submissions. But no, PSA raises prices in an attempt to stem the flow.

https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...A4MjYwNTQyMQS2

[bks14sr]

Just an FYI, if you are shipping to SGC via USPS, your box is not delivered directly to SGC. But rather, boxes are held at the local post office and picked up by SGC. Not a huge deal, but it does take longer. My expensive shipment has been sitting at the post office since last Wednesday and still shows “Available for pickup”. I know there’s waits associated, but I also know how sloppy USPS/UPS type facilities are, as I worked for them for 15 yrs. I was told Fedex delivers direct.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by bks14sr

Just an FYI, if you are shipping to SGC via USPS, your box is not delivered directly to SGC. But rather, boxes are held at the local post office and picked up by SGC. Not a huge deal, but it does take longer. My expensive shipment has been sitting at the post office since last Wednesday and still shows “Available for pickup”. I know there’s waits associated, but I also know how sloppy USPS/UPS type facilities are, as I worked for them for 15 yrs. I was told Fedex delivers direct.

I have seen this recently with other companies that I have returned stuff to, but I noticed with SGC my package was "Out for Delivery" all day and then into the night, and never got scanned. Then the next day the tracking status said "Alert - Awaiting Delivery Scan". At some point this got fixed, but I had the email from SGC saying they had received my cards before the scan was made by the USPS that actually showed them delivered. It just seemed odd.

[bks14sr]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I have seen this recently with other companies that I have returned stuff to, but I noticed with SGC my package was "Out for Delivery" all day and then into the night, and never got scanned. Then the next day the tracking status said "Alert - Awaiting Delivery Scan". At some point this got fixed, but I had the email from SGC saying they had received my cards before the scan was made by the USPS that actually showed them delivered. It just seemed odd.

These are the types of things that talk me out of sending bigger cards off for grading. Not worth the stress.

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by bks14sr

Just an FYI, if you are shipping to SGC via USPS, your box is not delivered directly to SGC. But rather, boxes are held at the local post office and picked up by SGC. Not a huge deal, but it does take longer. My expensive shipment has been sitting at the post office since last Wednesday and still shows “Available for pickup”. I know there’s waits associated, but I also know how sloppy USPS/UPS type facilities are, as I worked for them for 15 yrs. I was told Fedex delivers direct.

it goes to a special room in the Post Office and they pick it up daily. There should never be more than 1 day from when the tracking says "delivered" and when its logged in the system. I am sure you have already done this, but definitely email SGC.

[bks14sr]

Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

it goes to a special room in the Post Office and they pick it up daily. There should never be more than 1 day from when the tracking says "delivered" and when its logged in the system. I am sure you have already done this, but definitely email SGC.

Per tracking, it made it to their post office Thursday morning. Emailed SGC Thursday night after some odd tracking activity. Waited the rest of Thur, then Friday with USPS tracking still saying “Available for pickup”. Then expecting a pickup to occur today, nothing yet, same tracking status. I was told they make it by the post office a few times per week. I expect too much from others based off my own output/ethic/urgency I guess. I know my urgency would be up just a little if I knew a customer had a 10k box waiting for pickup.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by biohazard

PSA likely has a backlog of over a million cards. The right thing to do, would have been to stop accepting submissions. But no, PSA raises prices in an attempt to stem the flow.

https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...A4MjYwNTQyMQS2

Well they stopped accepting crossovers and other lower tier services. They should have done this last year.

[sportscardpete]

Update: Sent in a mostly 90's submission on Sunday and have yet to get my cards back.

SGC burned me over the summer but I believe in second chances. Plus, I kind of like how "modern" cards look in its slab.

[bobbyw8469]

SGC claimed that their backlog is gone and they will "never" be backlogged again. It will be interesting to see if that claim holds up after PSA suspends all submissions and now SGC gets flooded with them again.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Was thinking the same thing Robert.

[TobaccoKing4]

I'm expecting them to get backlogged pretty quickly because of it

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

SGC claimed that their backlog is gone and they will "never" be backlogged again. It will be interesting to see if that claim holds up after PSA suspends all submissions and now SGC gets flooded with them again.

At $25 a card minimum, and not a great reputation in resale value for shiny card collectors, they may not get the upsurge you're expecting, though they will certainly see an uptick in vintage submissions.

I have a feeling CSG is going to get slammed. They are new, but they are not new to the grading business, and their $8 bulk rate seems like an easy pivot for the modern card collectors who want to risk sending in common cards hoping to hit it big with a high grade.

I sent about 20 cards in to them at the beginning of the month under "Economy" and they have yet to even be logged in yet, so I'm guessing it's already started over there.

There's even chatter on the boards over there (likely unfounded.....but who knows ) that PSA strategically timed their shutdown in order to flood CSG and others with cheap cards and back up their competitors in a similar fashion.