CSG Card Grading Comp - 1st card on Ebay???

[D. Bergin]

Well, it looks like CSG is flooded, LOL! They just updated their two lowest tiers to 75-80 "WORKING" days (16 weeks), plus it's taking them weeks or longer just to get cards into the acceptance/arrived stage once it hits their Post Office.

Oh well.

[perezfan]

Just revisiting this thread to see if anyone has seen a Tobacco/Caramel Card in a CSG slab yet? Eager to see how these smaller cards look, as PSA, SGC and Beckett are no longer viable alternatives for me.

If someone has access to an image and can post it, that would be great.... Thanks!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Just revisiting this thread to see if anyone has seen a Tobacco/Caramel Card in a CSG slab yet? Eager to see how these smaller cards look, as PSA, SGC and Beckett are no longer viable alternatives for me.

If someone has access to an image and can post it, that would be great.... Thanks!

This doesn't count?

[perezfan]

Thanks Adam...

Not familiar with that particular issue, so don't know how the size and shape compares to a T206 or E95, for example. Your card looks more square and less rectangular.

That's a lot of blank space in the slab. I really prefer the look of SGC for smaller-sized cards, but am not very fond of them these days, either.

Regardless, thanks for re-posting that. Super-cool Tris Speaker card, and looks like they graded it pretty tough!

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Thanks Adam...

Not familiar with that particular issue, so don't know how the size and shape compares to a T206 or E95, for example. Your card looks more square and less rectangular.

That's a lot of blank space in the slab. I really prefer the look of SGC for smaller-sized cards, but am not very fond of them these days, either.

Regardless, thanks for re-posting that. Super-cool Tris Speaker card, and looks like they graded it pretty tough!

Nice card but you know others will claim it's O/C. Not the card but the slabbing.

[D. Bergin]

Well, LOL. The gravy train has ended on CSG.

They've already instituted a price hike before most people who have submitted to them in their entire history of existence have even gotten their cards back.

It's for the good of the customers, you see.

Not as huge a price hike as the other established TPG's, but a price hike nonetheless.

Also comes with a convenient deadline to make sure they get hit with an avalanche of new submissions, just before they go into effect.

https://www.csgcards.com/news/articl...Z2H1CTeuU3u6VU

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Well, LOL. The gravy train has ended on CSG.

They've already instituted a price hike before most people who have submitted to them in their entire history of existence have even gotten their cards back.

It's for the good of the customers, you see.

I do not understand the criticism of price hikes. these companies have no choice. it is not possible to hire and train enough graders to ever meet industry demand and maintain any sort of standard. either grading becomes a luxury good, or the demand eventually wanes to the point where they can meet it.

my guess is the latter, and all the 3rd rate grading options go out of business.