Grading Companies Questions

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I agree that the money behind CSG plus the prices and back log will all factor in helping gain CSG market share.
The driving factor will how Fanatics Managements utilizes all its divisions into that one stop shop.

Not sure they will gain much.......I am reminded of this line:

“You can dress a pig up in satin and lace and it's still a pig."

Mike

[DHogan]

Do any of these grading companies beside PSA offer pack grading ?

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by DHogan

Do any of these grading companies beside PSA offer pack grading ?

Sadly No.

GAI a long time ago.

BBCE will wrap your boxes and will wrap Rack Packs but will not grade them.

I sent some wax packs to PSA on 2/25/21 and they have 8 stages for you to monitor kind of like Dominoes Pizza lol. My packs are on the 3rd stage still. I'll be lucky to get them before 2023. lol

Mike

[53toppscollector]

An underrated value play right now might be to buy SGC and CSG 9.5s with the intention of cracking them and sending to PSA when prices drop. If you can get an SGC 9.5 for less than what a PSA 9 sells for, you have a decent shot of actually getting a PSA 10. At worst, if you end up with a PSA 9 you break even. Doing this to scale could be quite profitable, assuming PSA eventually opens up a lower service level where it makes sense.

CSG and SGC both have tough grading standards, from what I've seen, so you are basically getting a pre-screening opinion of the card before you send to PSA. Given SGC's troubles with re-sale on ebay, there are lots of bargains out there to grab.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by 53toppscollector

An underrated value play right now might be to buy SGC and CSG 9.5s with the intention of cracking them and sending to PSA when prices drop. If you can get an SGC 9.5 for less than what a PSA 9 sells for, you have a decent shot of actually getting a PSA 10. At worst, if you end up with a PSA 9 you break even. Doing this to scale could be quite profitable, assuming PSA eventually opens up a lower service level where it makes sense.

CSG and SGC both have tough grading standards, from what I've seen, so you are basically getting a pre-screening opinion of the card before you send to PSA. Given SGC's troubles with re-sale on ebay, there are lots of bargains out there to grab.

very interesting idea.
Has anyone tried this?

[drcy]

As a longterm investment, it would seem smart to buy the market undervalued (SGC) over the market overvalued (PSA) cards. You should buy the card, only in part because you don't know the vale of PSA or today's PSA label in upcoming years.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

very interesting idea.
Has anyone tried this?

smart people have long been buying lower priced, nicer SGC graded cards over overpriced...overgraded PSA cards...buy the card not some minimum wage employees opinion.

sure money can be made crossing nice sgc's to psa...but obviously there's risk...and potentially significant expense.

[JMANOS]

IMO CSG is and will be the leader in due time as they are in the other collectible worlds...Comics, Coins, etc... they r way more professional and reliable...I am convinced they will be the best in due time in vintage cards no question. They have a better standard of grading as well. my 2 cents.