SGC - New in 2022

[Oscar_Stanage]

I'd prefer if they just provided their customers with a registry. seriously, how hard is it to hire some developers and create one?

[sportscardpete]

I bet they form a partnership with someone. Maybe a marketplace so that you can have your cards graded and directly sent to the marketplace to be sold (and maybe the marketplace helps reduce the price or something??). Makes a ton of sense for SGC. If you are a long-term collector you probably don't care, but this will help SGC's position with the flippers, who are an increasingly large % of the hobby.

The registry just makes too much sense. That, and better pop reports so we can easily see how many of a specific card are graded (gosh, it is so annoying seeing total pop report across the big 3 graders - takes way too much time).

[Johnny630]

Any hope of a legit registry, pop report, website and slab with a barcode ?

Let’s Hope 2022 Brings SGC to the National to Grade On Site…..they didn’t do onsite this year. Was shocked they would leave that much money on the table.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Any hope of a legit registry, pop report, website and slab with a barcode ?

Let’s Hope 2022 Brings SGC to the National to Grade On Site…..they didn’t do onsite this year. Was shocked they would leave that much money on the table.

According to them, they had a huge amount of orders in house and they felt obligated to take care of as many of them as they could. I think it was really that they weighed the cost of doing the show with what they could bring in at the show and decided that the extra profit was not worth it and to just deal with their backlog. And then take an opportunity to make it look like they were not being greedy like PSA has proven to be.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

According to them, they had a huge amount of orders in house and they felt obligated to take care of as many of them as they could. I think it was really that they weighed the cost of doing the show with what they could bring in at the show and decided that the extra profit was not worth it and to just deal with their backlog. And then take an opportunity to make it look like they were not being greedy like PSA has proven to be.

Just my two cents. If you’re content with your business you do that. If you’re trying to improve and gain market share from PSA while their affectively shut down at lower tier levels you go and you grade onsite. Especially when there wasn’t even a National in 2021 due to Covid. I want to see SGC step outside of their comfort zone and gain some market share.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Just my two cents. If you’re content with your business you do that. If you’re trying to improve and gain market share from PSA while their affectively shut down at lower tier levels you go and you grade onsite. Especially when there wasn’t even a National in 2021 due to Covid. I want to see SGC step outside of their comfort zone and gain some market share.

Sad as it is, I am not sure their gaining real market share is up to them, any longer. This whole time PSA has suspended various service levels it is apparent that SGC has picked up business but I am able to buy SGC material for a pretty significant discount to what the card would have sold for in a PSA holder.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Sad as it is, I am not sure their gaining real market share is up to them, any longer. This whole time PSA has suspended various service levels it is apparent that SGC has picked up business but I am able to buy SGC material for a pretty significant discount to what the card would have sold for in a PSA holder.

I agree.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Any hope of a .... slab with a barcode ?

I say bring back this look (not my card)

[sb1]

Peter S. has repeatedly said that the Registry is not of importance to them.....

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by sb1

Peter S. has repeatedly said that the Registry is not of importance to them.....

I think they realize that the registry train left the station a long time ago and they were not on it. PSA owns the registry and it is the most valuable asset that they have.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I think they realize that the registry train left the station a long time ago and they were not on it. PSA owns the registry and it is the most valuable asset that they have.

Yeah I don't think introduction of a registry would give SGC any more of a competitive edge at this point. PSA has run away with that concept. $30 per card has not helped them either.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I think they realize that the registry train left the station a long time ago and they were not on it. PSA owns the registry and it is the most valuable asset that they have.

Jay,

Do you think as it seems that more investors/flippers are entering the market these days that it may eventually start to take a little lustre off their registry asset? I know part of that registry advantage is that collectors will pay dearly to improve their set rank and standing on the registry, but a lot of these newcomers don't seem to care about that. They buy the PSA cards because they typically bring a higher price over SGC and Beckett graded cards, but as time goes by and maybe fewer and fewer people are as concerned about the registry, can you see that pricing gap between PSA and the others maybe start to close?

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

I bet they form a partnership with someone. Maybe a marketplace so that you can have your cards graded and directly sent to the marketplace to be sold (and maybe the marketplace helps reduce the price or something??). Makes a ton of sense for SGC. If you are a long-term collector you probably don't care, but this will help SGC's position with the flippers, who are an increasingly large % of the hobby.

The registry just makes too much sense. That, and better pop reports so we can easily see how many of a specific card are graded (gosh, it is so annoying seeing total pop report across the big 3 graders - takes way too much time).

I sure hope they don't do this. It might make sense, but it's such a potential conflict of interest that would undermine their integrity.

[parkplace33]

Any update from SGC? We are more than halfway through January and I haven't seen any news.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Any update from SGC? We are more than halfway through January and I haven't seen any news.

Monday

[Zan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Monday

What do you know?

[chriskim]

They will start grading unopened materials!

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Zan

What do you know?

Historical precedence and deadpan humor, probably.

"Monday" is a running joke in SGC circles.

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Oscar_Stanage

I'd prefer if they just provided their customers with a registry. seriously, how hard is it to hire some developers and create one?

Totally agree. This would be good for their business, having a full featured registry would likely move a few folks off of PSAs dinosaur registry.