New CSG label. Pretty slick...

[Natedog]

i didn't mind the green labels, even without the subgrades and all the empty space, but i suppose i am in the minority. Now their label looks like a cross between GMA and SGC. Not a huge fan.

Kudos to them, though. Now they'll have thousands of people rifling through their "old" green label 9.5's that they probably just received a few weeks ago, and for *just* $5 more for each card + shipping, they get shiny new 10's!

These TPG's are such a racket.

[Casey2296]

Old school holder.
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[insidethewrapper]

It doesn't appear that their grading system has qualifiers, is this correct ? I don't like qualifiers, the card should just be down graded due to being off-centered, etc.

I hate 8 (OC ) etc. If it's off-centered that much it isn't an 8 in my opinion.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

It doesn't appear that their grading system has qualifiers, is this correct ? I don't like qualifiers, the card should just be down graded due to being off-centered, etc.

I hate 8 (OC ) etc. If it's off-centered that much it isn't an 8 in my opinion.

Correct they do not use qualifiers and as an additional agreeance, That is the single most annoying thing about PSA. To remove the single worst thing about the card and then grade it without that horrific flaw is simply fraud in my mind.

Even PSA states in their registry information that any qualifier is a 2 point deduction. So any 9 OC is simply a 7...but the hyperbolic excitement by sellers that it's a "1 Of 1" graded 9 OC and you can buy it for only the price of an 8.5 is nauseating.

[Oscar_Stanage]

it is a nice label, and I give them credit for making a change. But i'd prefer they were not 2 grades off from the pros.

I am starting to warm up to PSA. don't get me wrong, I am never waiting 10 months for a grade, but I have a bought a number of PSA slabs recently. I prefer the simplicity, correctly-sized label, and most important the thin slab. it makes a difference when you have a lot of graded cards. SGC - your slabs are too thick, wtf man.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Oscar_Stanage

it is a nice label, and I give them credit for making a change. But i'd prefer they were not 2 grades off from the pros.

I am starting to warm up to PSA. don't get me wrong, I am never waiting 10 months for a grade, but I have a bought a number of PSA slabs recently. I prefer the simplicity, correctly-sized label, and most important the thin slab. it makes a difference when you have a lot of graded cards. SGC - your slabs are too thick, wtf man.

I have not even looked at CSG cards that are for sale. Are you saying they are two grades off being too harsh? I have seen overly tight grading with SGC almost universally for the last year or so for sure and much less so with PSA, who presently seems like the realistic of the big TPG.

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

I have not even looked at CSG cards that are for sale. Are you saying they are two grades off being too harsh? I have seen overly tight grading with SGC almost universally for the last year or so for sure and much less so with PSA, who presently seems like the realistic of the big TPG.

In my experience with a pretty small sample size, they are inaccurate. I bought an 8 online- when in-hand I knew it was not close to an 8. SGC gave it a 6. there were a few other less egregious instances. I am at the point in my collecting where I can eye-grade a card with precision. Since CSG just started, they do not have the excuse of "old label" or "graded under lesser standards". others have found them to be consistent, I am just one person.