Which grading co. would you choose?

[alsup2311]

At the time of submission, $12 per card bulk order. Registered mail has not been fun on the turn around.

Examples:

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469007/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469009/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469008/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469080/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469092/

E102https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469132/

[Leon]

I will be sending them some cards in the near future. I think they will gain some market share over time. Only time will tell.

Originally Posted by alsup2311

At the time of submission, $12 per card bulk order. Registered mail has not been fun on the turn around.

Examples:

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469007/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469009/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469008/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469080/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469092/

E102https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469132/

[ClementeFanOh]

Snowman- great detail, thank you! T205GB- I must disagree wholeheartedly with your comment that PSA is the “only” route for reselling. While the statement is often true for already slabbed cards- which still amazes me- the topic is about submitting cards for grading. The problem with PSA is that you and I could submit the same card to PSA and SGC, let’s say a T206 Jack Bliss with common back. My SGC could come back a “5” while your PSA comes back a “5 MC”, because those idiots declare a T206 “miscut” if a millimeter of the name at bottom is cut off. Of those 2 cards, the SGC resells higher than the PSA. If you can stand the obnoxious wait for PSA then that’s one thing, but they are so poor at grading that the “higher hammer values” mantra now carries an asterisk with it. I own PSAs I bought slabbed, but it’ll be a cold day in Maui before I would let them touch my cards and grade. Trent King

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

If they were cards I was keeping, I'd save all that money and time and keep them raw. $2300 to spend on more cards, and all the time used to prep the submission could be put toward further self education to avoid future card issues. It might also end up helping you make some money through new discoveries gleaned from your research. But hey, that's just me.

[luciobar1980]

I can't believe people still submit to PSA. It's like Stockholm Syndrome.

1) SGC or 2) CSG for me.

[fkm_bky]

SGC for me. I don't necessarily have an axe to grind with PSA, but I'm not a flipper with my cards. I typically assume that what I acquire will stay in my collection and I think the SGC cases are 1000 x's better looking than PSA. Also, PSA still entombs cards that allow them to float around inside the case. I find that ridiculous.

Bill

[raulus]

Originally Posted by fkm_bky

Also, PSA still entombs cards that allow them to float around inside the case. I find that ridiculous.

Can’t speak for every single slab these days, but I have seen PSA using some fancy new internal anchoring sleeves to keep pieces from floating around. I’ve had a handful that have come back in this fashion.

Here’s an example of one that I just got back recently.

[Steve D]

Neither, at those prices!

I have a stack of 26 low-grade T207s and six T205s I need to get graded, and $20 a card is far too expensive!

Steve

[Joe Hunter]

I've been sending raw cards to SGC for the the last year, or so, and have been pleased with the results. I have nothing against PSA, and I still buy PSA graded cards; but the long wait for submissions as opposed to SGC's quick turnaround, precludes me from submitting to PSA at the present time.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

I can't believe people still submit to PSA. It's like Stockholm Syndrome.

What can I say? Some of us are just gluttons for punishment! When you've got 2,000+ pieces from PSA, and only a handful from other grading companies, plus you're pretty well invested in the Set Registry, making a switch isn't an easy thing to do. Maybe someone needs to set up a 12-step support group to help us break the cycle?! Or maybe just an old-fashioned intervention.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will be sending them some cards in the near future. I think they will gain some market share over time. Only time will tell.

I LOVE CSG! I've been sending them a lot of my PC stuff lately. The market doesn't give them the respect they deserve yet, but I think that will change. Their slabs are just so much better than everyone else's. And their grades are fair, accurate and consistent in my experience thus far (out of the few hundred cards I've given them).