SGC Big News of 2023 - Pokemon?

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

How about a registry.

Bingo. I have given up hope on that.

[Snowman]

The vintage market is far too small to keep SGC competitive and afloat in today's hobby climate. Like it or not, they needed to do this if we still want them to be around in 10 years.

[Rich Klein]

A couple of months ago, SGC ran a $9 special to grade 2022 Bowman Chrome cards. Here is the Blowout forums discussion on that

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1539773

Again, ANY smartly run company is going to look at ways to expand their vertical or even phase into new things.

If all SGC did was pre-war/vintage they would end up with the same type of audiences I see at Postcard or Coin shows

Rich

PS I do agree they need to be in-person going forward at the NSCC

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

How about a registry.

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Bingo. I have given up hope on that.

This, 1000%.

I piss and moan on their social media every chance I get about this. I will not give up the fight and I will make sure that my voice is heard. The competition of the old registry drove submissions, pure and simple. Having an online forum to build sets and compare was wonderful. In the early days, it was great. Almost like how some people open up Facebook as a homepage, we visited the registry daily to see how we were one upping each other to build the best set, or simply to complete one.

Changing the cert numbers was stupid and contributed to the registry’s downfall.

Are you listening, SGC? Fix this.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

This, 1000%.

I piss and moan on their social media every chance I get about this. I will not give up the fight and I will make sure that my voice is heard. The competition of the old registry drove submissions, pure and simple. Having an online forum to build sets and compare was wonderful. In the early days, it was great. Almost like how some people open up Facebook as a homepage, we visited the registry daily to see how we were one upping each other to build the best set, or simply to complete one.

Changing the cert numbers was stupid and contributed to the registry’s downfall.

Are you listening, SGC? Fix this.

At this point do you think it's worth their time and effort ? PSA overwhelmingly dominates the registry space. Maybe if they merge with CSG..idk.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

This, 1000%.

I piss and moan on their social media every chance I get about this. I will not give up the fight and I will make sure that my voice is heard. The competition of the old registry drove submissions, pure and simple. Having an online forum to build sets and compare was wonderful. In the early days, it was great. Almost like how some people open up Facebook as a homepage, we visited the registry daily to see how we were one upping each other to build the best set, or simply to complete one.

Changing the cert numbers was stupid and contributed to the registry’s downfall.

Are you listening, SGC? Fix this.

At this point do you think it's worth their time and effort ? PSA overwhelmingly dominates the registry space. Maybe if they merge with CSG..idk.

[Rich Klein]

Hey folks, remember it's NOT CSG who will make a decision to buy SGC but their owner

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...lackstone-csg/

Just as a reminder as to whom owns CSG and will make any decisions about buy outs of others, mergers, etc.

Rich

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

At this point do you think it's worth their time and effort ? PSA overwhelmingly dominates the registry space. Maybe if they merge with CSG..idk.

I 110% think it’s worth it. PSA dominates the PSA registry space.

There are thousands of set collectors with lots of money tied up in SGC and who aren’t going to cross over for a PSA registry.

If you build it…