Greg Morris raw cards - trust or no?

[scottglevy]

Quality company. Quality product. It’s a bit of a gamble to buy something that’s described as NMMT and actually expect a slabbed “8”. But the cards should be roughly in line with the described grades - which is more than I can say for most raw card sellers.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by scottglevy

Quality company. Quality product. It’s a bit of a gamble to buy something that’s described as NMMT and actually expect a slabbed “8”. But the cards should be roughly in line with the described grades - which is more than I can say for most raw card sellers.

Most smaller-time raw card sellers on eBay don’t even bother with pretending to guess at condition anymore. “See pics for condition” is a tired one, but I’ve had to just quit rolling my eyes at that kind of thing. If it’s not a trusted seller or if the person cannot be bothered to even hazard a guess on a raw card - I usually just move on.

Greg Morris seized the market space that someone inevitably was bound to when he proved that he could be consistently competent at raw grading, in a space where the prevailing wisdom was to buy graded since you cannot trust raw, or more importantly those selling raw cards. I think this was good for the hobby. Grading has changed things sure, but Greg proved that there was still space for those who can grade competently and conservatively without everything having to be in a slab. I realize that many buy the high end raw cards he sells only with the intention of sending them off to PSA, but it’s nice to know if grading isn’t necessarily your thing, that you can buy from GM and be generally confident that whatever you bought will arrive in the condition you expect it to.

[Seiklis]

Yea everything was fine on the two Diaz I bought from him

There was a slight tear in the top of the Metiever that he didn't outright say existed but it's something I should have seen and isn't that big a deal seeing how hard Diaz are to come by and specific ones even harder

I was satisfied by the whole experience

[Schlesinj]

Interview from Sports Collectors Daily today.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...rds-interview/

[Johnny630]

This thread shows me Grading Companies and Auctions Control 99% of the movement and money in this hobby...it's so interesting to watch people's behaviors and motivations....Yogi Said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” I say, "You can avoid a lot by Observing"

[lowpopper]

If anyone wants to become a consignor at GM, pm me for details!

[JollyElm]

About grading:

"It’s something I am very sensitive to. I hate making mistakes and we do make mistakes. We really try hard not to. I feel like if you look at the landscape, even though it’s hard for me to let other people grade the cards. I think we still do a very good job. Anything we can do to let people know it’s our card, we will do. When we make a mistake we will always take responsibility for it. I think that builds a lot of loyalty. Buying raw cards is like the Wild West. When we buy stuff, God forbid, we have to do a return. Some of these sellers just go berserk. They make it impossible. Forget it, I will just eat it. I never understood that. A lot of times mistakes can lead to loyalty. He messed up but he’s taking the card back. We take it back. It doesn’t happen that often. I don’t understand sellers that don’t want to have a return policy. It’s a great way to build customer confidence."

[BRY68]

Looking at my spread sheet, it appears that in the past year I have purchased over 200 T206 cards from GM. Mostly raw for the binder. Great service, combined shipping with no hassle. Always felt that his grades were fair and if anything harder on a card than some others on ebay.