Collector frustration

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

I bought a 64 Topps stand up from ole Greg Morris cards on July 31st. Listed as VG-EX. Instead of it being shipped down the street to Irvine PSA for Authentication it was shipped to Sarasota, FL.

PSA only authenticates slabbed cards for eBay, while CGC (formerly CSG) authenticates raw cards. So it went to the proper place.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by swarmee

PSA only authenticates slabbed cards for eBay, while CGC (formerly CSG) authenticates raw cards. So it went to the proper place.

Thanks for the info John, appreciate that.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by swarmee

PSA only authenticates slabbed cards for eBay, while CGC (formerly CSG) authenticates raw cards. So it went to the proper place.

CGC? Since when?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

CGC? Since when?

I wonder if this is more just sort of a recognition that CGC and CSG are related and were merged under a single umbrella last month.

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/artic...-cards-merger/

[Leon]

Originally Posted by raulus

I wonder if this is more just sort of a recognition that CGC and CSG are related and were merged under a single umbrella last month.

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/artic...-cards-merger/

Most Likely. Single umbrella. All CGC and no longer CSG.

"The merger of CGC Trading Cards and CSG is the culmination of exhaustive market research, including customer and non-customer surveys, dozens of focus groups and thoughtful analysis of the card grading business. The new brand combines the best aspects of both CGC Trading Cards and CSG, including world-class expertise, advanced technology, the industry’s best holder and the strongest guarantees, while addressing many of the most-requested enhancements from the collecting community.

“The card market needs strong competition because competition makes us better, and that's good for collectors and dealers,” says Steven R. Eichenbaum, CEO of CCG. “CGC Cards will win by providing best-in-class grading services with fast turnaround times, affordable prices and strong prices realized.”


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[JollyElm]

With regards to the eBay search function, this is probably common knowledge, but you can eliminate things easily by enclosing relevant keywords in parentheses preceded by a minus sign (and then saving the search).

To show how stupid things have gotten, here's an example of what I needed to add over time to one of my searches for a baseball card set (yes, a BASEBALL CARD set) just to eliminate the detritus and 'only' have cards I'm looking for appear:
-(dean, sheffield, calender, usaf, losers, pottery, nasa, china, buick, saucer, rosemary, rainbow, caron, granada, baby, relish, salt, billy jack, steel, license plate)

No joke.

Note: The "dean" is in all of my searches to avoid Mr. Extortion himself.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

With regards to the eBay search function, this is probably common knowledge, but you can eliminate things easily by enclosing relevant keywords in parentheses preceded by a minus sign (and then saving the search).

To show how stupid things have gotten, here's an example of what I needed to add over time to one of my searches for a baseball card set (yes, a BASEBALL CARD set) just to eliminate the detritus and 'only' have cards I'm looking for appear:
-(dean, sheffield, calender, usaf, losers, pottery, nasa, china, buick, saucer, rosemary, rainbow, caron, granada, baby, relish, salt, billy jack, steel, license plate)

No joke.

Note: The "dean" is in all of my searches to avoid Mr. Extortion himself.

You actually don't need parentheses or commas in between words just a single space. For example if I'm searching for 1958 Topps this works the same way and let's you add more without hitting the limit.

1958 Topps -2021 -2022 -2023 -bowman