SGC Delays

[Yoda]

The grade on the Sanella Ruth is a travesty. 10 years ago it would have received at least a 7,

[ClementeFanOh]

Submitting a small group today, will see if they stick to the 2 1/2 weeks turnaround. Prewar and vintage baseball primarily. Trent King

[hockeyhockey]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

Submitting a small group today, will see if they stick to the 2 1/2 weeks turnaround. Prewar and vintage baseball primarily. Trent King

trent- they just dropped to $15 per card and are saying 5-10 day turnaround. interesting to see how that goes.

[JollyElm]

$15...and that's the regular, not bulk submission, rate? Wow!! And returned in days, not years?? SOLD!!! I guess we finally got the announcement we've been waiting for. Time to start packing stuff up to send out.

[joejo20]

My recent submission of a few prewar cards was very fast.

Received 8/18 and shipped 8/28

[JollyElm]

A bit off-topic, but when I send cards off to SGC, I would like to do one of those before and after 'blind reveal' videos you see on YouTube. (Unlike all of the other ones, mine, of course, will have the names of the old players pronounced correctly.) Knowing that anger is going to fly out of my mouth when I see the resulting (and unexpected) LOW ASS grades, I want the reactions to be unprompted.

• So the question is (I've never submitted to SGC before), am I able to NOT know what the grades are after they progress through SGC? In other words, is there a simple way to make sure that until I open the box at home, the grade numbers remain a mystery to me?

Thanks!

[ldrunner27]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

A bit off-topic, but when I send cards off to SGC, I would like to do one of those before and after 'blind reveal' videos you see on YouTube. (Unlike all of the other ones, mine, of course, will have the names of the old players pronounced correctly.) Knowing that anger is going to fly out of my mouth when I see the resulting (and unexpected) LOW ASS grades, I want the reactions to be unprompted.

• So the question is (I've never submitted to SGC before), am I able to NOT know what the grades are after they progress through SGC? In other words, is there a simple way to make sure that until I open the box at home, the grade numbers remain a mystery to me?

Thanks!

Just don't click on your order number if you don't want to see the grades once they're posted. They have a separate link for the tracking number that you can click on.

[53toppscollector]

On your order overview page, you can see where it is in the process, and then once it is shipped, you can see your tracking number. There is a separate tab for "Seller Ready Images" which shows you the front/back scan of every card after it is graded. Just avoid those, and you should be fine if you want it to be a blind reveal.

[brunswickreeves]

Currently SGC 1-2 business day turn around is actually 1 day for review and grading, and shipped next day.

[TAFKADixie]

I mailed an order down on 8/21 and they shipped it out on 8/30.

I just sent another 30 down on 9/7.

[Snowman]

My most recent order was received 8/23 and shipped out 9/7, exactly 10 business days later. It included a mix of raw cards, reholders, and one crossover.

Here's one of the cards from the order

[ClementeFanOh]

Fellow collectors- on Sept 6 I wrote that I had shipped a 5 card group to
SGC, and would pay attention to a) return time and b) grading accuracy.
The results follow...

1) Grades were posted on SGC site yesterday, Sept 15th. That's 9 days
after they left my possession. They will be at my door by the 19th, a
13 day total turnaround at most.

2) I submitted 2 T206s that got exactly the grade I expected. The other 3
cards were 2 1976 Topps and an 81 Fleer Rickey Henderson "rookie".
I am more than pleased with the 8.5 the 76 Topps Mike Schmidt got,
and think they got Rickey right. The 5th card I thought would get a
point higher at most, I'm mildly bummed about it but not enraged.

All in all, I am very pleased- especially that they didn't hammer my
76 Topps/81 Fleer.

Trent King

[jimmer77]

My latest order was received by SGC in 9/7 and I received them back today 9/16.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by Snowman

My most recent order was received 8/23 and shipped out 9/7, exactly 10 business days later. It included a mix of raw cards, reholders, and one crossover.

Here's one of the cards from the order

Epic card. Want it.

Anyways I am getting an 11 card order back from SGC on Monday. 14 days door to door.

[Vintagedeputy]

Update:

Sent out a 9 card sub to SGC:

Shipped to SGC 9/13/23
Received by SGC 9/18/23
Post-grading processing 9/21/23 (cert #’s assigned, no grades posted yet.
Images posted online with grades, shipped - 9/25/23

Very satisfied!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Yoda

The grade on the Sanella Ruth is a travesty. 10 years ago it would have received at least a 7,

Not with that staining.

[refz]

Submitted 8/19
Received 8/28
Delivered 9/5

Overall pleased with my order. I knew what I was getting for the most part, 2 surprises. One of my cards came back A minimum size not met. How do they measure these things now a days, machine?