SGC Delays

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

When the people doing the complaining have a lot of hobby and grading experience and credibility, the scans just reinforce what they are saying. I think the cheerleaders here ignore anything negative -- including the removal of the guarantee and the fact that the owner and employees submit their own -- but whatever. You can have the last word.

I'm not a fanboy of SGC per se, but I do think they do the best job currently, of any TPG.

The guarantee means nothing to me. And I think it's effectively just an empty promise with PSA anyhow. Nobody cares about altered cards. It is what it is. And if enough people did, all the TPGs would go bankrupt overnight if they had to pay out on them. PSA wants to keep up the facade and charges us all extra for this "service". SGC is at least being honest by getting rid of the program. The guarantee is what PSA uses to justify its upcharging campaign. And they are vicious about their upcharges. SGC almost never upcharges me, even when they clearly could. I'll take much cheaper grading fees and no guarantee all day over higher fees and an empty promise from PSA. To each their own.

Employees being able to have their cards graded at SGC doesn't bother me either. Nat Turner grades all his stuff with PSA. I grade my own raw cards when I post them on eBay. So does Greg Morris. At the end of the day, it's up to the buyers to determine what each card is worth to them. If something looks over- graded, it generally undersells. If it looks under-graded, it goes for a premium. The market largely corrects itself for most of this stuff anyhow.