Why is the SGC Pop Report Getting Ignored?

[trib01]

When I interviewed with SGC some time ago for a management position this is one of the many items I brought up to them. As someone who used them regularly I was surprised at their reactions to the question of "What suggestions would I make or what would I do if given the authority?"
I think they failed to realize the importance of the POP reports and registry at the time. Several of my answers were met with laughter from the group. Since I knew I wasn't getting the job at that point - I told them that if they failed to "keep up" PSA would end up buying them out in 5 or 6 years....that was met with a great deal of laughter. We all know how that turned out. I still think today that had they made some critical decisions not long ago they would have been much closer to PSA in several areas. Just my two cents.

[ValKehl]

Cards I submitted to SGC in April now appear in SGC's pop report, including a W501-2 card, which is an issue SGC only recently began to recognize.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I sent three cards in for grading two weeks ago and all three showed up on the SGC pop report after grading. I think you got wrong info.

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Cards I submitted to SGC in April now appear in SGC's pop report, including a W501-2 card, which is an issue SGC only recently began to recognize.

I am happy to hear that newly graded cards are still being added to the pop report. Hopefully they will begin accepting flips for removal again at some point.

[ejharrington]

The SGC population report is awful and inaccurate.

[Kidnapped18]

You guys realize that we on this board and as collectors care way more about PSA and SGC getting the pop numbers right. Most of us probably care way too much and as shown in the past the companies don't care at all. In the past I used to try to notify each of obvious and significant errors to no avail so I don't anymore. PSA has pictures when you look up certs now and even when they are not compatible with the listed info they still want you to jump through hoops to prove what you are saying is true when they just need to look at the pics and description
SGC does update the newly graded cards on their pop reports with no rhyme or reason as to the cert number...numbers appear very random
I have no personal knowledge as to whether they delete cards from the database

[ATL]

Originally Posted by ejharrington

The SGC population report is awful and inaccurate.

Prime example- 1911 Baseball Bats SGC population report used to be ~100 and I owned ~50 of that. Population report today totals 18 (and I still own ~50). I’ve emailed them several times with no response.

[mordecaibrown1]

I always as well use & check the SGC pop reports

[Vintagedeputy]

Population reports are inherently flawed and wholly inaccurate. When you’re keeping any type of data like that, the data keeper has to be someone solely responsible for ensuring the integrity of the data. Unfortunately, with millions of slabs out there, every time someone takes a slab and cracks it out and resubmits, that label is not being removed from a database and replaced by the new label. Ever since the first time someone cracked one out, these reports have been useless.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by trib01

When I interviewed with SGC some time ago for a management position this is one of the many items I brought up to them. As someone who used them regularly I was surprised at their reactions to the question of "What suggestions would I make or what would I do if given the authority?"
I think they failed to realize the importance of the POP reports and registry at the time. Several of my answers were met with laughter from the group. Since I knew I wasn't getting the job at that point - I told them that if they failed to "keep up" PSA would end up buying them out in 5 or 6 years....that was met with a great deal of laughter. We all know how that turned out. I still think today that had they made some critical decisions not long ago they would have been much closer to PSA in several areas. Just my two cents.

To your point I think PSA bought them defensively to prevent Fanatics from doing so. If Fanatics had bought them SGC would've ceased to be more of a clubhouse than a company. I love SGC, but the breadth of bad business decisions is staggering.