SGC Up-charges

[JollyElm]

807. Strung-Upcharge
The futile irritation that comes when - after following all proper valuation protocols with a card submission - the TPG tells you that based on the grades your cards received, you owe them significantly higher fees.

See also: Embittersweet - feeling furious that you’re being stuck with unwarranted additional grading charges, but finding some solace in the fact that a higher grade ‘turned’ your card into a more valuable one.

See also: Slabductee - any card being held hostage by a TPG until the submitter pays the ‘ransom’ of higher service level fees.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

807. Strung-Upcharge
The futile irritation of, after following all proper valuation protocols with a card submission, the TPG tells you that based on the grades your cards received, you owe them significantly higher fees.

See also: Embittersweet - feeling furious that you’re being stuck with unwarranted additional grading charges, but finding some solace in the fact that a higher grade ‘turned’ your card into a more valuable one.

See also: Slabductee - any card being held hostage by a TPG until the submitter pays the ‘ransom’ of higher service level fees.

Those are all three great... very clever!

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Those are all three great... very clever!

Yowza! When I re-read it, I saw how awful the grammar was, so I tweaked/edited it and now I can sleep at night.

[Rich Klein]

I do get both sides on this

1) What I believe is when you pay to get a card graded, unless there is something more which needs to be researched or looked into that is what you should pay. Nothing more nothing less. Getting charged more later is aggravating as a consumer.

2) The other side, as pointed out on a Bill Russell RC, the ppstage/insurance cost to ship the card back to you needs to be adjusted for. If the Russell RC was graded and assumed to have a value of X you paid that to help for the card's safe return

If the grade was 1-2 higher than you expected and the postage/insurance to ensure the safe return then you do need to pay more to in actuality protect yourself.

I'm sure there is more but that's the simplest way to argue both sides of this equation. If something happens to your card on the return trip and the insurance, etc is adjusted you may have preferred to receive your card but at least you should be made whole

So figure out which side of this equation you want to be on and understand both sides of the logic.

Rich

[rand1com]

I would be happy to pay the up charge based on most recent VCP examples on Ruth and Gehrig. Would you rather they graded them 1 grade lower each with no up charge. That is closer to the level you submitted them at. The SGC rep should have said submit at this level but if they grade higher than this level, expect an additional up charge. If you don’t want an up charge, submit to Beckett. I don’t think they have an up charge.

I submitted a Willie Mays catch ticket to PSA at the $2499 level which was a grade of 3 level a couple of years ago and they charged quadruple because it graded 5 which was the highest graded example. I was happy to give them an additional $400 as the ticket sold for 3 times the value of a 3 at auction.

The up charge cost is always much less than the increased value of the higher grade. I personally hate the process but it has been in place for a long time with both companies and the higher value makes it tolerable from my perspective. It is true that historically SGC was more lax in up charges but the PSA purchase has obviously changed that.