SGC Up-charges

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Do you think this is a new policy, perhaps brought about by their merger with Collectors/PSA? Hopefully this is not a first glimpse of more corporate changes to get SGC more in alignment with PSA. They say that all good things come to an end, but really hope that’s not the case here. Please LMK if any of you have experienced the same thing from SGC.

Mark, you do bring up a good question. Maybe this is the first of some changes coming to SGC. I certainly hope not but I have noticed some upcharges as well coming from SGC.

[steve B]

Upcharging is pretty much standard for grading or authentication. Even without grading.

Oddly in a different hobby, as far as I know if you submit something at the higher level and it isn't what you think (Super common if you don't know stuff)
they reduce the charge to the minimum which can be hundreds of times the value of the item. Think like sending an 88 Donruss common as a Goudey Ruth.

I have seen very few that don't have value based fees.

[irishdenny]

Slightly off Topic: An Please Correct me IF I am Wrong...

"But doesn't PSA Own SGC Now?"

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by irishdenny

Slightly off Topic: An Please Correct me IF I am Wrong...

"But doesn't PSA Own SGC Now?"

It's actually "Collectors" that now owns both. People I've spoken with (aside from this conversation on net54) do seem to believe that the recent more strictly enforced up-charges are indeed a result of the merger.

[Snowman]

I regularly get upcharges from SGC. This is standard stuff and has been for years. It has more to do with which cards you're submitting then anything else. If you submit lower end cards, you'll never get upcharged. But if you try to sneak in a nice Goudey Ruth at a lower tier, they'll upcharge you every time. If a card is only slightly above the threshold, they'll usually let it slide (so far, always in my case). But if you're submitting a $12k card at $7499 max level, you're getting hit with it every time in my experience. They have grading tiers for a reason. This is their business model.