Do you care about the authenticity guaranty provided by grading companies?

[butchie_t]

I don't because if I am buying a slabbed card, I typically free the card from the tomb and place it in a binder with the rest of his friends.

Even when I get some slabbed, which is so very infrequent and in the past, they were modern cards and I was moving them to buy other cards anyway.

Now that PSA has sucked up SGC, I am reasonably sure I won't be getting any cards slabbed moving forward. I do have autographed cards but I send them to CAS to get authenticated and placed in a holder. That is about it for me.

Butch

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I don't because if I am buying a slabbed card, I typically free the card from the tomb and place it in a binder with the rest of his friends.

Completed: 1969 - 2000 Topps Baseball Sets and Traded Sets

Good man! That's what I like to hear.

[Leon]

This thread was moved from the watercooler section to get some more votes, plus it definitely fits into pre-war as well as other niches...
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[Johnny630]

Nope because once in a holder it's liquid gold....card doesn't matter it's the label.

[Zach Wheat]

I voted no as I generally collect sets I am familiar with...and the guaranty does not provide much value to me. The bigger issue for me is "micro-trimming" as I generally buy ungraded cards. That is a more significant issue

[parkplace33]

What are the specific guarantees of each grading card company?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

What are the specific guarantees of each grading card company?

They guarantee to take your money. Nothing else is guaranteed.
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[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

The bigger issue for me is "micro-trimming" as I generally buy ungraded cards. That is a more significant issue

I'm with you on that point. Although I'm wondering whether it's worthwhile for scammers to micro trim or otherwise doctor a card that's not going to sell for over $500 anyway.