Where do I send these flips?

[Bicem]

just trash them, the pop reports are already wrong, especially for t206's.

[insidethewrapper]

Destroy. If they get into the wrong hands, they will be used with reprinted cards etc.

[HercDriver]

Is there a company that grades flips? If not, there should be...

Cheers,
Geno

[383astro]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Destroy. If they get into the wrong hands, they will be used with reprinted cards etc.

This is the answer.

[doug.goodman]

I haven't counted but probably between 300 or 400.
Doug

[iggyman]

Egads! Perhaps, the time has come to seek some therapy .

Lovely Day...

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by Bicem

just trash them, the pop reports are already wrong, especially for t206's.

Yep. That's where mine go!

[kmac32]

Take the Monte Python approach........burn them!!!

[FrankWakefield]

Don't trash them!!!! These images should be posted every time a thread starts up about how sacrosanct and inviolate those reports are, SMR's or pop reports or whatever the things are. At best, those folks attempt to count how many times they've graded a card, NOT how many there are.


Great image, Doug. You've got me digging for mine...

[Tom S.]

Seeing all of these flips from cracked-out cards got me thinking...if they were all sent back in to the TPG's, would they even bother to correct the populations of those cards?

For example...the majority of flips shown are from PSA. I may be off-base, but I would think that they would be hesitant to lower the overall number of cards that they have graded - it might lessen their perceived dominance of the TPG market.

[glchen]

Actually, PSA is really good about updating their pop reports if you send them the flips. I usually send the flips at the same time I do a submission (so it's the same address). Usually by the time the submission is processed, the pop reports have been updated also.

For SGC, however, it's more difficult. Like PSA, I sent out the cracked out flips with my submission to SGC (so same address again). At the end of Sept, my submission was mailed back to me. No updates to the pop report. I waited 2-3 more weeks, and sent SGC customer service an email asking how long it typically takes for the pop reports to get updated. No response. I posted the same question on the SGC forum. No response from SGC. Finally, at the end of November, I sent SGC customer service a gentle reminder. Earl from SGC promptly replied to me with the following response:

"I will work on removing the labels as soon as I can find additional time. It is a long process to go through to do this, so as I can find the time I will work on this for you."

Now the pop reports have been updated. Again, in fairness, there's a lot more personnel at PSA than SGC to be able to do this. However, unless your flips are very low pop cards (like I had), I probably wouldn't bother sending them back to SGC.

[spacktrack]

I know SGC will remove them from the pop report as I used to do it over the period of time that I worked there. It is, however, a tedious process that does require extra time and with the limited personnel, I'm sure it's a lower priority item. I'd continue to send them in, and if there's a card or cards that are of particular importance for you to have removed from the pop report, send a note asking for those few to be done sooner rather than later.

Brian

[E93]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Don't trash them!!!! These images should be posted every time a thread starts up about how sacrosanct and inviolate those reports are, SMR's or pop reports or whatever the things are.

Frank,
Can you show us one of those threads? I don't remember seeing one.
Thanks,
JimB

[E93]

I crossed a card from PSA to SGC with a total population of four. In this case I thought duplication of one example in a pop report would be seriously misleading so I sent the flip to PSA with a note. They addressed it immediately.
JimB

[familytoad]

So if we submit crossovers to SGC (or to PSA) with the cards still in the other companies slabs, do those companies retain the flips and periodically mail them back to each other?
Fwiw,
I will admit that I pay little attention to Pop reports.
I've been collecting a long time so I kinda know which cards are seen more than others. A pop report wouldn't change how I collect anyway.