New SGC grading fees

[e107collector]

I got an email a day or two ago from SGC indicating their new grading fee schedule. I forget when it goes into effect

I wish I kept it, but I didn't. The increases are astronomical. Currently, any card valued over $25K is $850.

Now the highest tier is any card over $100K is $3,750.00. Yikes!!!

There was a few tiers between $25K and $100K, but the fees were over $1,000 for each tier.

Does anyone still have the email to post the prices?

Thanks,
Tony

[bnorth]

This is their new prices. I don't really care about the price changes but I would love to get my cards back that are on business day 34 of a 30 day submission. I sent them in before their 2 weeks off for Christmas/New Years so I actually sent them in 64 calendar days ago.

EDIT: Just got a email from SGC that my order will ship today.

Standard 20 Business Days $10 Any card valued less than $250
Express 10 Business Days $15 Any card valued less than $500
Priority 5 Business Days $35 Any card valued less than $1,500
Next Day 2 Business Days $85 Any card valued less than $3,500
Same Day Same Day $250 Any card valued less than $7,500
Walk Through Same Day $500 Any card valued less than $20,000
Immediate Same Day $1,000 Any card valued less than $50,000
Premium Same Day $2,000 Any card valued less than $100,000
Super Premium Same Day $3,750 Any card valued $100,000 & above

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This is their new prices. I don't really care about the price changes but I would love to get my cards back that are on business day 34 of a 30 day submission. I sent them in before their 2 weeks off for Christmas/New Years so I actually sent them in 64 calendar days ago.

EDIT: Just got a email from SGC that my order will ship today.

Standard 20 Business Days $10 Any card valued less than $250
Express 10 Business Days $15 Any card valued less than $500
Priority 5 Business Days $35 Any card valued less than $1,500
Next Day 2 Business Days $85 Any card valued less than $3,500
Same Day Same Day $250 Any card valued less than $7,500
Walk Through Same Day $500 Any card valued less than $20,000
Immediate Same Day $1,000 Any card valued less than $50,000
Premium Same Day $2,000 Any card valued less than $100,000
Super Premium Same Day $3,750 Any card valued $100,000 & above

This is why I never send cards in, I would rather send my money on more cards, lol.

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by JustinD

This is why I never send cards in, I would rather send my money on more cards, lol.

All together now... Amen.

[iowadoc77]

I would almost always rather spend someone else's money on the grading. A few exceptions, but this is usually the case for me.

[frankbmd]

Gosh, grading high valued cards must be a lot more difficult.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by JustinD

This is why I never send cards in, I would rather send my money on more cards, lol.

For the most part I agree with you. I sent mine in for grading because I am going to sell some of them and it is way easier to sell them graded. I also sent in a complete 59 Fleer Ted Williams set. I am a person who likes to look at and touch my cards. The Williams set is just so nice I did not want to hurt them. Usually I buy lower end cards so my constant fondling doesn't matter.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This is their new prices. I don't really care about the price changes but I would love to get my cards back that are on business day 34 of a 30 day submission. I sent them in before their 2 weeks off for Christmas/New Years so I actually sent them in 64 calendar days ago.

EDIT: Just got a email from SGC that my order will ship today.

Ben, methinks SGC saw your post and immediately decided to hurry up and finish grading your submission! Perhaps, if SGC were to focus on grading submissions rather than following what is being said about them online, turn-around times would be shorter.
Val

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Ben, methinks SGC saw your post and immediately decided to hurry up and finish grading your submission! Perhaps, if SGC were to focus on grading submissions rather than following what is being said about them online, turn-around times would be shorter.
Val

LOL, That could be true because I know Matt(Hi Matt) their Director of Operations is a member here. I also sent an email to him yesterday about it though.

[CMIZ5290]

Honestly, why would anyone even worry their selves with SGC on submissions at higher prices? If you had a high end T206, give me a solid PSA 6 over an SGC 84 anytime...I have some SGC graded cards currently on the Net that if comparably graded by PSA, they would be a lot higher in price. Nice, solid cards, but not graded by PSA. From what I have been told, SGC seems to be going thru a very large transition....And for the questions out there, no, it is not that simple crossing SGC to PSA, not at all....

[jcc6252]

http://sgccard.com/userfiles/pdf/Gra...ice1_FINAL.pdf

Ben, you beat me to it.

[keithsky]

They say it was a BANNER year for them and then they raise the prices. Wow gee thanks. Great way to repay your loyal customers

[irv]

Originally Posted by keithsky

They say it was a BANNER year for them and then they raise the prices. Wow gee thanks. Great way to repay your loyal customers

Greed breeds greed.

[KMayUSA6060]

Might be coming out of Left Field here, but is it possible they are increasing their price to increase their market value? Not saying it's a smart solution growth wise, but one of the #1 reasons people mention to go with PSA is resale value. With SGC increases their prices, could one of the effects be people ask more for cards graded by SGC, simply because of grading expenses?

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by e107collector

I got an email a day or two ago from SGC indicating their new grading fee schedule. I forget when it goes into effect

I wish I kept it, but I didn't. The increases are astronomical. Currently, any card valued over $25K is $850.

Now the highest tier is any card over $100K is $3,750.00. Yikes!!!

There was a few tiers between $25K and $100K, but the fees were over $1,000 for each tier.

Does anyone still have the email to post the prices?

Thanks,
Tony

Looked at the fee schedule and wish I had some $25,000.00 cards. For the average collector, price changes will have little or no effect on things.

Kmac

[slipk1068]

I wonder if they do this with the $25,000 cards.

[Exhibitman]

Slippery Gasket Company...

[Edwolf1963]

Curious with the SGC adopting the PSA club pricing model and increased rates if Beckett has changed their model at all?

I know there's the never-ending debate on PSA vs. SGC - likes, dislikes, values, consistency, etc - but I rarely hear/see BVG thrown in? I know, I know, BVG resale values pale in comparison (especially to PSA), but I always wondered why? Aside from not liking the bullet-proof holders, I never understood why they are a distant 3rd option and/or garner so much less on resale? The cards that I have seen them grade seem to be fairly consistent - at least as much as PSA and SGC, if not even better. Everyone here has some horror story over PSA grading a creased or paper-loss card (especially prewar) as 4, 5 or better. And those damn qualifiers - inconsistency - one card with worse centering has no qualifier vs. another of the same card which does. I've also heard the common perception that PSA grades bigger spenders less stringently. True or not, if that perception is common place .. and if consistency is very much in question, why then doesn't that chip-away at the perceived value? Isn't that a core reason for why BVG grading is less in-demand/less resale value?

I really not a fan (or hater) of any of them - just curious how/why BVG fell to the 3rd string depths.

[SMPEP]

Ed - they have no registry. So you can't tell everybody how great your collection is. Hence, they are a distant third.

[sterlingfox]

I think BVG is so far behind because their vintage never crosses over at the same grade. It's usually 1 or sometimes even 2 grades higher than it should be. They also let more trimmed/altered cards slip by. I currently own a pre-war BVG slab with a numerical grade that very obviously measures short.

Their BGS brand for modern cards, on the other hand, seems to be a high quality product and sells even better than PSA.

Originally Posted by Edwolf1963

Curious with the SGC adopting the PSA club pricing model and increased rates if Beckett has changed their model at all?

I know there's the never-ending debate on PSA vs. SGC - likes, dislikes, values, consistency, etc - but I rarely hear/see BVG thrown in? I know, I know, BVG resale values pale in comparison (especially to PSA), but I always wondered why? Aside from not liking the bullet-proof holders, I never understood why they are a distant 3rd option and/or garner so much less on resale? The cards that I have seen them grade seem to be fairly consistent - at least as much as PSA and SGC, if not even better. Everyone here has some horror story over PSA grading a creased or paper-loss card (especially prewar) as 4, 5 or better. And those damn qualifiers - inconsistency - one card with worse centering has no qualifier vs. another of the same card which does. I've also heard the common perception that PSA grades bigger spenders less stringently. True or not, if that perception is common place .. and if consistency is very much in question, why then doesn't that chip-away at the perceived value? Isn't that a core reason for why BVG grading is less in-demand/less resale value?

I really not a fan (or hater) of any of them - just curious how/why BVG fell to the 3rd string depths.