SGC - New in 2022

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

SCG grading company came out with a short video saying turnarounds times are 22 days and they are excited about new things in 2022. Any insight what they will be?

Maybe a registry

Maybe they will start to grade vintage accurately? They are just hammering.

[mrreality68]

I guess details to follow and the great things to come.

Kind of like a teaser.

Hopefully the basics would be nice

1. Accurate grading
2. Faster turnaround time
3. New lower tier pricing for grading
4. Improved communication
5. Easier access to customer service

[Oscar_Stanage]

I'd prefer if they just provided their customers with a registry. seriously, how hard is it to hire some developers and create one?

[sportscardpete]

I bet they form a partnership with someone. Maybe a marketplace so that you can have your cards graded and directly sent to the marketplace to be sold (and maybe the marketplace helps reduce the price or something??). Makes a ton of sense for SGC. If you are a long-term collector you probably don't care, but this will help SGC's position with the flippers, who are an increasingly large % of the hobby.

The registry just makes too much sense. That, and better pop reports so we can easily see how many of a specific card are graded (gosh, it is so annoying seeing total pop report across the big 3 graders - takes way too much time).

[Johnny630]

Any hope of a legit registry, pop report, website and slab with a barcode ?

Let’s Hope 2022 Brings SGC to the National to Grade On Site…..they didn’t do onsite this year. Was shocked they would leave that much money on the table.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Any hope of a legit registry, pop report, website and slab with a barcode ?

Let’s Hope 2022 Brings SGC to the National to Grade On Site…..they didn’t do onsite this year. Was shocked they would leave that much money on the table.

According to them, they had a huge amount of orders in house and they felt obligated to take care of as many of them as they could. I think it was really that they weighed the cost of doing the show with what they could bring in at the show and decided that the extra profit was not worth it and to just deal with their backlog. And then take an opportunity to make it look like they were not being greedy like PSA has proven to be.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

According to them, they had a huge amount of orders in house and they felt obligated to take care of as many of them as they could. I think it was really that they weighed the cost of doing the show with what they could bring in at the show and decided that the extra profit was not worth it and to just deal with their backlog. And then take an opportunity to make it look like they were not being greedy like PSA has proven to be.

Just my two cents. If you’re content with your business you do that. If you’re trying to improve and gain market share from PSA while their affectively shut down at lower tier levels you go and you grade onsite. Especially when there wasn’t even a National in 2021 due to Covid. I want to see SGC step outside of their comfort zone and gain some market share.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Any hope of a .... slab with a barcode ?

I say bring back this look (not my card)

[sb1]

Peter S. has repeatedly said that the Registry is not of importance to them.....

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

I bet they form a partnership with someone. Maybe a marketplace so that you can have your cards graded and directly sent to the marketplace to be sold (and maybe the marketplace helps reduce the price or something??). Makes a ton of sense for SGC. If you are a long-term collector you probably don't care, but this will help SGC's position with the flippers, who are an increasingly large % of the hobby.

The registry just makes too much sense. That, and better pop reports so we can easily see how many of a specific card are graded (gosh, it is so annoying seeing total pop report across the big 3 graders - takes way too much time).

I sure hope they don't do this. It might make sense, but it's such a potential conflict of interest that would undermine their integrity.

[parkplace33]

Any update from SGC? We are more than halfway through January and I haven't seen any news.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Any update from SGC? We are more than halfway through January and I haven't seen any news.

Monday

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Oscar_Stanage

I'd prefer if they just provided their customers with a registry. seriously, how hard is it to hire some developers and create one?

Totally agree. This would be good for their business, having a full featured registry would likely move a few folks off of PSAs dinosaur registry.

[YankeeHotelFoxtrot]

Accurate grading? Compared with the other two of the BIG 3, SGC is by far the most accurate.

Faster turnaround time? They are faster than any grading company out there. There were a few months last year when I was getting my cards back in two weeks.

Not sure what MORE SGC could do on those two points.

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I guess details to follow and the great things to come.

Kind of like a teaser.

Hopefully the basics would be nice

1. Accurate grading
2. Faster turnaround time
3. New lower tier pricing for grading
4. Improved communication
5. Easier access to customer service

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by YankeeHotelFoxtrot

Accurate grading? Compared with the other two of the BIG 3, SGC is by far the most accurate.

Faster turnaround time? They are faster than any grading company out there. There were a few months last year when I was getting my cards back in two weeks.

Not sure what MORE SGC could do on those two points.

+1 Plus, SGC slabbed cards look far nicer.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by Mark17

+1 Plus, SGC slabbed cards look far nicer.

Totally agree. Smart money also agrees!

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by YankeeHotelFoxtrot

Accurate grading? Compared with the other two of the BIG 3, SGC is by far the most accurate.

Just curious, did you notice they went literally from NOT including centering in their grade to using centering as one of the dominant factors in grading?

I just cant see how that's accurate grading. It's an opinion anyhow, but they've changed how they do opine, mind you without telling anyone, their entire method.

[vthobby]

Less than 30 days and $30 each! Amazing as always!

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[npa589]

On the topic of people wondering if SGC has employed stricter standards towards vintage - here are two I just got back from SGC. Bought them about 7 years ago raw on eBay, and just got them graded. Can you guess their grades?

[swarmee]

5.5 and 6

[cammb]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Maybe they will start to grade vintage accurately? They are just hammering.

+1

[aconte]

The registry thing would have happened years ago. It's not in the cards.

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by aconte

The registry thing would have happened years ago. It's not in the cards.

You might misunderstand Tony, they had a registry for many years, up until a couple years ago. Many of us want it to return. I had 700 cards in various SGC sets. It was maintained for a while on their old website even after they reinvented themselves. A registry is one of the keys to increasing interest in a company’s gradings - even BGS has one.