CSG Card Grading Comp - 1st card on Ebay???

[OldOriole]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

I, for one, will not be buying any of these slabbed cards. Scary sh*t. Watch how easily this guy cracks open CGC slabs at about the 8:00 mark.

https://youtu.be/oxYsegNMUCI

You're absolutely right, that was way too easy. If the holders are the same for baseball cards scammers will have a field day, no doubt.

[forceplay sport]

I did read in some of the comments from that You Tube of the guy cracking open the case and it said they they have addressed the issue about the cases.

[DanP]

Originally Posted by OldOriole

You're absolutely right, that was way too easy. If the holders are the same for baseball cards scammers will have a field day, no doubt.

That is unbelievable! How in the world can a new company not make sure this can't happen? That's one of the reasons why I like BGS.

I did the exact same thing with an SGC 7 Jerry Rice card. See images below. You can barely tell the slab was opened. I could have easily put a lower graded card in there and most people would never notice.

[Frank A]

After watching that video I decided to see how hard it would be to open a GMA slab. I had never really looked at the slab before. It is lapped one side over the other. Similar to the old GAI slabs. Only way to get the card out is to break the slab. I liked that. Frank

[perezfan]

That was not the "finished product" for CSG. There is a nearly identical video of Scott A. breaking open PSA cases by hand, with relative ease. Both CSG and PSA have subsequently made it far tougher to open the slabs without breaking them.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by perezfan

That was not the "finished product" for CSG. There is a nearly identical video of Scott A. breaking open PSA cases by hand, with relative ease. Both CSG and PSA have subsequently made it far tougher to open the slabs without breaking them.

That is good to hear. Slabs have to at least be difficult to get into.

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[DanP]

Originally Posted by Leon

That is good to hear. Slabs have to at least be difficult to get into.

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I plan on sending 20 cards to CSG by next week. I'll send one that I plan on trying to crack open and report how I did. I'm really hoping the CSG and HGA are the real deal. I love BGS and PSA but welcome some competition (we all should).

[h2oya311]

Dan - I would love to see the results of your crack test. I would love to hear how easy (or not) it is from someone I trust. No offense to others on this forum or for those who have heard from the owner or those who anonymously responded on YouTube. A true test from a rookie card collecting Net54 legend would be welcomed by all, well, at least by me!

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by DanP

I plan on sending 20 cards to CSG by next week. I'll send one that I plan on trying to crack open and report how I did. I'm really hoping the CSG and HGA are the real deal. I love BGS and PSA but welcome some competition (we all should).

Dan, now that is clear that you have a personal issue with SGC, can you share what exactly that is? Do you believe HGA and CSG will have the same resale value of PSA?