SGC Registry – Why isn’t there one?

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This post topic was brought up at a recent dinner with some other collectors. The question was asked… why isn’t there a SGC registry?

Since SGC (to our knowledge) hasn’t given an official answer on why they don’t have a registry, we came up with the following possible reasons why they don’t:

1. Cost prohibitive – No idea what the cost is, but it too costly for SGC to implement.

2. Data Integrity – SGC doesn’t have the data integrity to have a registry.

3. PSA already cornered the market on registry – PSA started in 1991, they started the PSA registry in 2001. SGC started in 1998, no registry to date. Since PSA has had a registry for over 20 years, SGC is already behind the 8 ball and it wouldn’t make sense to start one now.

4. Not a high priority – SGC determined that this feature isn’t a high priority for collectors.

What say you? Agree with any or is there another reason we missed? I do wish SGC would come out and give an official response on the matter. I know collectors have asked this same question for years.