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ETA: I submitted a customer service request via email outlining the below details (without the greedy part) and received a call from SGC agreeing the $250 fee was not appropriate for this card in this condition and apologizing for the hard-line attitude I received from their employee. We came to an agreement on the encapsulation fee.




These greedy fukks.

I hate grading anyway and I only do it for cards I’m getting rid of to pay for new acquisitions. I send this heavily cropped Goudey Ruth for slabbing at a $1500 declared value (a little light on the value maybe, but not by much, I paid $1500 for it) for the $15 grading fee. Realistically I can maybe get $2k-ish for it.

This employee, Matt, gives me a call (I’ve never received a call from SGC before except when some of my cards went missing from their post office) and tells me the minimum GRADING FEE for this Goudey Ruth is $250…so greater than a $3500 valuation. I tell them there is absolutely no way it’s worth that but I would be agreeable to pay an $85 grading fee for a $1500-$3500 valuation.

Him and someone else go to “check comps” and he comes back and says a recent PSA 1 was $3700 so I have to pay the $250…and I literally LOL.

I have to assume this type of aggressive money grabbing tactic is a result of Collector’s purchase of SGC. It's so out of character for the SGC I’ve dealt with in the past, albeit infrequently. Serves me right for hating grading but grading anyway. My bad, but thought it would look really nice for someone in the black SGC slab (really nice might be an exaggeration, but pretty good).

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To be fair, I don't think they are that far off on their evaluation. But I do think the $85 you suggested would have been fair.

This sold recently for $3,150.


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To be fair, I don't think they are that far off on their evaluation.

This sold recently for $3,150.


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You are not close. My card has all the other borders cut off as well, in addition to ink stain and more creasing. BUT, I was willing to pay a $3100 valuation at the $85 fee...and they still demanded $250. So I have no idea what your point is.
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Ugh...well Nat did write a big check and the upcharge at PSA is a HUGE revenue boost for them. I think $85 was the right fee to have paid. More of this to come...soon we will not be able to reach anyone there and will have to wait 4 weeks for a reply to an email. Maybe Nat will force them to answer calls and dedicate 3 people to the phones so it will take 4 days of successive attempts to get into the queue.

The only thing that is good about this...and I am reaching...is that it suggests that Nat might actually be planning on keeping the brand alive.
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Yeah, that's a possibility. Won't present quite as nice in their slabs, but maybe if I have a broader submission to send and can include it...which I don't likely have in the near future. Not gonna send as just 1 card most likely.
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You are not close. My card has all the other borders cut off as well, in addition to ink stain and more creasing. BUT, I was willing to pay a $3100 valuation at the $85 fee...and they still demanded $250. So I have no idea what your point is.
My point was pretty evident. Their evaluation is NOT that far off given comparable recent sales of Authentic/Altered sales. Only a single Authentic/Altered graded PSA has sold for under $3,500 in Ebay's recent history. You can complain about your border all you want, but their use of recent sales supports their evaluation.

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My point was pretty evident. Their evaluation is NOT that far off given comparable recent sales of Authentic/Altered sales. Only a single Authentic/Altered graded PSA has sold for under $3,500 in Ebay's recent history. You can complain about your border all you want, but they're use of recent sales supports their evaluation.

That’s not even true. I’ve found 2 here and these cards are significantly different/better than what I submitted. And eBay isn’t everything in comps, could find more similar comps elsewhere if I had to.

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That’s not even true. I’ve found 2 here and these cards are significantly different/better than what I submitted. And eBay isn’t everything in comps, could find more similar comps elsewhere if I had to.

Dude, take a deep breath. You asked for input and Mark is giving you some points to consider. Why are you lashing out at him???
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One company now so I guess they can quote Psa comps cause Collectors Owns. That sucks I’m sorry man. You’re never gonna get Close to $3500 for that card it has zero borders, again I’m sorry man, good luck.

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There is a big difference in eye appeal between the two. The fact that a superior looking trimmed example with more of the borders intact sold for just over the pricing threshold (the huge pricing differences at grading card companies for the different levels of perceived value are just plain nonsensical) should not make this still neat card be considered also at this higher level.


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Dude, take a deep breath. You asked for input and Mark is giving you some points to consider. Why are you lashing out at him???
Because, to be fair, Mark was implying they were just about within reason to demand the $250 fee, by him giving me a comp that was well below that threshold and then acting like that was a one-off, lone example anyway.
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There is a big difference in eye appeal between the two. The fact that a superior looking trimmed example with more of the borders intact sold for just over the pricing threshold (the huge pricing differences at grading card companies for the different levels of perceived value are just plain nonsensical) should not make this still neat card be considered also at this higher level.


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And the level is $3500 anyway for the $250 fee, not $3000, so it's not even close on those comps, much less a worse card.
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That sort of haggling isn't new with SGC. At one National, I brought them a card I'd gotten for $500 and they insisted that it was worth enough to 4x my on-site grading costs. I haggled like hell with them and paid 2x instead but I wasn't happy about it. A big name iconic card is just the sort of item they'd squeeze.
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A raw/ungraded extremely trimmed card isn’t a comp with a graded psa 1 (numerical grade)

Pure money grab.

That being said, they own the field now so if you want to play the game you gotta play by their rules I suppose.
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Yea, that's painful,

I don't get it, a card like that.. with them asking for more money....are they paying a more higher salary grader to look at it ?

A card in that shape ,Id think its the same ( I dont know 10 minute evaluation) time frame to go over it

Ive never been a graded collector, but it does seem like a bit of a gouge job
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Yea, that's painful,

I don't get it, a card like that.. with them asking for more money....are they paying a more higher salary grader to look at it ?

A card in that shape ,Id think its the same ( I dont know 10 minute evaluation) time frame to go over it

Ive never been a graded collector, but it does seem like a bit of a gouge job
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They might me going off VCP showing a Auth value of that card is $3509.71

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Glad it got resolved. SGC is entitled to their fair grading fees but this feels like a PSA influence to me to charge the $250. If they are using VCP and going after Avg sales prices, that can be misleading. As we all know there are killer looking Auths and then there are some that should be laid to rest. This one is in between and will never sell for 3K. I think the valuation of 2Kish is right.
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I doubt it would take 10 minutes for a grader on that card.
About 10 seconds.

Just have to decide whether it's authentic or a 1.

Do they have MK and ST qualifiers over there too?

And maybe they need to put "evidence of trimming" on the slab too?

So maybe 30 seconds.
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Glad it got resolved. SGC is entitled to their fair grading fees but this feels like a PSA influence to me to charge the $250. If they are using VCP and going after Avg sales prices, that can be misleading. As we all know there are killer looking Auths and then there are some that should be laid to rest. This one is in between and will never sell for 3K. I think the valuation of 2Kish is right.
I did mention on the phone that it smelled of PSA influence to be so aggressive on an upcharge but was assured that, although they could understand me entertaining that line of thinking, there have not been those kinds of changes made and they are still operating as they historically have been.
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About 10 seconds.

Just have to decide whether it's authentic or a 1.

Do they have MK and ST qualifiers over there too?

And maybe they need to put "evidence of trimming" on the slab too?

So maybe 30 seconds.
They first need to make sure it is authentic, hopefully.

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In the end, you can list it on the BST for double of comps….and watch it sit for weeks with no activity. Seems like that’s the norm for a select few on here. Just saying….
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In the end, you can list it on the BST for double of comps….and watch it sit for weeks with no activity. Seems like that’s the norm for a select few on here. Just saying….

There is truth in that, plenty of people seem to think their mangled Goudey Ruth (or insert other hot mess card) is still a $5k (or other dream price) card. They’re still great cards, but greedy greedy greedy.
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What is funny about this post is that you tried to submit a Goudey Ruth at a $15 charge rather than the $85 charge thus drawing attention to yourself.

So seems like you were the one that was trying to pull the fast one hoping to get away with them not catching. Doesn't matter what you paid in it.


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But to the point of them wanting to charge more money to grade a particular card like that ...

with their thinking of - " this card is expensive and will take many hours of inspection "

.if somehow they graded it " A "...but later it was found to be a fake....

I dont think they are refunding you ( don't actually know ? ) , so you paid the higher fee and lost out
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If they can't tell that almost instantly with the card in hand, they shouldn't be grading.
The typing it into the computer would take me more time.
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What is funny about this post is that you tried to submit a Goudey Ruth at a $15 charge rather than the $85 charge thus drawing attention to yourself.

So seems like you were the one that was trying to pull the fast one hoping to get away with them not catching. Doesn't matter what you paid in it.


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Well it does matter if I bought it on a public marketplace and established a verified sold value for it that anyone had the opportunity to pay more for if they wanted. Do you submit all your really nice cards at a PSA 10 valuation? If so, how nice of you. Do you feel like a bad person when you get an upcharge, knowing how dishonest you were?

They have the right to increase fees and I’m asked to provide my own estimate of fair market value. Both things successfully happened. Their initial proposed raised fee was not reasonable, my value estimate actually was.


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What was the agreement? The $15 or $85? Or something else.

It was the $85 that was not offered to me in my initial upcharge phone call.
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I think there should be an encapsulation fee and an evaluation fee. It takes almost no effort to authenticate that card and there isn't any grading involved. It's just putting it in a case.
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If they can't tell that almost instantly with the card in hand, they shouldn't be grading.

The typing it into the computer would take me more time.
Yep. I can envision the job ad.

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The Fee is also based on the value of the card.
If you declare the value of your card at the Lower level and it gets lost or damaged, You will only get reimbursed for that amount.
I have only been up charged once on a Card that I submitted for Grading .
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I think there should be an encapsulation fee and an evaluation fee. It takes almost no effort to authenticate that card and there isn't any grading involved. It's just putting it in a case.
The other part of the evaluation fee is the guarantee that SGC puts their name behind it. That is, if the card is determined to be not authentic or misgraded, SGC will need to shell out the compensation for the new owner of the card at the most recent market value. For example, if the card is graded in 2010 when it was valued at $200 and then sold in 2024 when it is now a $5000 card, SGC would need to compensate the owner based upon the $5000 value of the card even though it would be much more than any grading fee that the original submitter paid. In the situation that I had with SGC a few years back, I purchased a card that was graded 4, but after I sent it back to SGC questioning the grade, SGC agreed that it should have been graded a 2. I then received compensation from SGC on the difference in the market value between a 4 and a 2 at that time.

In this case, like most of the other posters in this thread, I agree that the $85 fee was the appropriate one in this situation.
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The other part of the evaluation fee is the guarantee that SGC puts their name behind it. That is, if the card is determined to be not authentic or misgraded, SGC will need to shell out the compensation for the new owner of the card at the most recent market value. For example, if the card is graded in 2010 when it was valued at $200 and then sold in 2024 when it is now a $5000 card, SGC would need to compensate the owner based upon the $5000 value of the card even though it would be much more than any grading fee that the original submitter paid. In the situation that I had with SGC a few years back, I purchased a card that was graded 4, but after I sent it back to SGC questioning the grade, SGC agreed that it should have been graded a 2. I then received compensation from SGC on the difference in the market value between a 4 and a 2 at that time.

In this case, like most of the other posters in this thread, I agree that the $85 fee was the appropriate one in this situation.
I thought SGC dropped their guarantee a few years ago.

At least, that's what I've read from Peter in a few posts over the last ~12 months.
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I thought SGC dropped their guarantee a few years ago.

At least, that's what I've read from Peter in a few posts over the last ~12 months.
That's very possible. My situation happened in 2014, and I worked with Scott Hileman on the re-grade, so their policy may have changed since then.
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They dropped the "G" in SGC a few months into the Blowout exposee. I am still waiting for Steinberg to call me back after he told me it would be just a few days before they put it back up, they were tinkering with the language and he'd let me know. And went to random certs. And made clear insiders could submit. Nobody cared though.
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They dropped the "G" in SGC a few months into the Blowout exposee. I am still waiting for Steinberg to call me back after he told me it would be just a few days before they put it back up, they were tinkering with the language and he'd let me know. And went to random certs. And made clear insiders could submit. Nobody cared though.
Just maybe he is in post production on a video for you on this exact topic that will be posted to youtube. Stay tuned.
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Yep. I can envision the job ad.

"Grader wanted. Must be able to instantly detect fake cards."

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With Goudeys and most prewar cards it's that easy.
I once bought a card that was a convincing reprint in a scan and being sold as a reprint.
In hand, it was pretty much instant that it was a reprint as advertised.
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