CSG status

[abothebear]

Most people won’t change from what they are doing unless it is financially beneficial for them to do so. A job well-done, a more principles approach, or a better reputation sounds good. And people may wish for those things, or even speak out for or against a party with passionate and well-reasoned words, but they’ll vote with their wallets. And so, like with many things, whatever is will remain. One voters vote has no statistical impact on what happens, so why harm yourself to accomplish nothing? The buyer and seller aren’t going to be the agents of change. Perhaps if the markets did something there might be some movement, but even there, unless it was eBay, it would have to be a substantial group of auction houses that collectively decided not to take consignments of PSA cards (or SCG or whatever) before it started making a difference in the values relative to others.

I think PSA’s price increase and slow turn around have actually helped them maintain their value position. If it was cheap and fast to resubmit, more people would be in on the other graders’ sales in order to resubmit to PSA, driving up the values or this other graders’ cards.