BCCG Strikes Again

[teetwoohsix]

IMO-the seller is a scumbag-period.He knows what he did.He sent it to BCCG for sole purpose of deceiving someone,knowing the supposed "high" grade it would show,even though it's NOT a high grade.
I agree,the buyer needs to do their homework,but there are other scenarios-like what if your wife knew you had been dying to get this card-and bought it for you as a gift??Can you say "What did you do,you should've been studying Net54 before buying me this card"?
BCCG may make them a lot of money,but it sucks.I like BVG,but BCCG has to go.
The seller is dirty-go take a shower seller,because you stink.

[usernamealreadytaken]

Reinforcing the lesson to Buy the Card, not the grade/flip/case, etc.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by usernamealreadytaken

Reinforcing the lesson to Buy the Card, not the grade/flip/case, etc.

But in this case, you have to "buy the back of the card" as well.

[barrysloate]

Clayton is right. Once sleazy sellers realize they can buy a vintage card graded 2, and then send it to BCCG and have it magically changed to a 6 or 7, this will not happen once in a while but become an epidemic. This is a very bad policy.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Clayton is right. Once sleazy sellers realize they can buy a vintage card graded 2, and then send it to BCCG and have it magically changed to a 6 or 7, this will not happen once in a while but become an epidemic. This is a very bad policy.

On top of that, uninformed buyers think they are getting a legit BECKETT graded card. This is a name even casual collectors know. I'm sure there are people out there who think they're better off buying a BCCG 8 than a Pro 9 (maybe a poor example there, because that's probably true, but you get the point)

[yanksfan09]

Also, one more point is that this does a disservice to the hobby as a whole. When new/young people getting into the hobby get burned by a bad deal like the Paige card or one of those 1994-1996 jeter "RCs" it turns people off to the hobby as a whole. It undermines the true grading services and leaves a bad taste in would-be collectors' mouths, keeping the hobby from growing and becoming more legitimate to the average person...

[Kawika]

What this country needs is a good government-run, single-payer third party grading service like they have in Canada.