SGC Response concerning new labels

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

Bobby, As much as I respect your opinion this isn't a problem for card collectors. Seems to me it's a problem for flip collectors. I've been on this board 10 years and this thread is a close 2nd to the New York dinner thread in "does it really matter in the big picture?" points. Sorry, I don't see the big deal.

I guess equate it to what would Jefferson Burdick do when we went to the New York museum of art and started cataloging his cards. Did he just randomly put them in books, or did he make sure everything was cataloged nice and neat? If you don't understand a card collector's wish to keep everything nice and orderly, then you don't understand all the full nuances of card collecting. And yes, there are different levels of card collecting. You can just buy cards and throw them in a shoebox and call yourself card collecting. You can also only buy PSA 8's and ignore anything high and anything lower. That is collecing too. But to dismiss the fact that a collector would want his labels to match is kinda short sighted on your part.

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I guess equate it to what would Jefferson Burdick do when we went to the New York museum of art and started cataloging his cards. Did he just randomly put them in books, or did he make sure everything was cataloged nice and neat? If you don't understand a card collector's wish to keep everything nice and orderly, then you don't understand all the full nuances of card collecting. And yes, there are different levels of card collecting. You can just buy cards and throw them in a shoebox and call yourself card collecting. You can also only buy PSA 8's and ignore anything high and anything lower. That is collecing too. But to dismiss the fact that a collector would want his labels to match is kinda short sighted on your part.

Sorry Bobby, I didn't realize the degree of the obsession. Actually I haven't been that obsessed about any thing since Farrah Fawcett's bathing suit poster came out.

[Rich Klein]

Asi I have said from the beginning of this discussion, the flip. on first glance, appears as if belonged to a 2nd rate company,

And, as a person who has attended tons of shows overs the years, those flips do not stand out the way you expect them to,

Perhaps. and PSA learned this when they first attempted to move to 1/2 grrades but had a near rebellion on their hands which was led by Jim Crandall (Davallilo on these boards) they had to wait and regroup and finally got those approved by a majority of their users.

Sometimes, especially when the real importance (grading the card correctly, preventing the gaskets from having the card move around) of the grading comapny is overlooked, this could have been made into a great PR move by SGC. you know, disclosing some prospective flips and bringing them to this board's attention would not have taken away any corporate secrets nor would it have hurt in way.

In favt, SGC would have been roundly cheered for its transprarency. And in today's world, that is a great PR help to have.

Regards
Rich