Psa, sgc, bgs

[garymc]

I don't like any of them....in fact I like to crack them open as soon as I get them ! I have very few cards beyond VG in my collection. In my collecting world it doesn't feel important what some questionable expert grades my cards and I don't collect as an investment. I like them in albums.....I do save the labels for the purpose of keeping the history of the card

[ngnichols]

Baseball season just hit and they've been flooded with cards.

They simply don't have the man-power available to accurately and appropriately grade the cards in a timely manner.

There is also a lack of properly skilled labor in terms of graders that are available and will work for the wages they offer.

[garymc]

Leon.....

Maybe you should switch my comments over to the water cooler, it's really a different subject and not fair to the gentleman's original post ?????

[SAllen2556]

Don't worry, it's just cuz school hasn't let out for the year yet. By June, all the graders will be out for the summer and back on the job.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by garymc

Leon.....

Maybe you should switch my comments over to the water cooler, it's really a different subject and not fair to the gentleman's original post ?????

It is in a similar vein so no worries. I think it is a difficult business and not one easily gotten into....I just wish things were a bit different.

[spaidly]

One wrong move and the Hemphill gets it!

Originally Posted by garymc

I don't like any of them....in fact I like to crack them open as soon as I get them ! I have very few cards beyond VG in my collection. In my collecting world it doesn't feel important what some questionable expert grades my cards and I don't collect as an investment. I like them in albums.....I do save the labels for the purpose of keeping the history of the card

[irv]

There's a lot of good tips/vids on Youtube about cracking out cards.

I have a few Beckett ones I'd like to crack out as I don't like not being able to see the cards clearly in those holders in those plastic bags.

My PSA cards are a different story, and although I purchased them that way, instead of paying for the grading, I think I'll leave those ones alone as I can see the actual card a lot clearer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrEsDe7TqQ

[Timbegs]

Originally Posted by irv

There's a lot of good tips/vids on Youtube about cracking out cards.

I have a few Beckett ones I'd like to crack out as I don't like not being able to see the cards clearly in those holders in those plastic bags.

My PSA cards are a different story, and although I purchased them that way, instead of paying for the grading, I think I'll leave those ones alone as I can see the actual card a lot clearer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrEsDe7TqQ

Irv, no love for SGC? For display and card beauty enhancement, I really think the SGC holder is the a cut above. I don't really need their opinion of my card - I know what I think it's worth and what the condition is - mostly.

I wish 'authentic' was a service and not a negative connotation. Maybe a card company could offer a grade of genuine. Wouldn't that be great? A service that slabbed it where 'genuine' means that the card is authentic and unaltered but not Graded 1-10. All the beauty of the grading service but the collectors could still haggle and/or speculate as per the grade or condition.

Maybe I should patent this idea - you know you love it...

[irv]

Originally Posted by Timbegs

Irv, no love for SGC? For display and card beauty enhancement, I really think the SGC holder is the a cut above. I don't really need their opinion of my card - I know what I think it's worth and what the condition is - mostly.

I wish 'authentic' was a service and not a negative connotation. Maybe a card company could offer a grade of genuine. Wouldn't that be great? A service that slabbed it where 'genuine' means that the card is authentic and unaltered but not Graded 1-10. All the beauty of the grading service but the collectors could still haggle and/or speculate as per the grade or condition.

Maybe I should patent this idea - you know you love it...

SGC is my favorite, Tim, and the only reason I didn't mention them, is I have no thoughts whatsoever of cracking those out.

The majority of my cards are ungraded and the only graded cards I own are the ones I purchased already graded.
If I ever get around to getting them graded, SGC will, at this point, receive my business.
With the cost of grading, shipping and namely the current CDN exchange rate, I think it will be sometime before I ever do, however.

[JollyElm]

I know it depends a bit on your skill level (when there's not a lot of room for error on the sides), but couldn't you just use a table saw to free the cards out of their plastic tombs? Seems like it would be a quick and easy solution.

[Leon]

I could live with a "Genuine Unaltered" designation.
But I am no sure the TPGs would like it.

Originally Posted by Timbegs

Irv, no love for SGC? For display and card beauty enhancement, I really think the SGC holder is the a cut above. I don't really need their opinion of my card - I know what I think it's worth and what the condition is - mostly.

I wish 'authentic' was a service and not a negative connotation. Maybe a card company could offer a grade of genuine. Wouldn't that be great? A service that slabbed it where 'genuine' means that the card is authentic and unaltered but not Graded 1-10. All the beauty of the grading service but the collectors could still haggle and/or speculate as per the grade or condition.

Maybe I should patent this idea - you know you love it...