BGS Turnaround Time: Up to One Year

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Check out this thread. Yikes.


https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1231475

There's mention of a "cleaner," which seems to be people sending cards to a person who uses microfiber and wax to clean cards before submitting (and also possibly gets paid something for the service?). Is that common? Seems a little strange to me, but I don't dabble in the high-end modern market.

[ramram]

Boy, the real pressure is actually on the Topps, Bowman, etc production line employees to put out perfect cards...or.....maybe not. Maybe they get a tiny bit sloppy with most of their products and only get “gem mint” with a limited number on purpose. Heck, maybe the quality control guy pockets a few of those for himself.

Rob M

[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by AGuinness

There's mention of a "cleaner," which seems to be people sending cards to a person who uses microfiber and wax to clean cards before submitting (and also possibly gets paid something for the service?). Is that common? Seems a little strange to me, but I don't dabble in the high-end modern market.

I have no clue. Sounds very possible. There seem to be a lot of tricks out there to boost a cards appearance.

[hcv123]

This thread sheds some light on the PSA backlog........

[orly57]

If they are backed-up for a year, I think it begs the question “how accurate can this grader be when he is flying through cards?” A guy trying to asses the difference between a surface subgrade 9.5 or 10 can not possibly be effective under these conditions. More evidence that this grade-worship is such a joke. People are paying obscene premiums for cards that were given a cursory review by some overworked graders working 15 hours straight, drinking Red Bull and coffee in some dungeon at the Beckett headquarters.

[Topnotchsy]

Whole thing is hard to understand. They have so much business that they are backed up for a year and therefore are struggling? If it’s a real issue, raise prices a little which will increase margins on each item in exchange for the small portion of market share that will be lost. BGS pretty much lens the modern market anyways...

[gregr2]

I would not give up my cards for a year. YOWZERS!!

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by gregr2

I would not give up my cards for a year. YOWZERS!!

+1