PSA Vs. SGC

[Buster#1]

I'm going to tell everyone a true story
I had over 100 sgc 88s pre war cards same set that were all graded by psa as 8s.
Pics are available..my friend hated psa and had them crossed to sgc
I bought the sgcs because they obviously were more reasonable
There were 3 huge collectors out there at one time that would buy psa 8s and tried to cross to sgc...why...I don't know. But didn't have huge success in crossing...they would resell the psa 8s and try to find better ones to get crossed to sgc 88s and had success with high grade 8s
I guess they saw a lot of shenanigans w psa in the early days.
I knew all the cards I purchased, were once psa 8s
So I sent many of them in to get crossed and remember...they were all upper 8s in PSA holders
And had not one crossed back to psa..Not one.

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[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Buster#1

I'm going to tell everyone a true story
I had over 100 sgc 88s pre war cards same set that were all graded by psa as 8s.
Pics are available..my friend hated psa and had them crossed to sgc
I bought the sgcs because they obviously were more reasonable
There were 3 huge collectors out there at one time that would buy psa 8s and tried to cross to sgc...why...I don't know. But didn't have huge success in crossing...they would resell the psa 8s and try to find better ones to get crossed to sgc 88s and had success with high grade 8s
I guess they saw a lot of shenanigans w psa in the early days.
I knew all the cards I purchased, were once psa 8s
So I sent many of them in to get crossed and remember...they were all upper 8s in PSA holders
And had not one crossed back to psa..Not one.

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With all due respect, as an experienced collector, you had to have known that trying to cross grade from one TPG to another the likelihood of all cards receiving the same grade was slim.

Regardless of the grade the cards previously received.

And trying to cross Pre-War 8's is something most of us wouldn't toy with. At best, you get the same grade. It's unlikely you bump to a 9, more likely you could drop in grades.

If you have Pre-War 8's, or had, you're flying in rare air. If you've got them, post them.

We would love to see them and certainly have great appreciation for them!

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Buster#1

I'm going to tell everyone a true story
I had over 100 sgc 88s pre war cards same set that were all graded by psa as 8s.
Pics are available..my friend hated psa and had them crossed to sgc
I bought the sgcs because they obviously were more reasonable
There were 3 huge collectors out there at one time that would buy psa 8s and tried to cross to sgc...why...I don't know. But didn't have huge success in crossing...they would resell the psa 8s and try to find better ones to get crossed to sgc 88s and had success with high grade 8s
I guess they saw a lot of shenanigans w psa in the early days.
I knew all the cards I purchased, were once psa 8s
So I sent many of them in to get crossed and remember...they were all upper 8s in PSA holders
And had not one crossed back to psa..Not one.

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It is pretty common knowledge that early on grading companies were over grading cards and now are doing a better job. Did you try to cross any of the PSA cards back to SGC 88? I don't see how they cost you money unless SGC won't regrade them at 88. In that case, you just over paid for over graded cards. Why didn't you put a minimum grade of 8 when you tried to cross back to PSA? I think that is what most would do unless you were doing a registry and just had to have them in PSA holders. I think we would all like to see scans to judge the condition for ourselves.

[ruth_rookie]

Something doesn’t add up with this Buster guy. He says he works nights, which is why he always posts when the rest of us are asleep. Yet he’s working on a high grade Cracker Jack set (PSA/SGC 8-9 from what little I can decipher). He already has “75% of the 1933 Goudey set in PSA 8 or SGC 88” including the Ruth’s. It’s none of my business, but if I had that kinda dough, I wouldn’t be working nights. In fact, I wouldn’t be working at all.

[Empty77]

Originally Posted by ruth_rookie

Something doesn’t add up with this Buster guy. (...)

He also re-replies to himself often, which functions to re-activate the thread on the daily digest of newly updated threads, which is artificial, since if there were still useful points to add on the topic, others would be commenting and it could carry on of its own accord.

Also, b/w this thread and a few others I think I recall, this seems the only topic of fixation.

It seems designed just to bait people into an argument over a topic that is already well-worn...

[Johnny630]

When people say it’s not about the money don’t believe them it’s always about the money lol.

I dont think anyone disputes the higher "market value" of PSA. However, the "exact same quality" of card can be had from SGC for less money which works great for those of us who use binders for raw cards.

We are able to get the same grade cards without paying top market prices.