New Grading Company - CSG

dmats33312 · #1 11-26-2020, 08:14 AM

I think storing an image of the graded card and the grader notes will be huge. The image helps ease any slab popping/swapping and the notes helps with transparency. I've collected CGC comics and always appreciated having grader notes as to why the comics received the grade it did vs cards just seeing a grade with at most for BGS seeing a four criteria break down on modern. Also, for the comics they charge for grader's notes where here it looks like they will be free and public which also will help with web-based sales with not getting stuck with some undisclosed/seen flaw.

whitehse · #2 11-29-2020, 08:44 PM

Delete....nevermind.

Picklepete · #3 02-17-2021, 12:57 PM

I have about 700 slabbed PSA - PSA/DNA & BGS - BAS CARDS.
I was set up at early Dec. show / Tampa, & they had table at entrance to get peeps info. on them.
At least 50% of people told them they didn't like slab & label design..
Oh..oh..its being changed !

No.. it hasn't.
THAT tells me plenty.

Exhibitman · #4 02-17-2021, 01:08 PM

Made my first submission today; we will see...

frankbmd · #5 02-17-2021, 01:25 PM

All cards in slabs look like SGC slabs if you have a black table.

Orioles1954 · #6 02-17-2021, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Picklepete

I have about 700 slabbed PSA - PSA/DNA & BGS - BAS CARDS.
I was set up at early Dec. show / Tampa, & they had table at entrance to get peeps info. on them.
At least 50% of people told them they didn't like slab & label design..
Oh..oh..its being changed !

No.. it hasn't.
THAT tells me plenty.

I clicked the link and yeah...not good.

Tabe · #7 02-17-2021, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

I clicked the link and yeah...not good.

I went to their site and ... yeah. The slabs look like the slabs you see on Ebay from somebody grading in their basement. Not good.

3-2-count · #8 02-17-2021, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tabe

I went to their site and ... yeah. The slabs look like the slabs you see on Ebay from somebody grading in their basement. Not good.

I wonder if the many complaining about the look of CSG's slab would be doing so if they were around before PSA and SGC. In my opinion so many have just grown accustom to what they're used to.

We continue to see the countless threads complaining about PSA and SGC's rising cost of grading fee's, long wait times increasing more by the day and a plethora of tampered cards getting into their slabs yet we bitch about a new comers slab.

I swear some of the things I hear collectors complain about absolutely blows my mind. I truly hope that CSG takes the market by storm and puts huge amounts of pressure on the others to improve their business or potentially lose it. We all deserve better than what we're currently getting. A slab design should be low on the list of expectations from third party authentication if even mentioned at all.

My two cents! Carry on...............

tab · #9 02-17-2021, 07:21 PM

Need a grading company that sticks to vintage. Leave all that new shiny stuff and Pok�mon cards for others. A company needs to be able to service their customers in a timely manner. The current waiting time for PSA is ridiculous!

hcv123 · #10 02-17-2021, 07:23 PM

Competency SHOULD matter
Resale value matters (to many)
looks matter
cost/wait times matter

I am hopeful with Nat Turner and Steve Cohen taking over PSA that we will see some desperately needed change happen there.
I agree the CSG holder looks horrible (and it matters). For those who choose to give them a shot, keeping an open mind to see how they do in the other areas.

Tyruscobb · #11 02-17-2021, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 3-2-count

A slab design should be low on the list of expectations from third party authentication if even mentioned at all.

Presentation matters. There is an entire industry that focuses on it. Take your favorite family photograph and place it into a cheap frame. Now, take the same photograph to a professional framer and I guarantee the new frame will magnify the photograph’s effect and presentation.

Just like your family photograph, you are more concerned with the card than its slab/frame. However, a nice slab/frame significantly adds to the overall presentation and effect.

I agree that there are more important factors, but presentation, especially for cards that I collect for my PC and plan on looking at until I die, is very important.

This post is not expressing an opinion concerning whether this new company’s slabs, or any other TPG’s slabs for that matter, are or are not aesthetically pleasing.

Tabe · #12 02-18-2021, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I wonder if the many complaining about the look of CSG's slab would be doing so if they were around before PSA and SGC. In my opinion so many have just grown accustom to what they're used to.

I don't follow the logic here. They're not first. They don't get the benefit of the doubt that comes from being first. They should be improving on what's already available not coming up with "well, it wouldn't be that bad if nobody else had done it before".

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