SO SGC just tripled its prices?

TobaccoKing4 · #1 04-01-2021, 01:02 PM

This is all just going to end up getting passed on to the "retail" pricing of the cards. They already weeded out the low end raising prices to $25...all this is going to do is inflate the prices of desirable cards.

VintageBen · #2 04-01-2021, 01:15 PM

one way to fix it immediately: Buy cards that are already graded!!!

#3 04-01-2021, 01:24 PM

Better yet don't collect graded cards at all. LOL. Ah, the joy of just enjoying the hobby the way it used to be before grading. All that money I save on grading I use to buy more cards.

Peter_Spaeth · #4 04-01-2021, 01:52 PM

Maybe the era of $1 cards in 10 holders for crazy prices will wind to a close, mercifully.

chadeast · #5 04-01-2021, 02:25 PM

This had better be a joke! And I thought that $25/card was going to be the death of collecting graded sets. Now it's drawn, quartered, and burned to ashes. I am sitting on 30+ PSA graded '33 Goudey commons with an SGC order loaded and waiting for a special to send in for crossover, because I thought that $25 per card was too much. So much for that plan.

conor912 · #6 04-01-2021, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chadeast

This had better be a joke! And I thought that $25/card was going to be the death of collecting graded sets. Now it's drawn, quartered, and burned to ashes. I am sitting on 30+ PSA graded '33 Goudey commons with an SGC order loaded and waiting for a special to send in for crossover, because I thought that $25 per card was too much. So much for that plan.

It�s certainly an inflection point. A lot of people are going to have to dig deep for how important slabs are to them.

BabyRuth · #7 04-01-2021, 03:07 PM

and to think 3 short years ago I got my 33 and 34 Goudey sets all graded for $5/card from SGC!!!

charlietheexterminator · #8 04-01-2021, 03:22 PM

They could have doubled the grading fee to $50 and I wouldn�t use them, making it $75, they lost a customer. I gave them thousands last year and I�m just one collector. I�m not a raw guy, I like my cards graded, from now on, I will buy graded

vintagebaseballcardguy · #9 04-01-2021, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe the era of $1 cards in 10 holders for crazy prices will wind to a close, mercifully.

This.

chadeast · #10 04-01-2021, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe the era of $1 cards in 10 holders for crazy prices will wind to a close, mercifully.

If that's the goal, they could have at least kept pre-1980 cards at $15. How about pre-1945? Throw us a bone, SGC! We are probably nothing but a tiny ripple in the tsunami that has apparently consumed them.

Eric72 · #11 04-02-2021, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by chadeast

If that's the goal, they could have at least kept pre-1980 cards at $15. How about pre-1945? Throw us a bone, SGC! We are probably nothing but a tiny ripple in the tsunami that has apparently consumed them.

Perhaps SGC can run monthly or quarterly pre-war specials. The material is scarce when compared to post-war.

Pre-1980 cards are abundant. I'm not sure SGC would want to leave the door open for ~~card doctors~~ people to cheaply submit their ~~trimmed~~ sharp commons, hoping for high grades.

Casey2296 · #12 04-02-2021, 10:13 PM

To anybody who has ever run a business this decision is clear and I would ask the members here to walk in the shoes of SGC. What would you do? Maintain turn times? Accept $10 submissions that end up in 12-18 month turn times? You can't have it all, SGC just ramped up to meet demand and maintain quality, then psa shuts down. Just hire more folks is a silly response, they just did that and it's not like hiring line cooks.

Get your knickers in a twist all you want but decide what you want in a grading company. They've been very transparent to folks, they're overwhelmed, don't take it personal, just hold off on the low brow subs until they catch up. They'll drop prices once they catch up, if they don't then you can be outraged.

Exhibitman · #13 04-01-2021, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wimberleycardcollector

Better yet don't collect graded cards at all.

Look, if you're gonna be logical you will take all the fun out of the whining. We're Americans: we need a good daily whine.

Johnny630 · #14 04-01-2021, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Look, if you're gonna be logical you will take all the fun out of the whining. We're Americans: we need a good daily whine.

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

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