SGC Delays

[TAFKADixie]

I mailed an order down on 8/21 and they shipped it out on 8/30.

I just sent another 30 down on 9/7.

[Snowman]

My most recent order was received 8/23 and shipped out 9/7, exactly 10 business days later. It included a mix of raw cards, reholders, and one crossover.

Here's one of the cards from the order

[ClementeFanOh]

Fellow collectors- on Sept 6 I wrote that I had shipped a 5 card group to
SGC, and would pay attention to a) return time and b) grading accuracy.
The results follow...

1) Grades were posted on SGC site yesterday, Sept 15th. That's 9 days
after they left my possession. They will be at my door by the 19th, a
13 day total turnaround at most.

2) I submitted 2 T206s that got exactly the grade I expected. The other 3
cards were 2 1976 Topps and an 81 Fleer Rickey Henderson "rookie".
I am more than pleased with the 8.5 the 76 Topps Mike Schmidt got,
and think they got Rickey right. The 5th card I thought would get a
point higher at most, I'm mildly bummed about it but not enraged.

All in all, I am very pleased- especially that they didn't hammer my
76 Topps/81 Fleer.

Trent King

[jimmer77]

My latest order was received by SGC in 9/7 and I received them back today 9/16.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by jimmer77

My latest order was received by SGC in 9/7 and I received them back today 9/16.

To SGC that is a "delay" lol

To PSA it would be a Miracle and we all know miracles don't happen.....except in 1980 and that was pre-PSA!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Why is it the SGC cheerleaders studiously avoid responding to posts by people showing SGC misgraded their cards?

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why is it the SGC cheerleaders studiously avoid responding to posts by people showing SGC misgraded their cards?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyGbid4NdI&t=4s

[53toppscollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why is it the SGC cheerleaders studiously avoid responding to posts by people showing SGC misgraded their cards?

these grading companies have literally graded millions of cards. they are always going to undergrade (or overgrade) a percentage of cards just based on volume. if you want perfection, you shouldnt grade cards. ive had lots of cards come back in what id consider "undergraded" and ive had a few come back graded higher than i thought they would. all in the game.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why is it the SGC cheerleaders studiously avoid responding to posts by people showing SGC misgraded their cards?

Do you have an example?

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why is it the SGC cheerleaders studiously avoid responding to posts by people showing SGC misgraded their cards?

Both PSA and SGC are fully capable of misgrading our cards, but if we're comparing the two against each other, SGC is far, far more accurate and consistent on a percentage of cards graded basis than PSA is. It's really not close.

However, if we're comparing either company to grades that cards received 20 years ago, then both have tightened up their grading standards as compared to the early days of grading. But PSA took it an additional step too far during the pandemic, and they have yet to course correct. That isn't the case with SGC. They're merely tighter than they were decades ago, but are still grading fairly accurately for the most part, in my experience. And I grade a lot of cards with both and keep good records.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by Snowman

My most recent order was received 8/23 and shipped out 9/7, exactly 10 business days later. It included a mix of raw cards, reholders, and one crossover.

Here's one of the cards from the order

Epic card. Want it.

Anyways I am getting an 11 card order back from SGC on Monday. 14 days door to door.

[Vintagedeputy]

Update:

Sent out a 9 card sub to SGC:

Shipped to SGC 9/13/23
Received by SGC 9/18/23
Post-grading processing 9/21/23 (cert #’s assigned, no grades posted yet.
Images posted online with grades, shipped - 9/25/23

Very satisfied!

[JollyElm]

Update:

Sent to SGC: Wed. 9/20/23
Received by SGC: (late) Fri. 9/22/23
Returned to me: Mon. 10/02/23

Haven't looked at the cards yet, so I have no idea how 'satisfied' I'll be, but the turnaround time was absolute sweetness.

[Delray Vintage]

Grading was very fast they received 9/22, graded 9/27, had cards back 9/29.Grades were fair no surprises. Also impressed with quick customer service response via e-mail. Be real nice if they had drop off service since I live 10 minutes from their office.