Funny - BVG response on holder with invalid serial #...

[mikemb]

I have a 1977 Topps Nolan Ryan I had graded by BVG in the early 2000s. In 2013 I realized the serial number di not exist. I wrote them and this is the response I got:


RE: Serial Numbers
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Michael

Customer Service (Beckett)

To: mike

Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:06 PM

Hi Michael,

You can send in the card to have a new serial number assigned. If you are currently sending in orders for grading, you can include it with your next order with a note on the card “assign new serial #”.. we of course will not charge for this.

Sincerely,

BGS Customer Service


I never sent the card in. Probably get a difference response today.

I have been using SGC to grade over the last few years.

Mike

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by mikemb

I never sent the card in. Probably get a difference response today.

I have been using SGC to grade over the last few years.

Mike

Thanks all for the responses. So yeah, at best what my customer service rep is telling me is inconsistent with how they have treated others in the past. I wish any of this surprised me at this point. Seems that Beckett has fairly earned their designation as at best, the least of the big 3 graders anymore. I've never sent them any business personally - that appears to have been the correct decision.