SGC'S Aggressive Upcharges

[Leon]

Since I bought mine, the Ruth Goudey's have gone down some....but that's ok, I love it all the same.

As for upcharging, they do it because they can and they make more money.

[Fred]

Does the TPG reaching out for more $$$ surprise anybody?

Just curious, does a valuation of $7500 trigger a higher grading price?

I still try to figure out why the TPGs charge so much for higher $$ values on cards. Is it to generate a war chest for the future payouts for misgraded cards?

I get the feeling the TPGs would fall back on the subjectivity of grading to weasel their way out of a lawsuit.

[parkplace33]

Maybe this has something to do with it.

Most likely, this is coming from the collector's buyout. More changes.

[raulus]

Snowman was right! Beckett is crushing it with their fixed fee grading.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by raulus

Snowman was right! Beckett is crushing it with their fixed fee grading.

Truly, I don't know how they are surviving. I guess the autograph services?

[Balticfox]

Just say "No!" to the bastiches. That's the answer.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Just say "No!" to the bastiches. That's the answer.

Not if you want to get top $$ for the items.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by raulus

Snowman was right! Beckett is crushing it with their fixed fee grading.

To be fair, Beckett graded about 46x as many cards this month as I did.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Maybe this has something to do with it.

Most likely, this is coming from the collector's buyout. More changes.

The quoted message is from post #6. That data to me is very interesting. In my mind, if a trend begins that indicates MoM and YoY drops for a prolonged period of time, then I'm wondering if that could/might be associated with prices in the hobby coming down precipitously.