PSA to open a new joint SGC/PSA location in FL

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

You could always go with a slash. Abbot/novice-master! Although for my money, you can't go wrong with Hieromonk.

And I really have nothing against SGC. May they live long and prosper!

I will confess that I do derive sick pleasure from poking the bear from time to time, just to get a rise out of team SGC, simply because the response is perpetually so deliciously over the top.

The element around being absolutely opposed to a single farthing going to PSA while concurrently spending a lot at SGC does seem unusual to me, considering that they are under the same corporate parent, and therefore the odds are high that the residual cash flow ends up in the same shared parent bank account at some point.

This isn't some giant conglomerate where the "parent" is a distinct enterprise with separate businesses beneath it. Nat Turner runs this show.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by peter_spaeth

nat turner runs this shit show.

fyp

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by snowman

fyp

lol.

[Lorewalker]

I do find it interesting that Collectors also picked Plano, TX for the other location. Wonder in what proximity to Beckett will they be located and if that city choice suggests a move to acquire the grading segment.

[parkplace33]

Each of the two locations will have its own focus. The Plano, Texas location which is expected to be online by July of this year, will be the centralized hub for ticket authentication and grading, which makes sense given the rapidly growing popularity of the sector. The Boca Raton, Florida location, which will share space with Collectors Universe counterpart SGC, will primarily focus on card grading and although collectors wont be able to directly submit to that location in the beginning maybe PSA will one day in future allow collectors to submit directly to that location.

To me, this is concerning for the SGC Brand.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Each of the two locations will have its own focus. The Plano, Texas location which is expected to be online by July of this year, will be the centralized hub for ticket authentication and grading, which makes sense given the rapidly growing popularity of the sector. The Boca Raton, Florida location, which will share space with Collectors Universe counterpart SGC, will primarily focus on card grading and although collectors wont be able to directly submit to that location in the beginning maybe PSA will one day in future allow collectors to submit directly to that location.

To me, this is concerning for the SGC Brand.

Hush, you can't say that here without being attacked by the wolfpack. Besides, it's too beloved to ever be shut down.

[Johnny630]

I asked a longtime SGC Collector and dealer he thinks SGC is here to stay not going anywhere business and submissions are stronger than ever.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Each of the two locations will have its own focus. The Plano, Texas location which is expected to be online by July of this year, will be the centralized hub for ticket authentication and grading, which makes sense given the rapidly growing popularity of the sector. The Boca Raton, Florida location, which will share space with Collectors Universe counterpart SGC, will primarily focus on card grading and although collectors wont be able to directly submit to that location in the beginning maybe PSA will one day in future allow collectors to submit directly to that location.

To me, this is concerning for the SGC Brand.

I'm surprised ticket authentication is growing. It's rare to get actual tickets for anything now so I wouldn't think people would be rushing to start collecting tickets or get old ones graded.

[Rich Klein]

[QUOTE=parkplace33;2520027][B]Each of the two locations will have its own focus. The Plano, Texas location which is expected to be online by July of this year, will be the centralized hub for ticket authentication and grading, which makes sense given the rapidly growing popularity of the sector. The Boca Raton, Florida location, which will share space with Collectors Universe counterpart SGC, will primarily focus on card grading and although collectors wont be able to directly submit to that location in the beginning maybe PSA will one day in future allow collectors to submit directly to that location.[/

I will also point out that a Plano office would enable PSA to set up at every large Dallas Card Show (700 tables every 2 months) and not have to fly employees into the area. Currently, they set up at the DCS about 1x a year. This would, in my opinion only, take away Beckett's home court advantage away from the DCS.

[sb1]

I would say SGC has the bulk of the business at the Dallas Card Show, Beckett is only of interest to those with brand new out of the pack cards for the most part. When PSA does set up, they are busy but much of it is autographs and memorabilia, as well as cards.