Lost CGC/JSA Order

[esd70433]

I appreciate everyone’s suggestions and opinions. I fully acknowledge that I shortchanged myself by underdeclaring the value of the Mantle, which I declared at $1,000 upon further review. I bought the Mantle raw at $1,000 or $1,500 or so, so I thought the value tier would suffice. CGC is making it right by settling at $3,500. I can’t be more pleased with their resolution team and will certainly use their JSA services again. The initial $500 settlement offer was made in error, as their initial assessment didn’t take in to account that the card was autographed. I won’t shortchange myself in the future with declared value.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by esd70433

I appreciate everyone’s suggestions and opinions. I fully acknowledge that I shortchanged myself by underdeclaring the value of the Mantle, which I declared at $1,000 upon further review. I bought the Mantle raw at $1,000 or $1,500 or so, so I thought the value tier would suffice. CGC is making it right by settling at $3,500. I can’t be more pleased with their resolution team and will certainly use their JSA services again. The initial $500 settlement offer was made in error, as their initial assessment didn’t take in to account that the card was autographed. I won’t shortchange myself in the future with declared value.

All's well that ends well, I suppose.

I asked a question earlier. Nobody answered it. Did CGC upcharge you for the submission?

[esd70433]

They did not upcharge me.

[esd70433]

One fun fact I left out was that the only reason I sent the Mantle to CGC was that PSA deemed the auto inauthentic…PSA auto authentication is incredibly frustrating.

[rand1com]

Originally Posted by esd70433

One fun fact I left out was that the only reason I sent the Mantle to CGC was that PSA deemed the auto inauthentic…PSA auto authentication is incredibly frustrating.

PSA/DNA has two of the most respected authenticators in the business in Bill Corcoran and Kevin Keating. Did they also fail the Maris and Giles you sent to JSA?

[esd70433]

Yes, PSA failed the Maris and Giles too

[rand1com]

Not sure why PSA/DNA failed the Mantle. It looks dead on to me. But, obviously we have dueling authenticators on it.

You were very fortunate to get a $3500 settlement on the Mantle as that is the top end for a grade 7 autograph on a 66 Topps card. It helps that the card was a 5 but still they could have easily just settled for the valuation you gave it whether $700 or $1000. Good for them. Somebody may have seen the post on here and figured a positive result to be posted here was worth the additional payoff. Just a guess.