News From SGC

[oldjudge]

SGC always had a face for the hobby. First Dave, then Sean, then Derek. The remaining graders may be fine, but there is no face to the company and the face was what made it more user friendly. Besides, there is no grader in the industry that I trust more than Derek. He was born to grade.

[botn]

All former Customer Service employees are gone.
The Vice President is gone.
Now the head grader is gone, again, tools of the trade and all.
And the PO Box is no longer valid but they did not think to let anyone know.

The good news is that the name will remain the same and the
fearless and beloved leader was released from a 400K debt for purchases of baseball
cards he was buying for resale so maybe he has more money to toss into the infrastructure.

[srs1a]

This is the 2nd time that Mr. Grady has left SGC. The first time was a period of very rapid growth for SGC. I don't think that this had to do with the departure of Derek, but more to do with the grading and customer service staff that the had at the time.

I think that SGC has its hands full at the present and they need to respond in some way. All of the people that interfaced with the collecting community are gone. Some portion of their operations have been sold to JSA, but how much and what are the specifics?

They retain their core graders, but not much more. I've been a very loyal SGC customer for more than 10 years now, but at present, I'm not sure what to think. Perhaps someone on the inside might think it an appropriate time to comment. It's been a dark hole of information since the JSA acquisition and the accompanying departure of the people that I knew.

[Griffins]

All former Customer Service employees are gone.
The Vice President is gone.
Now the head grader is gone, again, tools of the trade and all.
And the PO Box is no longer valid but they did not think to let anyone know.

Greg, this sounds a lot like Global a couple of years ago.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Griffins

Greg, this sounds a lot like Global a couple of years ago.

yikes, if PSA is the only (somewhat) legit game in town, looks like raw only for me.

[Jacklitsch]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Yikes, if PSA is the only (somewhat) legit game in town, looks like raw only for me.

+1

[Orioles1954]

People are born to grade baseball cards? It's not like it's THAT tough to do.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

SGC always had a face for the hobby. First Dave, then Sean, then Derek. The remaining graders may be fine, but there is no face to the company and the face was what made it more user friendly. Besides, there is no grader in the industry that I trust more than Derek. He was born to grade.

Yeah, too bad they don't have Joe Orlando as the face of their company.