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The worst news a collector could possibly hear
Posted By: Tom Boblitt
pays for outside insurance (at least to my knowledge). When I sent in my W600 collection to them, they had me send it UPS and they sent me a rider for outside insurance they purchased on the package. When you do millions in dollars of shipping, you can buy insurance at less than the assessed 35 cents per hundred dollars that UPS charges. For the average shipment, you can't purchase it that cheap to my knowledge. I'm sure Mastronet has a general insurance policy for loss...... |
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The worst news a collector could possibly hear
Posted By: Scott Elkins
try talking to Steve Rocchi - great guy (and he will help you out)! |
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The worst news a collector could possibly hear
Posted By: tbob
Scott, speaking solely for myself, the reason I turned to GAI was three fold: 1) PSA seemed to be grading cards which appeared to many collectors to be altered and their reputation was erroding as being objective in grading despite who the submitter was; 2) SGC was being brutal on their grading of caramel cards and I felt their grades were unduly harsh (I have since learned that they are that way on almost everyone's caramel cards) and 3) Mike Baker was at GAI and he is a respected grader plus the holders looked nice (except I soon learned they had a lot of floaters coming back to me) and GAI appeared to be a collector/consumer friendly company, thus I submitted many cards to them over the past year and a half. I felt the grading was consistent although not always what I had hoped for, but I think all collectors think their cards should grade higher. |
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The worst news a collector could possibly hear
Posted By: Scott
All valid reasons for using GAI. I submitted a few cards to PSA several years ago, then switched to SGC. So far there has been only one point where I considered abandoning them - the e95 Cobb debaucle - but when all three companies screwed the pooch I couldn't see any point in switching. Plus, SGC's customer service has improved slightly since their management change. |
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The worst news a collector could possibly hear
Posted By: warshawlaw
I was initially skeptical of GAI, then tried them briefly, and am now skeptical again because of (1) overgrading, (2) mess-ups on every order I've made, and (3) friggin' slipping holders. I mean, these shmucks graded some of my certified autographed cards as "authentic" but graded others in a different order; of course they are authentic, idiots, the card companies warranted that. Talk about dumb and dumber... |
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