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On 5/15/2021 at 9:49 AM, MDBLAW said:

Nice. Wish they would’ve graded my Jordan refractor at a nine. Instead they dinged me bad with a 7.5! I’m still a little pissed. 

I think their grading is very inconsistent and I think people are starting to realize that very early on here. I got a lot of heat on here because I posted something about their grading. I sent in 75 of the same card hand picked from about 300 cards and only got 23 9.5's and the rest were either 9's or 8.5s. Anyway I found this card on ebay and it made me realize they have no consistency. This card got a PRISTINE 10 and the centering is far from pristine, really telling. 

29 minutes ago, tenniscardcity said:

Sorry you aren't happy and I hope you get it cleared up. Here's what I learned from your post. Based on your past experience with PSA, this indicates to me that CSG 9.5s = PSA 10s. Understandably you're probably concerned about value of a CSG 9.5 vs. a PSA 10, so it's good that you're sharing your experience so that ppl start to understand this.

If you've got CSG 9.5s you think are PSA 10s, then it's important to price them as such and inform your customers/buyers of your experience. It's data like that which will help communicate to everyone how good a 9.5 from CSG is.

As a side note, this makes me less concerned that CSG will have to engage in "population control" like PSA, i.e. "oh shoot we gave out too many 10s." So there's that.

 

 

 

 

I agree with you on all levels, just felt the grading may have been a little over the top. However I think right now with CSG being new there’s is a lot of opportunity to purchase 9.5’s at a decent price, because I agree a csg 9.5 seems like its most likely a PSA 10. 

1 minute ago, robotur said:

This thread made me think about what is the minimal value a card should be for it to be submitted given the increase in price to grade card.  Does anyone have a general rule to break even or minimal value of a card for submissions.  

Most of the cards I have submitted so far range in value between $20-$50 for bulk service.  

 

 

 

I think it depends and I don’t really think there’s really a rule. A lot of items I grade gain value over the time they are getting graded, some don’t. These Roberts were $2 a card and grading was $8 a card, hard to lose when the price for bulk is so cheap. I also think it depends on where you are sending your cards, due to the prices the different graders fetch after grading. I’ve always thought the lower end cards should go to the lower end graders and the higher end to the higher end graders. However it seems they are all trending towards the $20-$25 a card grading fee. It won’t be long before csg increases their prices again, it’s already gone from $8 to $12 in less then 3 months. In short I don’t have a rule of thumb, just try and do what makes sense and limits my risk. 

On 4/9/2021 at 9:18 AM, RyanMarion said:

Shipped my first grading order on 3/17. I had never sent cards anywhere before and I was excited ... 50+ cards from my personal collection. These are my babies, my childhood.  

Still haven't been entered. I just want to know that my cards are there, take your time with them. I'm ok with that, but PLEASE tell me that the box arrived ok!  USPS says it was delivered, but I don't know for sure until CSG tells me. I took out insurance, but losing these cards would really really hurt, emotionally more than financially.

If USPS says they are there from tracking then they are there and we’re most likely signed for if you sent with insurance. No need to lose sleep over it bud, we don’t want you to be emotionally damaged. 

Your feeling is wrong, just sounds like your bitter your still waiting on your cards. No need to watch a video to make money in this, it’s not rocket science. 

Lol people like you give me a break. 75 cards is 75 cards . 

I sent in two shipment's about three months ago. My first shipment was (75) 2020 Bowman Luis Robert Paper Rookies, a very easy card to grade. I have been getting cards graded for over 5 years with PSA and typically get about 50-60% PSA 10s back, so I have some knowledge and experience with this. They sent me back under 30% 9.5s of this card In which I hand picked the 75 I sent in from about 300 of the same card. The rest of the Robert's I got back were either 9's or 8.5's. My second order has not even been put in the system yet, I called them and politely told them I was unhappy with the grades that came back and simply wanted to have my second order sent back to me (I SAID I WOULD PAY FOR RETURN SHIPPING). They told me they cannot do that and refused to send my second order back prior to grading. In short I am basically being forced to move forward with over $700 worth of grading, this just seems like bad customer service to me.