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On 3/30/2022 at 7:49 PM, MarkyVersace said:

Apologies if this was already answered.

 

I know that 9.5 Gem Mints will cross to 10 Gem Mints with the new scale and holder, but what will happen to Pristine 10s if reholdered? I assume it would be a Gem Mint 10, but that wouldn't make any sense to get reholdered for a lesser grade.

 

Yes, they said it would transfer to a gem mt 10.  Looks like holding the green pristine 10s is the smarter choice, unless the market grants the black labels a higher premium.

On 3/29/2022 at 1:49 AM, oluckydayo said:

You're right on the 55:45.  That's the requirement for a 10 on the front (back is 75/25)

Yeah but it was 55:45 for one side only—the other dimension has to be 50:50.  A Youtuber captured this prior their recent update which loosened the policy.

Them not specifying now in writing means it can be 55:45 for both top/bottom and left/right.  I think that’s way more reasonable.

On 3/28/2022 at 11:23 AM, Scottish Punk said:

From what it looks like, and the board can correct me if I am wrong, is that the Mint+ is essentially a new grade.  What this means in actual grading will be interesting going forward. Since they have this new buffer between what is now a 9 and 10, will they hand out more 9.5s.  I I have a couple 9's with subs 9.5,9.5,9,8.5.  Surface being 8.5.  May take those out and check for prints/smudges and try them again. Also, have one with 10,9.5,9,9.  That seems like a shoe in for 9.5.  Since CSG isn't doing subs, I bet you will start seeing a lot of the "stronger" 9's become 9.5s especially since they aren't automatically making it a 9 because the sub grades tell them so.  We shall see how the market reacts to all this.  I am a collector, so 9's on modern cards are perfectly fine with me, those are Mint cards anyways.

The ratio we used to get 9.5’s are hopefully now going to be the ratio we get 10’s.  Seems like this makes more sense than the previous scale where basically 10’s just don’t exist before 1990.  HGA was doing this stingy nonsense as well, but they don’t have quality slabs or a proactive marketing team to rebound from this mistake.

It already appears as if CSG is going to become a strict version of SCG; same grading system, just harsher grading (55:45 allowed for one side only?!).  SGC uses the 9.5 Mt+ scale.

The important part is 10’s need to be achievable.  The hobby demands it, otherwise they just stop grading with them.

edit:  I stand corrected on the 55:45 rule.  Either they loosened up on it or I misread it a few days ago.

On 3/25/2022 at 3:47 PM, JohnBurke said:

How is eliminating sub grades going to speed up turnover times? Come to think of it, how did it ever slow them down? Don’t graders need to take into account all 4 sub grade aspects to arrive at the final grade anyway?

Gotta think of the overhead that comes with sub grades.  They probably have to record each one and pass it to another stage or company rep for slabbing.  Seems small when looking at one order, but scrapping the mandate of filling out 4 columns of data per order and probably doubles speed and saves hundreds of man hours per year.

On 3/25/2022 at 1:49 PM, KB! said:

CSG needs to waive the reholder fee for those customers that spent an extra $10 per card for subgrades.

As someone who almost never got sub grades this sounds more reasonable than charging them $5 per.

Solid label, really great job over the last year by CSG from pop reports to registry to now this.  Would like to see the old $8 price tag for bulk again, or maybe quarterly specials?  But I’m sure that’s on deck for when the next sports card slump comes.

Unfortunately ‘81 isn’t a hugely valuable set.  I would single out the Nolan Ryan and Rickey Henderson (2nd year) cards as being the most sought after.  Tim Raines and Fernando Valenzuela RCs have value if very high grade, but this is rare and CSG isn’t even handing out 9’s for these years unless they are flawless.

With CSG you aren’t going to be flipping for profit on ‘81 unless these few cards look PRISTINE and can get a 9 or higher.

Hi, is CSG already trying to create an all-encompassing Hall of Fame Rookie baseball registry.  If not I would like to formally request it!

Hey CSG,

I would recommend creating an app that hosts your registry, user accounts, orders, chat forums, pop report (once online), etc.  The sports card market has a demand for this, but no one has delivered in a satisfactory way.  The closest to a working model I’ve seen is CardLadder, who only seek to chart out card value.

If you create a mobile platform that allows users to interact with the data AND each other, then you would be setting a standard as well as growing your sports card community.

Hi!

Please add a slot to the Alec Bohm collection:

Please add player slot to 2021 Topps:

Please add the baseball 1991 Pro Visions set

Hi, please add a slot to the Bo Jackson collection:

Player set for Randy Arozarena

On 8/30/2021 at 4:28 PM, iam12fear said:

The end of April was when they bumped up the pricing, so it stands to reason that early May saw more than the normal amount of submissions from people sending in cards before the price increase. The first couple of weeks for May might take a while.

Yup, makes total sense this week of submissions will take so long.  They had to have had a HUGE surge because they announced the cutoff date of 28 April or something, so anything arriving first week of May has most of the old $8 bulk orders.

On 8/27/2021 at 2:00 PM, Yeahiwasder4dat said:

I paid over a month ago, and it still hasn't moved out of G/E/I lol. Like what the actual .

I just entered G/E/I after waiting a month in S4G, how long were you in it?

On 8/17/2021 at 8:45 AM, Shockmaster said:

I wish. My bulk was delivered on 3/30, entered received on 5/20, been stuck in G/E/I for at least a month and a half. My card was charged 2 and a half weeks ago. 

Delivered 4/23, “received” 6/29, stuck in “scheduled for grading” status.  Took 2 months to enter into the system and 2 months to enter grading.

I assume now I should wait 2 months in grading phase, 2 months slabbing, and then 2 months delivery?

I understand it’s impossible to judge how much business you’re going to get, but if you’re unable to deliver on conditions when the customer agrees to pay then you should be compensating the customer for violating your side of the agreement.  This is no way to do business.  CSG isn’t the only company guilty of this but this is a CSG board and it’s not acceptable.

0.0?  Man what kind of cards were you submitting.  😄

Hi CSG!

I just want to ask if there are talks of starting a registry.  It seems registries build value and any CSG collector or investor could benefit from such a thing.

Sorry if it’s been asked before, but there is not easy to find search function to see if it’s been asked already.  Thanks!

Thanks.  I think mine was delivered around 4/15 and 4/28 so I was wondering what the deal was on system entry