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The one area I'm seeing CSG go for a premium is the Perfect 10 cards.  

Is that line normal?  

On 12/2/2021 at 7:14 AM, nickdrizzle said:

Sent in a 6 card standard order a few days ago... delivered and logged on the same day (11/29). Cards just moved to Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging today (12/2). Things are moving quickly, I'm impressed!

What service level?

On 11/19/2021 at 4:39 AM, Kon_Jelly said:

Just got notice that my Economy order shipped - took just 24 business days!

Mine shipped yesterday.  18 days but they didn't grade 3 of my cards because they don't fit in their holder according to customer service.  Trying to find out more. 

Pretty pissed right now.  3 of my cards from my submission are service unavailable because apparently they are too big for their holder?  They are straight out of a factory Topps 1985 baseball set.  What gives?  

Been stuck in Grading/Quality Control for a few days now  My optimism is waning.....  

On 11/15/2021 at 5:52 AM, Kon_Jelly said:

I've got a Standard order that is on its way back to me now, scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. It was only 5 cards and part of a larger order, but it's coming back much sooner than I had planned. Here's the journey that it took:

Received by CSG: 10/19/21
Scheduled for Grading: 10/19/21
Grading/Encapsulating/Imaging: 10/26/21
Quality Control/Finalized: 11/11/21
Shipped: 11/12/21

That's a total of 19 business days, when the current turnaround time is stated as 67 days. Super happy about that!

Is Grading/Quality Control the same status as Quality Control/Finalized?  Mine shows Grading/Quality Control but that status isn't listed on their explanations.  

I just had an economy order that arrived to CSG on 10/28, received in their system on 11/1, went to Grading/Encapsulating/Imaging on 11/12, and as of yesterday 11/15 is in Grading/Quality Control.  If it ships this week it will be less than 3 weeks for turnaround for an economy submission.  The other order submitted in the same box is still in Scheduled for Grading phase but it had subgrades so hopefully it will be within 5 days or so of this one?

On 11/13/2021 at 2:09 AM, Kon_Jelly said:

Tried to buy that card and it went for double the PSA 10 recent comps........  I don't think a lot of people know the Perfect 10 is their highest grade but obviously enough people appreciate it. 

They logged my economy order on 11-1 and today it already changed status to Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging so I'm really curious how long I'm looking at now and if they are going to charge me now. 

On 11/11/2021 at 1:12 PM, oluckydayo said:

You get charged when they enter the actual grading process, not when they're delivered.   I believe BGS does the same. 

It would be much more of a hassle for them to charge upon delivery, open the box to find out that the services you paid for or the cards are different than what was charged, then have to refund or collect the total due before grading.    Charging when the cards have been entered into the system and are ready to grade assures you're billed the correct amount and that your order form was completed correctly. 

So it takes 4 months to go from the grading process to shipped?  

On 11/1/2021 at 7:47 PM, Cardsharp1 said:

As a newbie i may be out of line here but i think it would be helpful to be able to see all CSG submissions in numerical order. That way perhaps people could see their subs moving to the top of the queue and have a better idea of the wait time. Am i thinking right on that or is that not doable?

I think it would be almost impossible, or more accurately it would never be accurate.  For example, f you are 300 in the queue and you submitted economy you really don't know where you are because there could be 1000 higher priority submissions before they get to yours.  I think it would be misleading and lead to more pissed off people than the system they have now. 

On 10/30/2021 at 7:23 PM, MCG Family said:

I would plan on at least 5 months.  They wont "receive"  your package right away.  Then each step in the process takes an over extended time.  They NEVER try to "beat" the time line.  They only try and not past the time line by shipping it on the VERY LAST DAY of THEIR estimates times.  I sent 1 card Express.  They sent it back on they on exactly the last day of their turn around day.  Plus it takes another 1-2 weeks to get your package because of their low budget shipping.  I have sent two 1 card express orders and the process happened the same on both cards.   Plan on 5 months and you maybe you won't be disappointed.

They received my package last Friday and this morning it shows scheduled for grading.  Hopefully a good sign that it might only take 3 months? 

On 10/28/2021 at 12:04 PM, jwhauser said:

I just got my economy submission back last week.  It was received July 31 and turned out to be just short of three months.  At the time I submitted it, the turn around time from around 85 days so it stayed true to estimated turn around.  I had the same experience with a standard submission.

Hope this helps.

Thank You!  That gives me a better feeling and some hope.  

So do I understand this correctly.  I just mailed off an economy submission.  Current lead time is 87 days.  I assumed 87 days from when they receive it at their facility but as I'm reading this stuff, it looks like maybe 87 days from 3 months from now when they start the process?  

Kinda wish I would have known more about SGC before I sent these off to CSG........

On 10/19/2021 at 2:12 PM, robotur said:

My two bulk were just recently shipped. See dates below

6/21 received and 10/16 shipped.  

6/23 received and 10/19 shipped.

All total about 6 and half months from beginning to end for bulk orders.  Compared to PSA and BGS who both have turnaround times over one year for the lowest tier, CSG turnaround times has been solid.

 

 

 

 

 

I’m not understanding. June to October is 4 months. Where does the 6 months come in?  

I have quite a few cards that have been kept in albums or hard cases for a very long time.  They are all in great shape but I've never had cards graded before.  I do have some PSA 9 and 10 cards I bought and a CSG 9 to compare but I honestly don't even know what I'm looking for, the 9's look just like the 10's.  Here is the list and tell me what you think I should do.  I was thinking of sending these all to CSG and if I get some high grades on some of the more expensive cards, sending to PSA because it seems there is a higher return on the PSA's?  Some of these cards I can't find a flaw and some of slightly off centered, some have very slight chipping on the edges.  All corners look sharp to me.  These are some of the highlights, not sure if I can remember the whole list until I get home and look at them again

1986 Topps Football: Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Boomer Esiason, William Perry, Walter Payton, Charles Mann, Joe Montana, Reggie White, Bruce Smith

1987 Topps Football: Lawrence Taylor, Jim Kelly

1991 Fleer Basketball: Michael Jordan base card and All Star cards.  All Star team card also

1985 Topps Baseball: Complete set.  Cards that look pristine to me are: Gooden record breaker, Clemens, Puckett, Mattingly, Ripken Jr..  Gooden base and McGwire are not in great shape

1988 Fleer Basketball: Bird and Magic

1990 Fleer Update Football: Emmett Smith

1981 Nashville Sounds Mattingly: Really nice but one small stain on the bottom border

1985 Donruss Baseball: Mattingly and Two For the Title (Winfield/Mattingly:

There are lot of other, especially in the 1986 Topps Football but these are the ones that look pristine to me or if they don't, the value would still be worth having them graded.

Anybody know if I can mix orders/services in one box when mailing them in with the kit?