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I do like the different feed back everyone is giving 

Just looking to see what people are thinking after getting back bulk or any subs , was it worth the wait and were you happy with grades , were you not happy with grades and service and turn around times , would you use them again for grading or not . I have finally got all my cards back and was pretty happy for the most part but scratch my head on some grades and i wasnt happy period about turn around times and service , i like the slabs and the look of them but i wont use csg to grade with anymore as the roi isnt there yet , hopefully they make a name for themselves in the sports card world and value goes up .  . 

its all about the market 

On 2/7/2022 at 1:58 PM, ne1seenmykeys said:

While that is unfortunate, the purpose of this thread isn't to come and complain about CSG. If you have complaints about them I suggest you give them a call. I put that in like the first or second post in the thread.

Thanks. 

If you want to follow along with this thread, then please include the dates in the given template. Thanks again.

stating facts 

On 2/7/2022 at 12:29 PM, ne1seenmykeys said:

I'm not trying to get a definite amount of time determined bc I understand the turnaround times are dictated solely by the amount of cards they get. In other words, I'm not trying to turn this into a science. 

I'm simply trying to give people a better idea of how close their orders are from being returned as CSG optimizes their end of things. 

For example, if three people post in here saying they had a 120-day turnaround time all around the same time, then it'll be easy to deduce if you have an order in around that same time when your order would or should be coming back to you. 

i have 2 bulk orders that they got in the begining of March 2021 when turn around times were 90 days , they checked them in 9/8/21 and another checked in 9/8/21 and they are in grading and encaps , Way past the turn around times they had when subbmitted . Not happy at all with this company . I know turn around times arent guaranteed but come on what a joke . 

its had to nail down a turn around time with CSG always changing them , just know they will only honor current time , not what the times were when sent to them

On 1/26/2022 at 12:48 PM, jdmtdcollector said:

It’s good marketing for CSG but I worry how this would affect turnaround times

turn around times are horrible with csg and they dont honor current times anyways and they really dont care and thats facts 

wont happen anytime soon  , csg has already said they have no plans to chane the label 

On 1/23/2022 at 5:01 PM, Gspizme said:

Hey all, new to this but curios how long it takes around for a submission to get back. 

depends on the service level you selected but with my experence they only honor the current turn around time and not what it was when you sent them in .

On 12/31/2021 at 5:42 PM, UncleTed said:

Alrighty  Sending off my first CSG submission next week.   Checking this out at the 12 buck 50 card min bulk level.   It's a mixed lot from primarily UFC from early UFC card years to 2021 Baseball Ginter.   Hoping I entered the 'can't find your card'  entries properly.  

Seeing it may take a year based on the 'we're opening boxes from Jan 21' stuff.   Well, that sucks. heh.     

Am going to possibly stick with CSG until the first time I EVER hear the terms 'send in for review' or  'crack and resub'.    ANY grading company that fully support ' a review'  on a prior graded card by the company is simply money sucking evil.  Screw that.   I have actually 'cracked and resubbed' and on one occurrence, a 7 went to a 10,    many others the grade went up or down by 2 grades,   which simply does not make sense.  The 'it's an eye appeal thing by the grader' is simply lame.  Hoping with CSG mentions of the above are never heard about

Well,, wish me luck.   Understood 'grades may be tougher'  than what am accustomed too with the other place.  All fine there, if no lame funny 'regrade' EVER

 

 

 

 

hopefully these are for your pc cause the resale isnt there with csg cards 

that lebron was sold by PWCC and was nothing more then a shill bid after bid  ( i watched it ) not even sure if the person even paid for it , cause im pretty sure i saw it in the pwcc vault untill ebay kicked them off .

FOREVER

not much roi when it comes to csg , most card will sell for raw or less , its gonna take time for csg to build up in value . I like the fact i can buy low and for some cards ill crack and sub elsewhere for a higher roi , i do a lot of slabs for pc and try to flip others to make a few bucks back .

they dont like handing out 10s often and thats a good thing 

This is just my thoughts based on my experence ......these turn around times are crazy bad , esp when you sent a sub in when times were 60-90 days back in april /may , it doesnt matter what the times are cause your gonna wait longer and csg (from my experence doesnt care either way) . Best bet for turn around is FCG (about 10 days ) and SGC (about 5 weeks) .I like csg slabs a lot and cards look good in the slabs and that crystal clear look is fire but roi sucks and turn around sucks , Psa is king no matter what anyone says followed by bcg and sgc and others ( the market doesnt lie ). Ive always hope csg listens to customers and makes changes based on what they see , cause when i see anyone that has a issue with csg its always the same things and a company like csg you would think would listen to it customers esp being new in the sports card market . Raising prices , crazy turn around times ( always changing ) and charging for auto grades and charging for thicker slabs is crazy but anything for a buck ! CSG has something cooking but has a long way togo to make it in the top 3 if they ever do . 

On 12/1/2021 at 8:29 PM, micky 8 said:

agree, yea im still holdin back on a few big cards debating to wait for psa because its a such a major value difference with high value cards, you dont like csg for vintage? i was nervous subing vintage with csg but started watching alot of vintage csg reveals and changing my mind not as harsh as i thought on vintage, your right market is already gettin flooded with slabs even on base cards, im only buying low pop or low print run cards, even psa slabs are decreasing in price at times i bought a few psa 10's dirt cheap last week, alot of grading companies will keep the grading fees reasonable hopefully but your right most wont make it a year when psa n bgs return even csg hga n sgc wit there increased prices gonna take a hit 

and with the markey you have to pick and choose what you send and where you send it , again i think in order first to last will be PSA , BGS, SGC, CSG , FCG and HGA  will be the go to companies and i could be wrong but just my thoughts . 

On 11/30/2021 at 10:58 PM, micky 8 said:

fair enough my apologies that was a little uncalled for, as far as roi are those cards worth 150-200$ fee at psa for top value? Its fair to say its better to flip cards with hga or sgc at this time for an increased roi and its definantly not wrong so my bad your entitled to your opinion. im hoping for your 150 slabs more people continue to sub with csg so all of our csg values go up down the line, but your right it doesnt mean flippers should take a hit in some bigger plan for csg values to increase in the future.  

i have 3 more orders with them , they grade tough and i like the slabs alot , slabs are very clear and feels good in the hand , its gonna take sometime for value to go up with them but i pick and choose what cards go to what grading comapny , vintage sgc all day , if im looking to flip something high dollar its going to psa for everything else i use csg and sit on them and hope the value go up . Most of what i send to get graded is for pc and to leave for my kids one day  , but with grading companies catching up with all the back log cards they have the market is gonna get flooded with so many slabs from everyone . I think there is about 18 or so active grading companies out there and i most of them will fold and csg , psa , sgc , fcg, hga and bgs will be the ones left standing . 

On 11/28/2021 at 8:48 PM, micky 8 said:

why are you on a csg chat if you wouldnt sub with them especially popular rookies like acuna n tatis, are you just trying to sabotage a new sports grading company? ya run out of old ladies to mug? doing a little research is one thing but totally discouraging someone to use a company sounds like ya got stock in sgc maybe personally pass on being on a csg site if ya have no intention of ever using them 

i do sub with them and like the slabs and have over 150 of them but i was refering to roi if you know what that is ( return on investment ) you must of missed that but then again i responsed to someone asking if they should use csg or not for there cards and i gave my thoughts , just cause im in a csg chat doesnt mean im not gonna be honest . 

On 4/3/2021 at 5:24 PM, KBost33 said:

Torn on what to do with these. I have hit a bunch of 10's on these same cards from the same cases I pulled these from. PSA 10s are monsters on Tatis.  I know CSG is tougher grader, haven't seem many Gem 10s.. Love the $50 express vs $300 super express... such a tough call. Anyone grade any of these? Since there is no Pop Report would love to know what grades have been on these. These are not PC, will be 100% resell cards. Any feedback from those that have graded these cards before with CSG.. thanks! 

Personally I’d pass on sending to csg especially if your trying to sell them , csg doesn’t hold much value on resale 

Try having your cards sent in bulk when turn around time was 45 days and they are still in g/e/I what horrible service . But psa is gonna open regular subs soon so they will help with some turn around time but not most , this company took on more then they can handle and dose nothing but come up with excuses . I have 6 total bulk orders with this company that I did in a group sub and have got 1 back . We get nothing but the run around from this company and it be nice if they were just open and honest like the competition is .