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Okay not 2 years but it's been stuck for a while and not moving at all. Unless the turnaround times at CGC went up recently, this thing should already be graded. @KaileeS CS

hey @KaileeS CS thank you for your response! the submission was graded, but I noticed two cards are missing grades! Cert #'s 4270971027 and 4270971025..... any insight as to why these aren't showing up with a grade?

@KaileeS CS I saw that you answered another member's post on this topic, is there any way you could kindly check on the submission below? Order #: CGC6770629957

I just want to say I called this happening almost exactly. You’re welcome community.

CGC, Any updates on your end regarding this? Are the collectibles safe? I hope all employees are safe as well!!

There's PSA 10's out there with literal marker on them, it happens. I collect Holo and Reverse Holo 9.5 skyridge slabs myself so I understand the pain with this one my dude.

Do me a favor. Go to the grading scale. Look for any quantitative numbers for actual cutoffs/parameters/etc. Let me save you some time. There are none. Have a good day.

yeah the 9.5 being gem mint literally goes against the pattern of the rest of their scale. How they missed this is perplexing as the guy with 1 comment on this forum would say: CGC 7 = Near Mint CGC 7.5 = Near Mint + CGC 8 = NM/Mint CCG 8.5 = NM/Mint + CGC 9 = Mint CGC 9.5 = Mint + (??????)

Wanting to 5-10X the value of my higher end slabs is not perplexing. It’s perplexing that this is your first activity on this forum. Happy to be the one to finally get you to participate.

First, here is the Director of Operations at Ludkins today (2:34:00 in the video) mentioning getting 40 or 50 CGC Pristine 10's on Fire Red Leaf Green Reverse Holos (out of 400-500 submitted). So yeah, 10's are being given now . But where does this leave all the Pristine 10 cards currently trapped in CGC 9.5 slabs? Is anyone going to send those in for review to try and upgrade to a 10? It would be incredible PR for CGC, and would result in others doing the same (more $$ for CGC)... so we all win. It would also open the door for people to send in PSA 10's to try and get CGC Pristine 10's, as a CGC 9.5 is often times the same or better conditioned than an equivalent PSA 10. I have crossed CGC 8.5's to 10's at other grading companies, so I know there's 9.5's out there that deserve 10's. Probably a good amount of 9's as well, but let's focus on the 9.5 for now. It's going to come down to CGC objectively grading those cards under this new 'unofficial' scale they're using.

There are way more 9.5 early EX era ex's than I thought there'd be... Turns out there's lots of us grading/buying them and keeping them out of the market's view haha.

Check their Instagram right now (Crystal Zard 10, Gyarados Skyridge Holo 10, Neo Destiny Zard 1st Ed. 10 etc. that’s just the heavy hitters, lots of Pristine 10 WOTC non holos hitting ebay but check sold listings too as people might be gobbling those up. With the unofficial change in grading scale, I’m now considering sending in another bulk submission, after not sending in anything the last 6 months. Hopefully someone at CGC sees this and smiles knowing they’re making the right moves to turn the ship around right now.

I just want to say that I was RIGHT and CGC is doing exactly what I said to do in the bold text in my original message. CGC should have done this back in August 2021 though rather than now but whatever, they finally realized people want 10’s and 10’s will keep their company thriving for a long time. Check CGC’s Instagram right now and you’ll see a CGC 10 Skyridge Crystal Charizard, CGC Skyridge Gyarados holo, CGC 10 Neo Destiny 1st Edition Shining Charizard….. Called it!

Okay so rather than go the CSG route and explicitly overhaul their grading scale, CGC appears to be actually using their existing grading scale like they should have been from the beginning, and are giving out much more 10’s right now. I’m seeing a ton of vintage english CGC 10 cards on EBay with the new gradient label, meaning they were graded recently, which supports the theory. It’s a smart play by CGC to give people what they are want (10’s) but this should have been done a year ago, better late than never I suppose. Better late than never to actually use the two 10’s on your grading scale rather than cap most cards at a 9.5. Makes sense to actually use the scale CGC themselves invented…. Wonder how many of my 9.5’s would get 10’s now. Hmm.

I really hope Paul is referring to CGC mirroring the CSG changes they just rolled out. My bet is they will. So assuming CGC makes the right business move here and adjusts like CSG did, that means legacy 9.5 get mints will be eligible to be reholdered into a 10… the question becomes does CGC have three 10’s (gem mint, pristine, perfect) or do they go the CSG route and only have gem mint 10 and perfect 10…. Interesting stuff!