Benjamin Brown

So it’s been officially two months since I sent 1 Bulk & 1 Standard order. Delivered on 4/9. Would be nice to have these logged in the system by this week. 

Well I imagine both CGC and CSG will use the exact same system. 

CGCs pop tool has been coming "soon" for about 8-9 months now. Just like your bulk orders I wouldn't think about it and check back in 6 months. 

Wow that is nuts. That’s less than 3 weeks since they even opened submissions. 

While it was to be expected...I am surprised on how quickly CSG has felt the impact of submissions. 

In just 2.5 months....TAT for Bulk now stands at 199 days. It looks like it takes roughly 2.5 months for submissions to be received if not Express/Walk-Thru. 

PSA made the decision to close submissions so they could "catch up" and what I assume will be to scale/optimize operations. 

If CSG wanted to provided better service while growing/maintaining a clientele of submitters they should probably pump the breaks on submissions #s. 

What's the end game guys? Wait until TATs have eclipsed 365 days? Raise prices every few months indefinitely? 

My expectations are pretty reasonable knowing just how wild grading companies have been this past year but it is impressive it only took a few months for TATs to jump so much and just getting your package received take now what? close to two months? 

With lessons learned across all companies and the CGC TCG backlog (Bulk is solidly 1-year TAT) you would have hoped CSG would over prepare for opening up a new grading division. 

Im not "over" CSG as they are my first and only grading experience. I know TAT would be long wherever I sent my cards. From an outside perspective though its just strange that they weren't more than ready to deal with a huge wave of subs. From the oversized cases being delayed to not having a pop report ready to go....CGC has also been touting having one for a year with nothing materializing.

Here’s a hypothetical. Say I get in an accident and have to shell out $1000s on a repair just as an order goes to grading. Does CSG have a policy for late payment? Do they grade and just hold cards until payment is made? Is there some kind of deadline? Do they get mailed back ungraded or just kept and sold? Always was interested in that question

Sent a random 1985 Topps WWF #1 Hulk Hogan  as a test. Very pleased with the process. Came away with a 6.5 w/subs. Cant wait to have it delivered tomorrow. 

Jesussssssssss

Realistically should I bet my "Received" 2/10 Bulk submission to be back in my hands by what.....end of May/June. 

What about newer Meiji promos? These are standard TCG sizes no? Seems kind of dumb if they wouldn't grade em. 

1 hour ago, ShiningCollectibles said:

Prices above Beckett isn't being transparent. They are new to the game. If they want these kind of prices they should wait a few years. This is really going to stop many people from submitting. I like them but two price increases in a year is nuts.

I get that but this year has been nuts for the hobby in general 

+1 for this as I am slowly amassing early pokemon tcg cards. Would love to put them in slabs. Also jumbo cards and coins...now that I think about it coins should be an easy one since they already have the ability to encapsulate currency