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On 9/26/2021 at 6:26 PM, PokemanDude90 said:

Before the Poke-mania of 2020, most PSA 9's weren't going to make anyone money, let alone 8's, 7's etc.

Up until this point, mostly anything slabbed was guaranteed profit. 

NOT ANY MORE. 

CGC 8.5's are the new PSA 9's in that they are nearly worthless as a grade, and taking the time to encapsulate a 8.5 is a fruitless endeavor (outside of medium to higher end cards). Even for medium tier cards, the difference between a 8.5 and 9 in terms of resale price can be drastic, with 8.5's underperforming very, very badly. And guess which grade we all get the most? 8.5 I'd wager.

Look at ZandG's weekly auction if you don't believe me. Most 8.5's AREN'T EVEN COVERING THE COST OF GRADING. They aren't even close! It's disgusting. 

It will be interesting how things go from here, I suspect either: CGC gets smart and gives out more 9's to balance the market, or they lose a lot of incoming cards due to extremely poor resale value and the fear of the dreaded 8.5 grade.

Either that, or CGC grading fees decrease, which I don't see happening. 

 

Not sure if this is satire or not but, did you just suggest that a company that prides itself on accurate and impartial validation and conditional grading services should somehow alter their standards to give cards a higher grade than they deserve to increase YOUR resale value? The only reason a CGC 8.5 is valued higher as a PSA is because it's common knowledge that CGC has a far superior grading standards which is what collectors want. With your suggestion after a very short period of time a CGC 9 would be a PSA 8 because the standards have been relaxed. If you are here solely to make money that's fine but don't throw all your cards at the wall and get upset when their condition is accurately assessed and encapsulated as such. CGC will be fine with maintaining their standards, and they have already eclipsed all other grading services with the exception of Beckett. Most collectors will tell you they are basically equal as far as service and standards to Beckett the undisputed premium grading service.

@adminI unstrestand it's late and you are being @'d non stop but can you please give us some guidance on next steps. This is crazy some of us have been trying for hours.

I completely understand raising the prices, I wanted them to do that and the deadline is fine but if i can't submit through no fault of my own it's a little hard to swallow. I have 200+ cards worth thousands in grading fees already at CGC and im trying to spend 1k+ more before the change. 

Website will not allow me to submit cards!!! Please Help @admin

I am unable to complete my submission same error as the people have below.

23 Express With Sub Grades

Received 04/22

Grading/Quality Control TBD

Finalized/Shipped TBD

175 Bulk With Sub Grades

Received 04/22

Grading/Quality Control TBD

Finalized/Shipped TBD

4 Cards Express With Sub Grades

Received 03/31

Grading/Quality Control 04/19

Finalized/Shipped TBD

3 Cards Express with Subgrades

Recieved 3/11

Grading/ Quality Control 3/22

Finalized/Shipped 03/23