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    in Ask CGC Cards – Sports

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    On 4/13/2021 at 2:51 PM, ModernChris said:

    It would be a very good idea for them to log our submissions as received.  Especially if they are backlogged a month or two for bulk submissions.  I understand that they want to keep the box sealed until they are actually moving forward with it, but it would be very nice have some sort of confirmation that they have it. 

    My bulk submission was delivered over two weeks ago (March 29th), and it doesn't sound like they are going to start working it for a few more weeks at the very least.

    I agree.  I have an Economy order that delivered on the 18th of March that still hasn't been logged in (almost a month) and the same for an Express order that was delivered on the 29th of March (not surprised by delay on Economy orders with everything going on right now with PSA and such, but not Express).  Probably a couple thousand dollars worth of cards sitting somewhere... (and I'm sure others have much more).

    The business model for card grading?

    in Sports Card Grading

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    1 minute ago, PunsRTonsOfFun said:

    This is the point many in the hobby fail to understand. Grading isn’t an entry level job. It requires years of experience and expertise. It’s not a customer service or call center job. Can’t pull Joe Sixpack off the street to do it. It’s a very niche job that also requires someone with rare skills to live near a specific area. Grading supply isn’t increasing anytime soon so demand needs to chill out.

    Exactly, and the potential problem is if one of the grading companies gets pressured to rush graders into these jobs due to the massive backlog.  You think the subjectivity is bad now, just wait to see how bad it can get if they push unqualified (or in-experienced) graders into these jobs too soon.

    The business model for card grading?

    in Sports Card Grading

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    all of this volume is going to make the first company that can really figure out AI (not just dabble in AI but really figure it out then scale up) to grade cards accurately and lightning fast the dominant grading company moving forward.  there aren't enough human graders in the world to fix this volume problem if the hobby continues to grow.  plus getting humans out of the equation gets rid of the subjectivity problems some, if not all, of these companies have.