Clemsondad24

I think all the grading companies should be held accountable for there advertised services. Especially when you pay for 45 day turnaround and it takes 9-12 months to get the cards back. Why even list a time frame? There is a thing called truth in advertising and is held up in most states. If they were made to up hold there service times then maybe they would rethink there sub policies a lil better. Its like a shoot with most of the ones sending in new rookie cards. May be a high demand player when you send it in, but 3 months into the season and they get a season ending ACL injury and the market for there cards drops and you loose that round .And 6 months later when you finally get your cards back there not worth the plastic there stuck in.LOL

On 4/6/2021 at 9:27 AM, Buzzetta said:

There is another possibility where the future is not so bleak.  

There seems to be a problem with the grading of Pokemon cards in general across multiple companies and the problem is obviously the sheer volume of submissions.  I absolutely agree with you that this is a dumpster fire in the making across all companies. But that leads to two questions: 

• What are the actual causes of the dumpster fire across all companies?
• What will the impact be? 

I am not a CGC apologist. If it was JUST CGC experiencing problems then surely the problem would lie on CGC.  When everyone is experiencing problems then the root of the problem might be coming from someplace else.  Keep in mind that there really are only two comic book grading companies and no one is seeing anything like what we are seeing with cards.

The sudden explosion in the card market over the last two years seems to be driving people into submitting everything and anything.   When it comes to comics people are reluctant to submit books when, "Value of comic < Grading and associated fees".    By the admission of some posters they are submitting cards that may not necessarily be worth getting graded. 

So I have some questions.

• Are there collectors that are grading cards or people looking to flip?  Because if there are more people looking to flip, do you think that this will cause an oversaturation of graded pokemon cards that would normally be considered common cards?  
• Oversaturation would normally cause prices to recede.  If the market corrects itself will people still submit as many cards?
• Would raising prices on grading cards alleviate the matter?  At the lowest tier, why not submit junk cards just to have it graded.  By raising prices, would Pokemon collectors be more selective in what they submit for grading OR is the mindset to have a fully graded set of a certain set of cards regardless of value? 

The root of the problem seems to be the sheer glut of cards that no company seems capable of handling right now.   It's like if a dam broke and the card collectors were expecting the card companies to accommodate it.  No matter how many pumps you have on hand the valley cannot accommodate flood once the dam breaks. 

So maybe something has to change and perhaps it is the culture of what deserves to be graded and what does not in order for TAT's to become more on track.

 

 

 

 

One of the main problems with all grading companies is the influx of cards coming in from BULK SUBMISSIONS from 100 different Facebook groups with people grading every rookie card they get there hands on thinking they have the next Tom Brady card. Only for them to get hurt and there value drop 80% before the card even gets back from grading. If they limited the bulk submissions the turn around times would get alot better.