Jasanity Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I like the changes/combination of the grades other than no subgrades. This is a clear advantage for CGC and one I was looking to do a submission for once under the combined umbrella. Basically makes it like SGC but with subgrades which is a good differentiator, rather than the new scale which is just another SGC clone. Now the only place to get subgrades is BGS which is where I have to go to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KaileeS CS Posted June 27, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 27, 2023 Hello @Jasanity, thank you for contacting us. We are very sorry to hear that you are disappointed in the removal of subgrades. Sub-grades weren’t used that often. In recent months, less than 5% of submissions requested subgrades on their cards. I am happy to share your thoughts with our management team for review, however. The new labels and changes will launch in mid-July. Feel free to check out our full article CGC Trading Cards and CSG Will Combine to Become the World’s Second-largest Card Grading Service. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasanity Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 Ok, I’m not sure why the subgrade % is so low. People I have talked to that use CGC grading aren’t happy they are being removed, and people (including myself) that would switch to CGC from the others would do so for the subgrades. I use CGC for the comic and coin grading side, so would like to do card grading through CGC. Combining and stadndardizing everything is great since that was one of the main reasons I never sent anything in (multiple submission channels and differing slab types and grading scales), so standardizing on one platform was huge. Just needed to keep the subgrades to move people over the hump, and to keep people who are now looking at CGC as another psa or sgc instead of having a competitive differentiator and advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeGrownPoke1 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 3:32 PM, Jasanity said: Ok, I’m not sure why the subgrade % is so low. People I have talked to that use CGC grading aren’t happy they are being removed, and people (including myself) that would switch to CGC from the others would do so for the subgrades. I use CGC for the comic and coin grading side, so would like to do card grading through CGC. Combining and stadndardizing everything is great since that was one of the main reasons I never sent anything in (multiple submission channels and differing slab types and grading scales), so standardizing on one platform was huge. Just needed to keep the subgrades to move people over the hump, and to keep people who are now looking at CGC as another psa or sgc instead of having a competitive differentiator and advantage. The reason why the % of people using subgrades is so low is because they raised the price of the service from $5 to $15 per card for subgrades.... RLL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki’s Charizard Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 When will my question be checked by a mediator, it’s been five days and nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasanity Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 1:15 PM, HomeGrownPoke1 said: The reason why the % of people using subgrades is so low is because they raised the price of the service from $5 to $15 per card for subgrades.... I just saw this looking at the grading fees. Why would it cost double of the base tier to have subgrades? That does make their subgrades less competitive when comparing to bgs, so I see why they got rid of it from their new combined service. But, it also ensures they stay behind the big 3 as they have no clear differentiator now. A combination of the big 3 would have been amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted July 5, 2023 Administrator Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/5/2023 at 4:34 AM, Nikki’s said: When will my question be checked by a mediator, it’s been five days and nothing Hi We have been closed due to the 4th of July holiday. I am sure a customer service rep will approve your thread in the Ask CGC section soon. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
