SGC Grading

[thesportslab]

Originally Posted by thesportslab

Recently submitted a few for the $12 Basketball Special:

Shipped: 6/14
Received: 6/20 (confused/annoyed by USPS shipping: arrived at West Palm Beach 6/18 > reached Boca Raton 6/18 > back to West Palm on 6/20 > sent back to Boca Raton 6/20 > picked up afternoon of 6/20)
Post Grading:
Grades/Shipped back:
Delivered:

Shipped: 6/14
Received: 6/20
Post Grading: 6/25
Grades/Shipped back:6/25
Delivered:

Should be back by Saturday.

[Giroux]

Shipping off another 1 card order tomorrow. PSA 9 cross.

[PLB9eight]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Shipping off another 1 card order tomorrow. PSA 9 cross.

Are you cracking it? Is the hope for a bump or just to get in an SGC slab? I have a PSA 9 Griffey UD that is as clean can be but I feel like they just refuse to give out 10s on that card. Was curious if I sent it for a cross if SGC would give it an honest look without cracking. In the opposite scenario we already know that answer.

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by PLB9eight

Are you cracking it? Is the hope for a bump or just to get in an SGC slab? I have a PSA 9 Griffey UD that is as clean can be but I feel like they just refuse to give out 10s on that card. Was curious if I sent it for a cross if SGC would give it an honest look without cracking. In the opposite scenario we already know that answer.

I'm trying without cracking, will report back. Mine is a LeBron bazooka mini RC that's low pop in a PSA 10. I tried crossing (cracked) from a CGC 10.

[Giroux]

And yes I am hoping for a 10. Would prefer 9.5 over PSA 9 too. The card looked good to me (and CGC).

[PLB9eight]

Originally Posted by Giroux

And yes I am hoping for a 10. Would prefer 9.5 over PSA 9 too. The card looked good to me (and CGC).

so just straight up cross no min grade?

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by PLB9eight

so just straight up cross no min grade?

Correct

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Shipping off another 1 card order tomorrow. PSA 9 cross.

Received 7/1

[Cracktoast]

Not sure what their holiday schedule looks like for July 4th but at the very least expect at minimum for them to be closed Thursday maybe Friday also. So orders that were received last week that people are expecting to pop this week might not pop until next week sometime. Also expect a slow down later part of the month as they shift their resources to onsite grading at The National. Usually takes a week to get everything and everyone in place and another week to get them back.

[inaka]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Also expect a slow down later part of the month as they shift their resources to onsite grading at The National. Usually takes a week to get everything and everyone in place and another week to get them back.

I could be wrong, but I heard that SGC isn't doing onsite grading at The National this year, and instead only accepting drop-offs submissions.

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by inaka

I could be wrong, but I heard that SGC isn't doing onsite grading at The National this year, and instead only accepting drop-offs submissions.

Correct, Peter said on Sports Card Nonsense that they will likely only do drop-offs. NEO Card and Comics also said the same in his latest video.

[atk825]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Not sure what their holiday schedule looks like for July 4th but at the very least expect at minimum for them to be closed Thursday maybe Friday also. So orders that were received last week that people are expecting to pop this week might not pop until next week sometime. Also expect a slow down later part of the month as they shift their resources to onsite grading at The National. Usually takes a week to get everything and everyone in place and another week to get them back.

It's not just the holiday, I'd imagine there's a lot of people taking time off too.

[thesportslab]

$12 Basketball Special:
Shipped: 6/14
Received: 6/20
Post Grading: 6/25
Grades/Shipped back:6/25
Delivered: 6/29

Pleased with the results. I thought the Harden and 2022-23 Select would be 10s, with the rest 9s (and fingers crossed for gem). Very happy with how Essentials pops even more than I expected in the SGC slab.

[Cracktoast]

pleasantly surprised order was received on 6/27 and got the email today that it shipped out with tracking # that is 3 business days from received to shipped back

[adamgp03]

Anyone have any movement today, July 5th?

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Received 7/1

Went straight to shipped with grades and images available today 7/9.

Got the 9 which is disappointing. Wanted the 9.5 at least. Oh well, guess I'll crack and try again with SGC or PSA at some point.

[discodanman45]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Went straight to shipped with grades and images available today 7/9.

Got the 9 which is disappointing. Wanted the 9.5 at least. Oh well, guess I'll crack and try again with SGC or PSA at some point.

With the rough cut of the card top/bottom and the extra paper on the left hand corner, it looks graded correctly to me. I don't see it grading any higher.

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

With the rough cut of the card top/bottom and the extra paper on the left hand corner, it looks graded correctly to me. I don't see it grading any higher.

This one was a CGC 10. Had one of these with a similar cut get a PSA 10 in the past. Was during the bubble and couldn't pass up the price they were selling for. It just depends who is looking at it.

[discodanman45]

Originally Posted by Giroux

This one was a CGC 10. Had one of these with a similar cut get a PSA 10 in the past. Was during the bubble and couldn't pass up the price they were selling for. It just depends who is looking at it.

Current grading standards are getting tougher and tougher. I have PSA 10's graded from this era during the bubble and they wouldn't get 10's now. Same thing with CGC. During the beginning, CSG was grading huge amount of sports cards with new graders. Now they have very few sports card graders around and grades are not gifted anymore. Probably the best bet to get a current 10 is send to PSA bulk where you might get a grader who gifts out 10's.

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

Current grading standards are getting tougher and tougher. I have PSA 10's graded from this era during the bubble and they wouldn't get 10's now. Same thing with CGC. During the beginning, CSG was grading huge amount of sports cards with new graders. Now they have very few sports card graders around and grades are not gifted anymore.

Disagree. Have had some recent over graded cards from SGC. Again, just pulling the slot lever of which grader you get.

[discodanman45]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Disagree. Have had some recent over graded cards from SGC. Again, just pulling the slot lever of which grader you get.

SGC is pumping out the sports cards right now and rushing through things. Would you rather have a card graded correctly or overgraded? I would be extremely happy with this card that has the correct grade on the label.

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

SGC is pumping out the sports cards right now and rushing through things. Would you rather have a card graded correctly or overgraded? I would be extremely happy with this card that has the correct grade on the label.

After examining in person I think 9.5 is a fair grade for this.

[PLB9eight]

Originally Posted by Giroux

After examining in person I think 9.5 is a fair grade for this.

Was this one of the ones you tried to straight cross?

[Giroux]

Originally Posted by PLB9eight

Was this one of the ones you tried to straight cross?

Correct

[brev87]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

SGC is pumping out the sports cards right now and rushing through things. Would you rather have a card graded correctly or overgraded? I would be extremely happy with this card that has the correct grade on the label.

That's just not true. I had an order come back on some 90s Jordans and they were spot on. I don't know about the "rushed" comment, that's reaching.