build a unique relationship between sgpro, its' members and a grader (sgc)
I was wondering if Sportscardpro would be wiling to work with SGC by providing certain things like discounts for grading, additional tips on how to prepare a card for the highest assessment/grade. I believe there should be a option to authenticate questionable cards (just like ebay). If SportsCardPro has a sufficient membership, then perhaps SGC will agree to make other concessions. (Like an additional market)
I'm am irritated by the top 2 or 3 graders. They are not very user friendly and seem to be hell bent on grading down.
There standards are unrealistic and the magical PSA 10 or the Beckett 9.5 grades are pretty much impossible to achieve, particularly with the older cards. People like myself who grew up with sports cards find it very disappointing when a celebrated, modern day rc is more valuable than hall of famers who are so should be revered. The beautiful inserts, memorabilia, refractors and parallels definitely have their place, (they r beautiful) but, not at the expense of 50-60 yr. old legends that are hard to keep without at least minor damage. When i grew up sports cards were actually bought by children and traded between one another (mostly). Most adults/children had no idea that one day these cards would hold value. So, for most of us older collectors are being pushed out the market. Cards we thought were premium are not (Let me get off my soapbox) and will never become anything else.
Lastly, the graders are crooks. As you probably know, they contract for an initial fee and if the determine the card that they grade turns out to be very valuable, then they add a percentage. This added "percentage fee" is based on how much they believe the card is, now, worth. And if you can't pay I wonder how difficult it would be to get the card back. That's nuts. I propose that at least the graders wait for a buyer to be found (SGPlus), before asking the customer to come up with an amount that is much higher than what was originally contracted. Maybe a relationship between sgc and scplus can happen and these ideas made manifest. *As a amateur collector one of my biggest dream is to pull a card out of my collection and find a beautiful card worth a lot of money but, the higher the card is worth becomes more and more problematic because I don't have a disposable income to spend on paying for extreme card grading. ---------------Maybe I'm wrong fam.?