Unreliable = their grading capabilities are abysmal
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I’d say do PGX if you just want your book encapsulated to protect, if you’re not overly worried about the actual grade itself. I think they’re fine on that aspect.
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All likely true.
What was missing was inconsistent grading and their restoration checks are not reliable…many stories of pgx books sent in
To CGC/CBCS come back lower grades and restored labels.
But you can buy your own slabs and do it yourself if that is your goal.
From the research I’ve done PGX’s recent grading is on par with CGC and CBCS but they ruined their reputation a long time ago by overgrading books. They probably are a viable option now if you just want your stuff encapsulated and the grades are probably on point.
I seen a lot of stuff online where people will buy more recently graded PGX stuff just to send it to CGC to get it cracked and regraded for the CGC holder and the price bump. But if you plan on reselling the books ever, at this point you should use CGC or CBCS. If you just want them slabbed you could use PGX or buy the slabs you can do yourself and make your own labels.
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This has one of those “Hold my beer” jokes written all over it.
Honestly, I didn’t even know they made slab-it-yourself slabs.
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I’m gonna start PGS… Poyo’s Grading Service.
Every book will be accurately graded. I’ll include the notes on why I say none of your books are perfect, no book will ever get a 10.0 because that’s physically impossible cause I’ll go beyond of what the naked eye can see. I’ll introduce the new scale that includes all decimal points… e.g: 8.8, 8.9, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4… etc.
And for an additional $49.95, I’ll do a custom Poyo doodle label that is unique and one of a kind.
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I was not happy with my last PGX submission 2 out of 3 books I sold from my last submission popped open in the mail or the inner bag broke. I can no longer recommend pgx to anyone.
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Sure they will fix it but I’m not sending back 60 books to have them redo when they will probably pop open and damage the books.
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I don’t own many PGX books but the ones I do seem to be graded accurately and the cases are good as well. I’ve held a black light up to them to see if there was any restoration that was missed as well as checked to see if there was any trimming missed. All look good on the ones I have. I do know they had a bad rep in the past but lately I haven’t heard of any gross incompetence with them. It would be nice if they could gain more positive reputation because having three reputable grading companies would only be good for the consumer.
Their grading and restoration catching has always been up to par, their pricing is the best. I have 150 pgx graded books or so. But now that I sell I can’t take chances of damages during shipping.
Did you print out 9.8 header label things LOL? Just kidding
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I rather wait till July to send my Pokemon cards in. I got some original ones that I have seen prices rise like crazy. I’m fine with waiting as long as the grading is accurate unlike CGC lol.
Wow. You were the PGX champion on here. Who do you think you will use now?
I’ve seen numerous stories of people cracking PGX, pressing and getting good CGC grades. I don’t think PGX grading is bad.
Anyways, PSA should suspend taking new orders if they can’t keep up. Otherwise, the work gets sloppy. CGC is another that should follow suit.
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What does that mean?
Every book gets its own unique grade (9.800000000001, 9.79999999989999999997, etc).
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Yes… I nominate you as my top grader. I’ll snap a pic and you grade it based on one fuzzy picture.
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Didn’rt realize I read this here, and liked…and then found two Larry Birds in a box of flea market cards, I bought Sunday. Sigh. One Michael Jordan Collegiate. Not the big one, but a find in the wild is always fun.
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what condition are the cards?
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Actually really good. Been taking my time going thru them. Lost my soft sleeves, so on hold till I get some ordered. Doubt 10. But, never know. With the chaos going on, maybe worth seeing if BGS is still doing them.
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