There are a lot of generalizations here buddy
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OK UPDATE.
BGS has updated my âlostâ submission that they received on 9/16/24.
Finally an email response where he took it upon himself to go find it.
He said there was no paperwork with it. (THERE WAS), but their excuse was that there wasnât. Even if wasnât, the return address on the package could have them look us up in their system, where the submission is linked to an account, and they could have printed a new invoice, and processed it through. But nope, they didnât do that either.
So basically it sat neglected, unclaimed. Even though if they had answered emails in a timely fashion then it would be âclaimedâ by me in November or Dec or January or Feb when I was emailing them for an update. So fine, finally March gets here and they finally email me and go looking for it, and attach it to my account, and now its processing.
2 weeks ago I also sent them a 2nd submission with expedited service because they are more valuable cards and not going to do another slow 45 day service with beckett again.
Both orders have been charged to my card now and both in queue as you can see. Waiting grades.
I asked them to do both submissions together and not pretend like it hasnât been waiting since last September, but I guess if they are starting the clock now, its up to 4 months now since 45 day service is really 4 months possibly. And why they changed the 9/16/24 to 1/15/2025 , I donât know, maybe to not look so bad. Even though it was literally a few weeks ago here in march when they sorted it out and updated it from 9/16 to 1/15 received. So still inaccurate, but whatever. Glad they have acknowledged and nothing is lost or stolen.
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Depends on subgrades.
Pokémon really has never been comparable PSA 10 to BGS 9.5s (sports yes).
I agree with most of your points.
The grading scale change was rejected as they wanted to downgrade existing gem mints to mint+, which was an extremely bad idea considering 90% of vintage 9.5s are basics.
They should have done what CGC did.
Ultimately through, their decrease in demand stems from them not keeping up with tech advancements, plus not being able to keep up with bulk/business submitters which Iâd argue is 75% of PSA grading volume.
Businesses sub to PSA as they get higher values overall, not charged up front, and things that make their life easier.
More volume in the market = more sets completed in PSA for collectors.
Hopefully BGS new investment ($250m) can improve things, and hopefully they actually get it now their criminal owner is in jail.
I hear they have a new database update coming and some other cool things.
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Glad itâs there, sometimes this can happen (from all grading companies).
Best of luck with your grades.
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As someone who actively collects a good amount of BGS 9.5s for my PC, meaning I ainât going to sell them, I got to say I am not mad that the market for a BGS 9.5 can stem from 60 to 80 percent of a PSA 10 nowadays.
Now, do I want BGS to fix their Customer Support/Speed issues which is helping lower their value? Yes, having viable competition for grading cards is great for the hobby. But I love how their gold label slabs look and I think a BGS 9.5 has been pretty consistent for me in regards to my cross grade attempts from and into BGS.
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