In a sense it is. Regardless of whether it is in or on. It stops people from cracking a case open and putting a real label with a fake card and a fake case.
With the case reassembled, I took a second look for any obvious signs of tampering.
In my opinion the outside frosting could be caused by a number of other explanations. I would personally avoid any slabs with damage to the inner seal around the card, and the label itself, to me that is an obvious red flag.
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That’s a bit disappointing, I hope it gets corrected soon as I’d prefer sending my cards to them as psa takes way too long and bgs is expensive
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I compared the frosting between yours and OPs and it seems they appear in different areas.
OPs one looks like it has only a slight frosting on the case.
So I wonder… if someone tries to pry it open very carefully and slowly, can they eliminate the frosting?
Ugh, that’s terrible…the label I could live with, at least for a certain portion of cards, but this shite?
Back to the good old blood tax vs tacky reflective inner sleeve…
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Maybe someone should try reaching out to CGC and telling them this so they can fix it? Send the pictures too to showcase what’s happening
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I hope they figure it out. This could lead to a HUGE susceptibility to the sale of that brand. I am going to scrutinize super hard on any cards purchased online and not in person. Glad I saw this
I think someone did because I also reached out to them about it (over instagram) and said they were sent pictures.
Unsure if it’s these pictures they were looking at or different ones.
But idk if anyone has done it over email.
But I also hope this is resolved soon.
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Pics of the resealed card:
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I just want to note that we want to keep threads like this open, but posts like this make us lock them.
I don’t even want to devote time to idiotic conspiracies like this. But you can literally search the forum for “PSA sucks” and find pages of threads where members bash PSA for inconsistent grades, supposedly damaging cards, snail’s-pace turnaround times, grading fake signatures, general incompetence, you name it. Does that mean “this site is against” PSA? No, it’s just an internet forum where people post complaints. Welcome to the internet.
Keep the conspiracies to yourself and post on the topic of the thread, or we will have to lock this thread like many of the other CGC threads.
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I can get past a case or two being easy to open. The real issue is the lack of consistent frosting, both of those words. Frosting points can naturally occur from pressure, but consistent frosting is the mark of the beast. Neither CGC reseal showcases consistent frosting. The CGC Reseal posted above is by far the cleanest re-seal I’ve ever seen. Here is a side by side compared to a psa reseal:
Notice the entire right side of the psa card has frosting. Consistent frosting is a tell tale sign of an attempted reseal, as you need at least one side to remove the card. It occurs whenever you crack a psa case, and is intentional by design. In both of the cgc reseals posted, the frosting isn’t visible at all, making it impossible to tell from photos if the case was tampered.
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As an engineer I could easily see a solution to this issue, but I don’t want to speculate as to the points of case development since it’s a security issue. The fact that the security label is embedded into the plastic is brilliant though and something you don’t see anywhere.
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Can’t believe how easy it is to open this case. I wonder how many cards cgc has already graded. They should be recalled and recased once there is a better design.
Dang this is wild. Thanks for sharing and for @thundermoo and @sherbixtus for sacrificing cards. Hopefully CGC addresses this and comes up with a solution.
CGC won’t do a recall, that would affect their bottom line. I’m all for alternatives, however CGC has all but ensured I won’t use them again with some of these recent issues and theatrics. PSA and BGS might take forever, but at least I know what I’m getting.
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the sunlight glare makes it an unfair comparison. I know some people have a hate boner for CGC but even in that picture you can see some sever frosting.
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Big yikes from me chief. The PSA texture around the edge of the case makes frosting super obvious IMO.
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As one of the biggest fans of CGC on this board I think it could be better.
Ideally when you attempt to crack a case you want the evidence to be plain and obvious. Novice collectors aren’t likely to notice that feint trace of frosting and expect it’s from tampering. It’s not the end of the world that said. Very fixable/solvable (from a manufacturing standpoint).
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Be careful and discern with a high level of scrutiny for any sales with not fantastic pictures guys! That’s all I suggest
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