Ace Grading has been eliminated from the pool, accounting for 42% of the 91 total votes! SGC followed with 27%. CGC and BGS held the fewest votes, with only 2% each.
Each post will eliminate one company, so select which company you personally deem to be the worst, or rather, which you are least likely to use or want. You can justify your decision by whatever criteria you want. By the end, we’ll be left with one. I’ll be closing votes and making the follow-up ~48 hours from each post.
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They’re a Japanese grading company that accepts national submissions. Have to submit during the allotted timeframe also. Very lovely aesthetics and the grade is on the backside.
Yeah, I’d say the nice labels are a real selling point. I know there are some people who are quite fond of the slabs. I think there’s a better way of incorporating the grade than just lumping it on the back (I also find the back label to feel much like an afterthought). With how well they’ve differentiated the engraving of their logo and the actual label text, I can’t help but feel substituing their company logo for the numerical grade would be an extremely seamless and aesthetically pleasing change.
I think it’s a difference in presentation ideology. For PSA/CGC/BGS, etc the grade is the award so it’s on the front top. For ARS the card centrepiece is the award so its label is bottom and name only; while grades and accessory information move to the back. It’s as if to say “the grade may validate condition, but see the card for yourself first”
For sure! I just wish the same attention to detail went into the back design as the front. For me, the back of the card is important too. I don’t want to turn the card over and my eyes be drawn to a stark contrast in presentation.
I do think having the grade on the back is fine, I just wish the back was presented better. I also don’t see the real need for having ARS be written twice on the back, feels like they’re just filling up space.
It’s incredible how not one of the western basement companies realize the value prospect of a good label, unlike ARS.
It’s all incredible really. 1-10 scale, no half-grades, clear plastic, no condom, don’t assign 9’s and 10’s to toilet condition cards and spend an extra 40 cents on the label. You wouldn’t think it was rocket science and yet here we are.
I kinda like the boring/technical labels like PSA. It tells you what you need and gets out of the way. The fancier labels dominate the slab too much, imo (even if they are nice).
