I hate that PSA pretty much has a monopoly on the Pokemon grading market because I really prefer CGC cases in terms of viewability. But that’s literally the only reason at this point that I’m not crossing my CGC slabs to PSA.
CGC has really shot themselves in the foot in so many ways. The lack of a pop report for almost 2 years was pathetic. And their credibility was destroyed when they made the sudden change to their grading scale without acknowledging it.
It sucks because, IMO, CGC has a genuinely superior physical product. They really needed to capitalize on that. But instead, they decided to use a grading scale that the market had already soundly repudiated. They should’ve entered the scene with the same scale as PSA + a label very similar to PSA. The differentiating feature should’ve just been the case. But for whatever reason, they decided to reinvent the wheel. They should’ve done 10 minutes of market research before entering the market.