olomax
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Congrats!
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Awesome pick!
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Congrats folks!
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That’s a really great question on pricing.
Tag “felt” more expensive if wanting “standard” with subscores/ranks @ $39. However, no upcharges, full digital images and reports of exactly why it got the score it did. Most of which is available at their basic one for $22 – which is about the same price as others.
Degree, cheaper than that usually with their coupons, deals, etc.
With TAG, you know exactly what you are paying and why – so I have 4 submissions with them still outstanding, 2 “regular” (as I wanted the high res and sub score as I plan on selling those) and 2 “basic” submission, which were more for PC. I don’t have to worry about getting a bill to get my cards back (or any of the other PSA nonsense) and know exactly why a card got the score it did.
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I love the clean look of their slabs! I got most of my standard/basic orders in right before they paused those tiers… which they paused due to backlog and not meeting stated times. So, ordered on 4/8, got there shortly after… and most of the orders have been sitting in “order prep” or “image processing” since. Forms have it as roughly double time (so 30 days is closer to 60).
So backed up, but not as bad as PSA. However, their cheaper tiers are temp closes right now, so I would wait (unless a high $ submission – their express ones are still hitting the 5 day mark, we did have one of those and it went through fast.)
No upcharge, nicer slabs, and so much lack of transparency, I refuse to use PSA anymore myself. (Personal risk I know, it does still have the liquidity.) However, the one TAG slab we listed for sale, sold same day – so it has gained enough steam to be able to sell at comparable prices.
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Yea they really do. The tag slabs can be nice too, but I really like the degree ones (and the slab sleeves they come in).
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I have submissions with both right now. Degree often a little quicker, definately cheaper. With TCGs, Degree is less known, so harder to comp, so can be harder to sell. However, if something niche, for personal collection, or willing to hold on to longer – degree slabs are great.
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Heh – they go quicker than you think! I just had to order another 25 after my initial order as I was down to 2. (Though I had a stack of cards I had been waiting to put in nice mags once I got them and labels in!)
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That one does look pretty nice – I picked up the prezza one a while back and have some in it, but such a pain to get in and out of pockets like that, have been migrating to slab cases.
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I used to waste a LOT of time double-sleeving nicer cards before bindering before finally realizing that they either aren’t going to move that much, or if I am that worried, topload and mag them.
Of course, my order of zion mags and maglite just arrived, so moving some of my cards to those haha. I had stopped using mags for a bit because the first box of those I bought was really cheap. I swear half of them came pre-scratched, but magnets randomly flipped, so a pain to use. Getting some of the zions, yea those are nice!
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Yep! https://www.neuroscapetcg.com/ Kickstarter just came out, so can be hard to find, but preorders for summer unlimited release are starting to go out as well – but plenty to see on ebay and whatnot. The whole cyberpunk theme I love – so its a fun one. 2 cards away from master setting (excluding a couple of promos) and have those in the mail, so pretty exciting for the collection heh!
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Ahhh those are fun ones! The first partner sets have some really pretty cards in them (if you can find one), but usually possible to find some inexpensive singles of pika as well for binders or starter collections!
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Thanks – can’t wait for them to come back from TAG lol!
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One note is that with any of them, forums seem to be saying double whatever that are saying (PSA, tag, etc) all seem really backed up again like last year.
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I haven’t sold many yet, so not totally sure. Watching on eBay the last few months, they certainly seem to be selling just fine.
Some cards seem to be going for even higher than PSA, others less, so a bit hard to be certain. With the collecting community pushing back (kinda) against PSA (who’s parent company also owns Beckett and SGC)… TAG and CGC seem to be the best options long term – but the old names still retain the best.
Long way of saying, unsure, but I’ve got 60ish cards out for grading, all with TAG. (As some planning on selling quick to recoup grading cost, which rules out degree.)