I tried TAG Grading my sports cards so you don't have to
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- čas přidán 8. 01. 2023
- I documented the whole process from start to finish of a 10 card order with the new grading company TAG. #baseballcards #gradedcards #sportscards #tag #psa #csg #GMA #bgs #sgc
Man I'm not in the hobby anymore but seriously this TAG company is the one that I would be using to grade my cards ! I feel like their process is going to become the standard I love everything about how they do it from the way they have you ship them to them and then the way they slab an package the cards to keep the slabs scratch free an the suspense up longer plus makes for good content when doing a grading reveal ! Absolutely love this companies process !!
Thanks, I find the tech very interesting
why are you watching a video about card grading then
Well you see Jack I may not spend my money on the cards anymore but I do enjoy the hobby as a whole an i enjoy watching the videos and supporting people like The San Diego Upcycler so thats why I'm watching the video an leaving comments cause it helps the algorithm put videos like this into more peoples feeds its a way of supporting others with having to spend money no need to be a jerk have a nice day😁
@@jahmanglass5 yeah I think Jack should "off" , great video and I do like the looks of those sleek slabs coming from a PSA guy.
@@Jason-lk2zt pay no attention to Jack Mahogoff.
As a tool and dye maker machinist. The 1000 pt scale gives a better view of what’s the accurate grade. Great idea.🧐
Thanks the for the excellent video. This is freakin’ incredible. If only PSA had started with this system and transparency.
Fingers crossed TAG takes off!
your lips to gods ears my friend
Good video. Ther packaging and slabbing is slick. The report is next-level. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. Please check out my other videos and consider subscribing :)
TAG is going to do good with the 1000 point grade. It's good to know how the card actually did
It is so great to actually know why a card graded the way it did. When I got a 8 or 9 I wasn't bummed out because I could see why
Thanks for the breakdown! I am waiting on my order to get back. Absolutely love the 1000pt scale and the point you brought up about the ranking. I don't think people fully grasp how much a feature like this would change grading. In a world where there are SOOOO many slabs and high pop counts, this is the only feature that I see that could work as a counterbalance to it. Gamification of grading seems like the future. I am actually working on a video about this exact subject.
Glad we are on the same page, drop a link in my comments here when your video is done
I really like the look of those Slabs. The etching is really cool, and I like the scoring system. I love the way they look when you get them back with the wrapping. Sort of like opening a Pack twice! I admit I'm a bit overwhelmed when it comes to all of the new grading companies but I think TAG is really onto something. Really cool video and thanks for posting!
Great work with how you organized this experience. We have heard of TAG before but haven't tried any submissions to this point. Your video surely gave a nice overview and it's something we will definitely look into more in the future. Seems like they are working hard to provide a lot of extra value for the money with their transparency, back end reporting, new grading scale for further differentiation using 1,000 point scale and even pictures of the slab. Kudos on a job well done with the video! Just subbed! 👏
Glad you enjoyed it and welcome aboard!
Love the video! Appreciate you trying us out, and showing off the DIG report and the free high-res images for sellers! - JC (TAG Customer Service)
Overall I was very pleased/impressed, thanks
Those cases are pretty cool, thanks for taking the time to grade and upload
No problem!
What a nice looking slab honestly. I like that they were individually packaged that adds to the fun of the rip. Great vid! New to the channel
Thanks!
Wow yes!
I am up for all the info about these guys. So far- sounds like the kind of company I’d give business to. Will love more info!
The TAG slab looks great! A lot of good info and detail with the slab
Thanks a bunch!
Great review, really appreciate the details. I'm impressed with these guys so far. Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like the look of those slabs and think it's nice they give you a reason for the grade they gave. I might try them one day
Thanks for the info. This has me intrigued. I like their scoring system . I'm willing to give them a try.
Hopefully Tag is the future. Good ole boys can't buy off a computer like PSA.and we all know who I'm talking about.
With all the bad in the hobby I'm pleasantly surprised with how these look...I heard psa plays favorites with some of big boys in the hobby..and TAG looks like a great alternative...shot out to sportscardradio
You heard right, they've done it numerous times. And they pop control. A bunch of other things too much to list though.
Great coverage of the end to end TAG process. I really like what they are doing. The only thing they seem be missing is adoption (which is a very big challenge). The jury may still be out in how there grading is - at least for me - because I haven’t been able to look at a large sample size.
Great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it. I am really hoping TAG catches on
Thanks for the video and info, I have some card savers that TAG gave me during a show, I will definitely use them to keep submitting to PSA, I cannot imagine getting 8.5s and 9s inside a transparent slab, nooouuu!!!😆
Great recap and commentary. I agree with it all. I sent in 20 cards early on in the presale and customer service was great and the slabs do look and feel amazing. I feel quite confident in the grades also as I sent in a optic holo with a surface scratch to test the grading it it came back a 7.5 appropriately. I think the resale values will take a while to reflect the quality. I don't think many people have enough experience with them and understandably people want to get some personal experience to feel comfortable trusting the accuracy of the grades. You really do feel like you get full value when grading with them. Every step is professional and very well thought out. The grading scale takes getting used to, but it make sense that they want a gem rate similar to other grading companies so they scale it accordingly. I personally love the extra detail for the grades (report), but I think some people may find it to be a bit much.
I like that all that extra info is available but not written all over the slab, the QR code seems like a perfect middle ground. It's there if you want it but can be easily ignored if you are not interested in the "why"
Woah. I am really liking the extra data you get when you scan the qr code.
Yes, knowing the reason a card got a 9 or 8.5 is so fantastic. Not as fantastic as getting a 10 but you know what I mean :)
Very informative! Thanks for the great product review!! 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
After watching this video I am super impressed with their presentation and packaging and the overall system they have. They just have to some how catch on or lower prices to start driving submissions.
I agree
The looks of the slabs and the detailed grading that anyone can see online, I hope this becomes the standard... this company, or a competitor, to have this information easily online should be done industry wide.
agreed
I agree with you on Alek Thomas - underrated potential. Also, these slabs look really slick.
Very solid video! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Very nice looking slabs!
They are!
I’m glad your cracked slabs came back in your favor. The thing that angers me most about the TAG haters is that I’ve heard them ALL complain that they don’t know why they get the grades they do. Then when a company comes along and removes the subjective element in grading (the human) and provides a detailed grading report…then why oh why don’t they flock to TAG? This is the part where they usually say, “Resale value.” But here’s the deal, if they’d stop being shortsighted, they’d see that it’s only a matter of time before TAG surpasses PSA on the secondary market, simply because of consumer confidence in the product. I trust a TAG 10 over a PSA 10 100/100 times, because who knows how many times that PSA was submitted until it got a 10?
The only reason TAG doesn’t have a lot of secondary market support is because it’s new. The other grading companies, should be scrambling to mimic TAG (or buy them out) if they have any hopes of competing.
WAY WAY WAY to many people buying the name/number on a slabs instead of the card inside. But, for the time being, I'm still sending cards I want to sell/flip to PSA until I see companies like TAG getting equivalent (or hopefully better) resale prices than PSA. In reality if PSA really starts to lose market share to TAG then I bet they just buyout the company and integrate their tech (which is fine by me). As long as I get transparent accurate and consistent grading.
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 I am actually counting on everything you just said about PSA acquiring TAG. As for the secondary market…I pay full PSA prices for TAG slabs. Maybe I’m the only 1, and maybe I’m dumb, but I do. I think they actually hold a premium over PSA, and I’m willing to pay for it.
@@Jeremy1998999 I haven't even seen one for sale yet of players I PC, but I would pay equal for a TAG 10 to a PSA 10 as well
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 Brother, they’re a little bit hard to find on ebay. Who do you PC? I might have bought them all up, LOL! A guy out of Florida, I want to say he sells under floridasportscardinvestors on ebay has a TON of TAG goodies. His prices are high, but he will negotiate on EVERYTHING. I typically just send him Ebay comps and he’ll match their pricing. He ships almost immediately and his packaging is 2nd to none.
@@Jeremy1998999 I just recently setup a saved search in eBay for them. I'm a big Padres guy so I like Machado, Tatis, Gwynn, Musgrove. But also Griffey, Trout, Ichiro, and some Tomlinson. Plus I'm always looking for deals to flip and try to make a buck
Thank you very very much for the submission and the video. I am stoked that you had a great experience. Thank you again for the review, you hit all the points and made a perfect video.
you're welcome! Are you part of TAG?
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 I am not. I’m sorta their most ardent supporter, at least publicly. I’m not the guy who jumps on new stuff to be a trendsetter, BUT I am the guy that if I complain about something, and then someone fixes it…well, then I’m going to support them.
I have a personal stake in TAG…I want to see more TAG slabs in the wild, so I can buy them. I’d buy from your submission if I weren’t tapped from buying other TAGs this week…plus saving up for my next TAG sub. I’ll be sending off a Topps Black Gold set very soon.
@@Jeremy1998999 Curious if you ever tried HGA and if that fiasco impacts your perspective on TAG. I know it makes me more skeptical of the tech
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 Oh, so about HGA…so I knew the stories, but no, I missed it. I took a chance on TAG, and they’ve delivered on the tech. I’m more than content with their quality and grading reports. My ONLY 2 criticisms at this point are the lack of PR and their complete lack of transparency about why they won’t grade pre-2000 cards. By the way, I’ve heard all their excuses on this subject, and absolutely NONE of them hold water.
The thing that chaps my ***, is that I’m here thanking you for your submission…where are they? None of their marketing team has CZcams? They’re really failing their new customers in this respect. So, for what it’s worth, I want to thank you again for submitting and increasing the population of TAG slabs. I want to thank you again for making such a precise video, I know it must have taken a good amount of time editing it. Thank you on behalf of the absent TAG PR department.
Those are some gorgeous slabs.
Fantastic video! Well done
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
I now have a follow up video where I am getting some questions answered direct from TAG.
Very aesthetically pleasing
I agree
Nice return thanks for sharing 👍
The slabs are really great looking. PSA has the iconic look but this company will be serious competition unless like you mentioned PSA or one of the other big boys does buy them out. I love the transparency, and detailed review.
I agree 100%
Subbed and liked! Really enjoyed this video, and made me wanna grade some Bobby Base to compete lol.
Quick question what’s their rates, and if you got a discount for grading 10 cards, did the Soto not getting graded effect the cost?
Yes, the more cards you send in the lower the rate gets but not by a whole lot. I also think this is just the early adopter pricing and not what their final pricing will be months and years from now. That being said, it worked out to about $22 a card for me. As for the Soto, yes they refunded me for that card
I agree with you….I think CSG has the nicest aesthetic in appearance slabs
Those slabs are gorgeous
yes they are
They are being extremely precise when going to 5 decimal places!! I'm a machinist so I know how difficult and accurate that is! Amazing. What's price per slab?
Please let us know more about the tech from your machinist perspective I'd love to learn... as for the slab it worked out to just over $20/card to get graded
Great video. Personally, I'm not a big fan of grading but if I were TAG seems like a good company to go with. The slabs look very nice and I like the way they package everything. I may have missed you saying it, but how long did it take to get these back?
a month door to door
Wow, very cool. Thanks for sharing. However, this just brings up so many more questions, like, wouldn’t a 942 be a 9.5? Where is the line. With such accurate imagery, isn’t it even very likely or highly possible that just the process of loading this into their scanner cause capturing defects to the grade? Many more questions as well, like how are the defects weighted in the final grade? I really love the slabs and the report! Thanks again for sharing.
nice slabs man new sub
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for the awesome video. I'm a beginner when it comes to grading and this technology seems to be much more promising, as we all know that humans make errors and grading itself has been shown to have its own inconsistencies (as even evidenced by this video).
Thanks, if you want to see some serious human error check out my video of the 2 card regrading I sent back to PSA
Wow. It’s just a matter of time before TAG starts to take over. It’s just a much better process than any other grading company. If I was buying a big ticket card, I would almost insist on a TAG grade with all that transparency. With PSA (and others) I bet you could submit the same card multiple times and get multiple grades. Zero chance that happens with TAG. There is significant value in that.
From your lips to Gods ears
I would bet that TAG knows when a card is being regraded because identical scores in all categories has to be near impossible.
Man.. I love the presentation of the cards ... they look awesome and the pack thing is cool. It is just like busting some wax. What do they charge?
I just subbed too btw... cool info
The more volume you do the cheaper it is. My 10 card order worked out to like $22/card
Thanks for watching!
They need to get with the LCS and figure out a way to put these pre graded boxes in the shop so they don't have to send them out to everyone per order.
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it
Those slabs look sharper than PSA and Beckett. Those are nice
Apologies if you already addressed this elsewhere. I just came upon your video and was inspired to try my own TAG test grading submission… except all of their “submission kits” at every level appear to be sold out. Do you know why? Do they already have a backlog? It’s a bad look for a fledgling company to not be able to accept new submissions from potential customers.
Unrelated, I went on 130point to see comps of various TAG-graded cards… and I had to work a little bit to weed out a bunch of unrelated stuff - like laundry tag relic cards and Bowman retail packs sold with a security tag. They may regret adopting an acronym that doubles as a very common word.
Thanks for sharing your experience and providing the thorough level of detail and analysis.
They are rolling out new pricing any day now $14/card so I believe they have temporarily stopped taking submissions. As for the TAG acronym, I 1000% agree that searching for them in eBay or 130point is not easy
Thanks, I may actually use this company...
Great clip!
Did you break the psa holder? Or did TAG do it?
Would you do a clip on how to break a graded holder and getting cards ready to send into grade.
I broke the slab myself and sent it to TAG raw. As for the video request, I actually have a How To video on breaking a slab, just click on my channel name and look under videos
Love the design. Im also a fan of SGC however i unfortunately have to go to PSA to actually make any money back.
I'm in the same boat, have to send cards I want to sell to PSA. My PC stuff goes to TAG
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 They are the best looking slabs hands down however this is a long game and hope they can survive. I still can't believe Arena Club and HGA are still going..
They are definitely nice slabs just worried about the resale do to such low inventory to compare to
I agree, but overall the whole slab secondary market is bonkers. PSA is WAY WAY overvalued relative to everything else and I have to believe that will eventually correct itself. I think if/when the larger market of hobbyists learn to believe in and trust the tech behind TAG they (admittedly on a much smaller scale) are in the best position to close that gap and get on par or even above PSA pricing
These cards absolutely pop in the slab. I can't wait to get my order in. I'll buy GMA cards in high grade often times cheaper than it is raw and they look great. Also, HGA sucks.
Some people don't like them but I think they are best slab in the industry. Really puts the focus on the card and the not the slab/label
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 I am an SGC guy but and I still think that vintage would look the best in their slabs, but modern looks great in TAG slabs. I sent a large order into HGA when they first started and my cards are so poorly graded. I'm gonna crack them and send them to TAG and do a similar video on my channel.
That is a nice slab when on a black background.
Yeah, luckily I film all my videos of that giant mouse pad :)
Wow! As a photographer/ retoucher it looks as if their technology does a frequency separation of the image to look at the flaws within the texture versus the color! That is a pretty accurate way to see flaws you wouldn’t see with the naked eye. That’s impressive to know that someone thought of what is one of the ways to see the flaws of an image beyond the capabilities of a human. Sorry, for the geeky moment. Lmao
Please continue... I'd love to be educated more on the tech
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 Okay, let’s see if I can explain this where it makes sense considering I’m an artist. Lol.
An image consists of three frequencies (high, medium and low). The process I believe the technology is using is what we do in photoshop to split those frequencies in order to separately work on one frequency without having an effect on the others. It’s also possible they could be using a high pass layer but that isn’t as accurate as splitting frequencies. The grey that you see over the image in the video is what would be the high frequency. The high frequency is where all the details live (blemishes,etc..). In the high we can see a scratch versus hair or even a dent which would be a pore or pimple for retouching a human without the color being a distraction. The medium and low frequency is where color lives. I’m not sure if this technology would go as far as evaluating color because in my opinion that would be a bit overkill to subject a card to that type of scrutiny. However, hopefully they don’t see this comment because they could totally use the technique to see the difference between cards color and use it for saturation and vibrancy. 😩🥴 I hope this helps.
@@faze1er Fantastic info, thanks!
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 Anytime. Thank you for sharing as well.
Period its just a gooe looking product. Better than psa and others.
agree
Personally I don't sell cards so I use GMA because it's all about protection at a low-cost with quick turnaround time. I'm just wondering what's the turnaround time with TAG ? Are there bulk discounts ? Do they charge extra for sub grades ?
I had these back in a little under a month. Yes, you pay less the more cards you send and there was no extra charge for the 1000pt grade and detailed report.
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 okay you sold me I think I'm going to try TAG
“So we don’t have to” ….more like “so we will”
When I first tried it (for this video) I had no idea what to expect. But yes, obviously I liked it :)
Man TAG is really good looking grading company !!! I think that TAG graded card should bring as much money as a PSA graded card it should go by quality not the name because PSA has more negative things going with them then every other grading company and I think PSA gets way to much respect for the way they treat their customers this is only my opinion of the card business today on 1-24-23
The only improvement I would recommend to TAG is to use a penny sleeve on the card prior to encapsulation
Can't do it. Patented by BGS
Gosh!! I HATE that I Like these So Much!!
They look sooooo good in person
Tag is the future
t/b centering on the gold Witt card would make it a PSA 9 I am pretty sure, so seems strange it would get a 10 with A.I. grading -- also, the lower left front corner on the Verlander is enough to make any card a 9, so if there is anything else going on with that card, it is easy to see why it would get a PSA 8
I don't know, I've seen some pretty suspect centering on PSA 10s before...
Also, they did take off some points for centering on that card as it only got a 940 (closer to a 9 than a Pristine 10)
PSA has wayyyyy to many cards that should be 10’s grade 8’s and 9’s and 10’s that should be 9’s with bad centering. Inconsistency is consistent with PSA. A new consistent transparent and affordable method is needed in the hobby.
@@freedomthefreeman487 100% agree. Go checkout my video where I resubbed the same 2 cards to PSA twice. One went from a 5 to a 9 LOL
TAG does not have 9.5 grades. This is good and bad. This allows for easier 10 grades, which some say waters TAGs grades down. However, they split the grade 10 into Gem Mint 10 and Pristine 10. The biggest aspect of TAG is the CARD RANK. That is huge. Literally eliminates the "pop" grade into a tangible rank with no BS. Its all open sourced and transparent to all. This company will be big. They may get bought out, as Upcycler stated.
What’s the cost comparison ? Is this worth the effort ?
depends on what your goal is. If you want to know what if any flaws are in a card then yes absolutely worth the money. If you just want to flip/sell then stick to PSA... for now
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 thanks for the info ,,,,,, I was wondering that because honestly them slabs look amazing 🤩 ,,,Idk they look better then PSA no sneak diss just the truth,,,,,I like the look 👀 the engraving the color scheme ,,,,,all of it …..
@@purplealiencookies7416 They looks WAY better in hand vs PSA
CSG still has the best slab, but TAG is real close. While we all crave how a grading company arrives at their grade, TAG can be overwhelming at first, but still welcome. I see them as an acquisition candidate in the next few years because their submission levels will not be able to compete unless they have serious $ behind them.
I 100% agree with you... except I think the TAG slab is a tiny bit better than CSG :)
How is the resale down the road
Not alot of comps out there but I've sold a few and they go pretty close to PSA for equivalent grades
912+ is nice
How do they sell? That’s the big question
An interesting and important question yes but I think the #1 question is does the tech actually work and does it work better than human graders? If so, the slab value will come but more likely they'll get bought by one of the big graders to scale it up. Maybe someone like PSA does all their sub $499 or sub $199 bulk modern submissions with this tech and the human graders spend WAY more time on the big ticket cards?
I hope TAG is the future. This is great stuff. I do really see SGC or PSA buying them out. Would be great to see the code doing the grading and something to stand behind...rather than the known corruption in traditional grading.
It’s an interesting idea but I dunno. What about when the algorithm changes or they update the software? And from another video they can’t handle anything vintage or not standard sizes.
I dunno as with all things “AI” it promises way more than it can deliver right now.
Remind the flexors
It’s not worth a donut until you SELL and have the cash in hand. Your thoughts how 1 in 20k can be even 1 in 1k. Also adds a new market- still a 10 but one of the “worst scoring grade” but 10 is 10
Hold it still sheesh
thanks, in a future video I'll try laying the card on the table while I talk and just zoom in the camera a bit more.
thanx for sharing I was curious, The slabs are nice I like how they do the label but the whole only grading cards after 2000 using there tech just seems like a bullshit grader with fancy packaging.. I think a grader should grade everything, be able to spot fakes be able to authenticate everything or your just putting new cards in a machine n putting em in a pretty slab. Its more like a kiosk then a grader to me
They can spot a fake and do authenticate. Also, they will eventually roll out pre-2000 cards. They are a small company/team
def think im goign with tag for my pc cards
The Michael Jordan effect results would be interesting....
Why is CSG your favorite?
Not my favorite grading company, I just like their slabs the best. I actually like the quality of the grading at TAG and SGC are the best these days
Imagine if BGS and TAG merged 😮
PSA might use AI to grade at some point but there’s no way they can give detailed reports like this if they want to continue controlling POP counts. More importantly, it would completely upend the cards they’ve already graded. Nobody would want to buy the old 10’s anymore because we all know so many over-graded ones exist.
Your logic is sound regarding ranking, but PSA will never do that. They don't have any quantifiable data to do that for the millions of cards they have already graded. There is no way they could even start that feature without having to recall every graded card to regrade them.
I am a BGS fan myself. I don't like PSA at all. But I am going to give TAG a shot. I just ordered a 10 grading spot in Drop 8. I am looking forward to seeing the results.
The only reasons TAG fails is because they are grading too accurate. People want the easy PSA 10's for increased return in profits. If you crack 10 PSA 10's and send them to TAG and they grade lower, collectors won't accept this process. Which is a shame. Accurate grading should be the main criteria, but it isn't, unfortunately.
I am thinking more like a company like BGS or PSA buys TAG and then implements the tech. Image how much money PSA could make if they offered a $5-$8 "reslab" special where they would convert them over to the new "AI" grade process.
@14:00 BOYCOTT PSA.
In the future card sales without grading explanations will be bunk. Don't sell out TAG!
I get that they don’t have a 9.5 but a 925 (925-974 is a 10 per their website) being a 10 just isn’t a good look. To most people a 925-949 would mean it would round down to a 9. Just very confusing.
The actual info they give on the card is cool. Hopefully that part catches on and becomes a industry standard.
I will be interesting to see what their pop report and gem rates looks like after some volume is in there. But, don't think of 950 = 9.5, think of it is 95% perfect, the real "grade" is 950 but they convert that to a 10 to match the scales most customers are used to.
There is a difference between a 10 and 10 Pristine
Alot of those 10's you got are actually 9's by there current grading system. They must have changed it since your submission. Has to be over 950 for a 10 now.
correct
Do they do sun grading
what is "sun" grading?
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 Yeha it’s when they take there grading deck outside in the sun and grade your cards in the the sun lol. No I meant sub grading
@@ecobritefl2884 the "real" grade is the 1000 point scale and grading report. Watch the last few minutes of this video and it goes over it
The graders all go to Harvard School of Grading! They are the select few capable of looking at cards and grading them!
Granted, cards should all be done by computer because computers always get better scores than those Harvard Grading Kids.
I think they are spending too much on packaging and may hemorrhage money from their investors. Eventually everything will need to be recouped. But we rather have $10 card grading fees than cool packaging. Im talking about the fanny pack and foil sleeves. This reminds me of the Ebay authentication blue card holders.
I agree with you. But having had both the TAG and eBay stuff in hand the eBay holder seem MUCH stupider and more wasteful
I am working on a follow up video where I am getting some questions answered direct from TAG... stay tuned
Do they do vintage
No. 2000-present. 35/55pt, no autos or mem.
@@Jeremy1998999 the only point of grading is to authenticate vintage
nothing before 2000 thats crazy whats the point
@@mickey-eq5vw exactly your just paying for a holder if it’s That new it should be nm or better it’s the stuff from the 70s and prior grading was set up for to authenticate and determine true value.
Oh, I absolutely agree. While I will defend TAG at every turn, my harshest criticism is that they don’t grade pre-2000. I am sitting on a MASSIVE sub of 1986-1992 cards, and I’m trying to be patient with TAG. I bring it up non-stop, because more than anything I want to get this stuff slabbed by TAG. I also want to crack every single pre-2000 slab I have. I’m sorry, but the PSA and BGS flips just make we want to puke. Seriously, a PSA flip just makes me think of a medicine bottle.
and i still wonder why psa is worth more these slabs are beautiful
I always wonder is PSA over priced or are the others under priced? What is the true value of a GEM MINT card?
@@thesandiegoupcycler2586 psa just overpriced.
I hope this company outcompetes PSA. I only use PSA because my customers want them. The reality is that PSA is a terribly inconsistent and out of touch company. All the things TAG does for free, including rejecting a card, are the same things PSA gouges on. We gotta make this company a success.
couldn't agree more. But to really compete they will need to accept a wider range of cards (especially vintage). They are working towards this but are probably at least a year or two away from really directly competing
Not sure if it will be a good or bad thing for TAG but the whole HGA and their "AI" grading surely left a bad taste and healthy amount of skepticism in consumers collective mouths...
this sub the grading looks solid but i seen an optic devin booker red TAG 10 on ebay wit 70/30 centering top to bottom, if the tech is so new and precise how did that happen
@@mickey-eq5vw I don't know exactly but out of curiosity I just looked at that card and it got a 933 (barely a 10) and if the card was otherwise really good then my guess is the TAG algorithm probably knocked off some point for that centering issue but not enough to knock it below the 925 GEM threshold?
@@rexvanderpool thats interesting, so they dont use a .5 scale they simply give a whole number so ya have an idea of the grade at first glance but the more exact grade is the grade to 1000?
@@mickey-eq5vw yes, I believe so. 925 to 975 is a Gem 10
@@mickey-eq5vw Yeah, the "real" grade is the 1000 point scale and they just convert it to a simple grade to compare to other companies. That is where the whole ranking thing comes into play and has alot of potential
I will....do something else with that. Yeah probably sell it.
I have a Drake London absolute beautiful rpa 5/10i pulled and looking to sell. Jersey match
I believe TAG does RPAs/Autos now
They look very expensive
$22/card. PSA is current at $19 and you have to be a member
They will be rolling out cheaper submission packages at times and I imagine they will drop standard pricing eventually. You also save a bunch in shipping and packaging. That HAS to be taken into consideration.
You should try European Grading in Spain, PGS in Germany and MGC in the UK. The first two companies have been established for years and are decent.
I don't like how they put the slab in a wrapper. Seems like we will see "repack" scams in the future.
there labels not that good i
Ill pass horrible resale value
Volume is WAY to low to assess resale value yet. Check back on this in 12-18 months
Slabs look alright. The lettering on the label could stand out a bit more though. What does TAG stand for? Truly Atrocious Grading?