Anyone use GMA Grading?

DylanPowers92 · 12-13-2018, 04:54 PM

I have debating submitting some cards for grading but I haven't pulled the trigger because of the long turnaround times at Beckett and PSA. I just stumbled across GMA Grading Service out of Florida. Has anyone heard of this company or more importantly used this company for grading? Their pricing is cheaper than PSA and Beckett and seems like a good alternative. Any thoughts or insite into this company would be helpful!

glen87 · 12-13-2018, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DylanPowers92

I have debating submitting some cards for grading but I haven't pulled the trigger because of the long turnaround times at Beckett and PSA. I just stumbled across GMA Grading Service out of Florida. Has anyone heard of this company or more importantly used this company for grading? Their pricing is cheaper than PSA and Beckett and seems like a good alternative. Any thoughts or insite into this company would be helpful!

delangley1977 · 12-13-2018, 05:01 PM

I’d personally use SGC way before GMA, if you’re looking for an alternative to the big boys.

okumeister · 12-13-2018, 05:02 PM

I only trust BGS, PSA, SGC.

I believe many collectors don't take GMA seriously at all.
Their grading standard is very questionable and give way too many 10s to cards that aren't supposed to be getting 10s.
Which makes me think that they just pass some forged cards as authentic as well.

glen87 · 12-13-2018, 05:16 PM

kind of hard to take a company seriously when this (apparently) is their CoA....

https://api.ning.com/files/u325ipbpd...3u/triple5.JPG

in case you are wondering..

facsimilie should be facsimile
recreation should be re-creation
cardauthentication should be card authentication

and since the "signature is neither....." it should "nor" in front of "created by any other..."

cannot get pic to work for some reason, help appreciated, thanks!

1989FF · 12-13-2018, 05:16 PM

Here's a list I made in 2007. (*********Edit, I actually think someone else started it and I added to it. Don't remember.) I have not updated it since then. Many are out of business by now. I would only use PSA, BGS and SGC. I used to use GAI back in the day as I had versions of the FF that no one else would differentiate on the flip and at the time they would.

Many are out of business

AAA
AAI ( American Authentication Inc)
ADVANCEDGRADING.COM
AGS (Advanced Grading Specialists)
ALL STAR GRADING
ASA (Accugrade Sportscard Authentication)
ASGC (All Star Grading Company)
BCCG (Beckett Collectors Club Grading)
BCG
BEARSTATS GRADING SERVICES
BGS (Beckett Grading Service)
BGUM (Beckett Game Used Memoabilia)
Blue Chip
BRG (Best Rate Grading)
BSVA
BVG (Beckett Vintage Grading
Capital Grading
CCS (Card Collector Services)
CEX (Certified Express)
CGA (Card Grading Authenticators)
CGS (Champs Grading Service)
CLG
Compugrade
CPG (Certified Pro Grading)
CSA (Certified Sports Authentication)
CSC (Sports Card Grading Service)
CSG
CTA
EGS (Express Grading Service)
FGA
FGS (Finest Grading Service)
GAI (Global Authentication Inc.) (Bankrupt)
GAI (Global Authority Inc) (new owners of GAI)
GEM
GEM Elite
GEM-Sports
GGI (Gem Grading Inc.)
GGS (Gem Grading Services)
GMA
GRA
GRADEMYCARDS.COM
GRADING UNLIMITED
IGX
IKON
ISA
KSA (Kressler Sports Authentication)
MAJOR LEAGUE GRADING
MAP (Screw Down Holder)
MGS (Masters Grading Services)
MGS (Mint Grading Service)
NASA (North American Sportscard Authentication)
PCCG (Pro's Choice Card Graders)
PCG (Professional Card Graders)
PGA (Professional Grading Authority)
PGC (Premier Grading Certification)
PGC (Premier Grading Company -same as above?)
PGC (Pro Grade Certified)
PGI
PGS (Professional Grading Service)
PRE-Grading Service (uses screwdowns)
Premium Sports Grading
PRO (Pro Sports Grading)
PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator)
PSA (Pacific Sports Authority)
PSG (Pristine Sportscard Grading)
PTG
RGA
SBC (Superlative Baseball Card Certification)
SCD Sports Collectors Digest (SCD) folded and was sold to Sports Card Direct (SCD)
SGC (Sportscard Guaranty)
SNAGGLETOOTH
SPA (Authenticated)
Sportscard Grading Association
STADIUM CLUB GRADING
SWG (Southwest Card Grading)
TCG
TFA (The Final Authority)
TGA
UGS
USA (Ultimate Sportscard Authority)
Verisleeve (Sticker on Card Saver)
VGR (Venture 21)
VGS
VSA
VSG Vanguard
WCG (World Class Grading)

MISC. --

MINT/ROOKIE/BLANK (Looks like PSA flip and a Mini Pre -Tech 'self slab' with locking tabs) Supposed to become Atlas Grading Inc. with a website in 2010

Coug46n2 · 12-13-2018, 05:20 PM

I'm pretty sure TBP is a big GMA user. At least for his extensive prospect collection.

oddstuff · 12-13-2018, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by glen87

anything besides BGS, PSA or as a last option SGC you're basically throwing your money away...unless all you want is to encase your card for PC. Even then, the case from other companies other than BGS and PSA don't look good (I use to like the really old style SGC but now the label is horrid).

ThoseBackPages · 12-13-2018, 07:10 PM

ThoseBackPages · 12-13-2018, 07:14 PM

GMA is garbage made by a dude in his basement

tonedef2oo8 · 12-13-2018, 07:17 PM

No. It’s complete trash and a waste of money .

Art Vandelay · 12-13-2018, 07:18 PM

GMA - Giving Money Away

dodgerfanjohn · 12-13-2018, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

GMA is garbage made by a dude in his basement

Your overly generous in your assessment you softy.

Bowman1951 · 12-13-2018, 07:49 PM

Often confused with GAI......which are actually fairly well respected for unopened packs.

ehp6737 · 12-13-2018, 08:14 PM

Oh boy

1989FF · 12-13-2018, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowman1951

Often confused with GAI......which are actually fairly well respected for unopened packs.

Their 1st flips yeah. After that....I'd pass.

superdan49 · 12-13-2018, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 1989FF

AAA
AAI ( American Authentication Inc)
ADVANCEDGRADING.COM
AGS (Advanced Grading Specialists)
ALL STAR GRADING
ASA (Accugrade Sportscard Authentication)
ASGC (All Star Grading Company)
BCCG (Beckett Collectors Club Grading)
BCG
BEARSTATS GRADING SERVICES
BGS (Beckett Grading Service)
BGUM (Beckett Game Used Memoabilia)
Blue Chip
BRG (Best Rate Grading)
BSVA
BVG (Beckett Vintage Grading
Capital Grading
CCS (Card Collector Services)
CEX (Certified Express)
CGA (Card Grading Authenticators)
CGS (Champs Grading Service)
CLG
Compugrade
CPG (Certified Pro Grading)
CSA (Certified Sports Authentication)
CSC (Sports Card Grading Service)
CSG
CTA
EGS (Express Grading Service)
FGA
FGS (Finest Grading Service)
GAI (Global Authentication Inc.) (Bankrupt)
GAI (Global Authority Inc) (new owners of GAI)
GEM
GEM Elite
GEM-Sports
GGI (Gem Grading Inc.)
GGS (Gem Grading Services)
GMA
GRA
GRADEMYCARDS.COM
GRADING UNLIMITED
IGX
IKON
ISA
KSA (Kressler Sports Authentication)
MAJOR LEAGUE GRADING
MAP (Screw Down Holder)
MGS (Masters Grading Services)
MGS (Mint Grading Service)
NASA (North American Sportscard Authentication)
PCCG (Pro's Choice Card Graders)
PCG (Professional Card Graders)
PGA (Professional Grading Authority)
PGC (Premier Grading Certification)
PGC (Premier Grading Company -same as above?)
PGC (Pro Grade Certified)
PGI
PGS (Professional Grading Service)
PRE-Grading Service (uses screwdowns)
Premium Sports Grading
PRO (Pro Sports Grading)
PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator)
PSA (Pacific Sports Authority)
PSG (Pristine Sportscard Grading)
PTG
RGA
SBC (Superlative Baseball Card Certification)
SCD Sports Collectors Digest (SCD) folded and was sold to Sports Card Direct (SCD)
SGC (Sportscard Guaranty)
SNAGGLETOOTH
SPA (Authenticated)
Sportscard Grading Association
STADIUM CLUB GRADING
SWG (Southwest Card Grading)
TCG
TFA (The Final Authority)
TGA
UGS
USA (Ultimate Sportscard Authority)
Verisleeve (Sticker on Card Saver)
VGR (Venture 21)
VGS
VSA
VSG Vanguard
WCG (World Class Grading)

How could a grading company called Snaggletooth ever fail? Would love to see one of their slabs.

Bowman1951 · 12-13-2018, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by superdan49

How could a grading company called Snaggletooth ever fail? Would love to see one of their slabs.

No joke, it looks like they went with that so they could also call themselves (S)naggletooth (G)rading (C)ompany so people would confuse them with the legit SGC.

tonedef2oo8 · 12-13-2018, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowman1951

Often confused with GAI......which are actually fairly well respected for unopened packs.

But yet a leader in auntentictaing forged signatures in abundance.

rcmb3220 · 12-13-2018, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DylanPowers92

I have debating submitting some cards for grading but I haven't pulled the trigger because of the long turnaround times at Beckett and PSA. I just stumbled across GMA Grading Service out of Florida. Has anyone heard of this company or more importantly used this company for grading? Their pricing is cheaper than PSA and Beckett and seems like a good alternative. Any thoughts or insite into this company would be helpful!

Option 1. Psa or bgs or sgc
Option 2. Card saver or top loader
Option 3. Slide cards up and down your crack like a credit card machine
Option 4. GMA

Cavaliercards · 12-13-2018, 10:32 PM

Don’t go with with Good Morning America for grading your cards. They deserve better

Soxfanguy · 12-13-2018, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cavaliercards

Don’t go with with Good Morning America for grading your cards. They deserve better

You saying to use the Today show?

BravesFan4Life · 12-13-2018, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by okumeister

I only trust BGS, PSA, SGC.

I believe many collectors don't take GMA seriously at all.
Their grading standard is very questionable and give way too many 10s to cards that aren't supposed to be getting 10s.
Which makes me think that they just pass some forged cards as authentic as well.

GMA is trash but all the big ones give out questionable grades all the time, they just have people trusting them at this point.

imbluestreak23 · 12-13-2018, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

GMA is garbage made by a dude in his basement

NickM · 12-14-2018, 12:12 AM

Here is a thread about them. Nothing that has happened in the last year and a half has changed my opinion of GMA. https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119844

12-13-2018, 04:54 PM	#1
DylanPowers92 Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 1,899 turn.two.sports.cards	Anyone use GMA Grading? I have debating submitting some cards for grading but I haven't pulled the trigger because of the long turnaround times at Beckett and PSA. I just stumbled across GMA Grading Service out of Florida. Has anyone heard of this company or more importantly used this company for grading? Their pricing is cheaper than PSA and Beckett and seems like a good alternative. Any thoughts or insite into this company would be helpful!

12-13-2018, 05:02 PM	#4
okumeister Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 11,410	I only trust BGS, PSA, SGC. I believe many collectors don't take GMA seriously at all. Their grading standard is very questionable and give way too many 10s to cards that aren't supposed to be getting 10s. Which makes me think that they just pass some forged cards as authentic as well. __________________ Mainly collecting Topps Now Collecting following players : Ichiro, Christian Yelich, Noah Syndergaard, Michael Conforto

12-13-2018, 05:16 PM	#5
glen87 Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: VERMONT Posts: 72,216 glen87 glen87	kind of hard to take a company seriously when this (apparently) is their CoA.... https://api.ning.com/files/u325ipbpd...3u/triple5.JPG in case you are wondering.. facsimilie should be facsimile recreation should be re-creation cardauthentication should be card authentication and since the "signature is neither....." it should "nor" in front of "created by any other..." cannot get pic to work for some reason, help appreciated, thanks! __________________ collecting James Madison University players of all sports JMU cards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmucards/ other cards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/glen87/albums Last edited by glen87; 12-13-2018 at 05:20 PM.

12-13-2018, 05:16 PM	#6
1989FF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 2,425 ryans_rust	Here's a list I made in 2007. (********Edit, I actually think someone else started it and I added to it. Don't remember.) I have not updated it since then. Many are out of business by now. I would only use PSA, BGS and SGC. I used to use GAI back in the day as I had versions of the FF that no one else would differentiate on the flip and at the time they would. Many are out of business AAA AAI ( American Authentication Inc) ADVANCEDGRADING.COM AGS (Advanced Grading Specialists) ALL STAR GRADING ASA (Accugrade Sportscard Authentication) ASGC (All Star Grading Company) BCCG (Beckett Collectors Club Grading) BCG BEARSTATS GRADING SERVICES BGS (Beckett Grading Service) BGUM (Beckett Game Used Memoabilia) Blue Chip BRG (Best Rate Grading) BSVA BVG (Beckett Vintage Grading Capital Grading CCS (Card Collector Services) CEX (Certified Express) CGA (Card Grading Authenticators) CGS (Champs Grading Service) CLG Compugrade CPG (Certified Pro Grading) CSA (Certified Sports Authentication) CSC (Sports Card Grading Service) CSG CTA EGS (Express Grading Service) FGA FGS (Finest Grading Service) GAI (Global Authentication Inc.) (Bankrupt) GAI (Global Authority Inc) (new owners of GAI) GEM GEM Elite GEM-Sports GGI (Gem Grading Inc.) GGS (Gem Grading Services) GMA GRA GRADEMYCARDS.COM GRADING UNLIMITED IGX IKON ISA KSA (Kressler Sports Authentication) MAJOR LEAGUE GRADING MAP (Screw Down Holder) MGS (Masters Grading Services) MGS (Mint Grading Service) NASA (North American Sportscard Authentication) PCCG (Pro's Choice Card Graders) PCG (Professional Card Graders) PGA (Professional Grading Authority) PGC (Premier Grading Certification) PGC (Premier Grading Company -same as above?) PGC (Pro Grade Certified) PGI PGS (Professional Grading Service) PRE-Grading Service (uses screwdowns) Premium Sports Grading PRO (Pro Sports Grading) PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) PSA (Pacific Sports Authority) PSG (Pristine Sportscard Grading) PTG RGA SBC (Superlative Baseball Card Certification) SCD Sports Collectors Digest (SCD) folded and was sold to Sports Card Direct (SCD) SGC (Sportscard Guaranty) SNAGGLETOOTH SPA (Authenticated) Sportscard Grading Association STADIUM CLUB GRADING SWG (Southwest Card Grading) TCG TFA (The Final Authority) TGA UGS USA (Ultimate Sportscard Authority) Verisleeve (Sticker on Card Saver) VGR (Venture 21) VGS VSA VSG Vanguard WCG (World Class Grading) MISC. -- MINT/ROOKIE/BLANK (Looks like PSA flip and a Mini Pre -Tech 'self slab' with locking tabs) Supposed to become Atlas Grading Inc. with a website in 2010 Last edited by 1989FF; 12-13-2018 at 10:09 PM.*

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12-13-2018, 05:01 PM	#3
delangley1977 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 509	I’d personally use SGC way before GMA, if you’re looking for an alternative to the big boys.

12-13-2018, 05:20 PM	#7
Coug46n2 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Washington State Posts: 6,151 Coug46n2	I'm pretty sure TBP is a big GMA user. At least for his extensive prospect collection.

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12-13-2018, 07:17 PM	#11
tonedef2oo8 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7,320	No. It’s complete trash and a waste of money . __________________ *“ I am very good at calculating stuff. 160+60=210 “*

12-13-2018, 07:18 PM	#12
Art Vandelay Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 990	GMA - Giving Money Away

12-13-2018, 07:49 PM	#14
Bowman1951 Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Boston 'Burbs Posts: 4,714 djblitz Bowman1951	Often confused with GAI......which are actually fairly well respected for unopened packs.

12-13-2018, 08:14 PM	#15
ehp6737 Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 478	Oh boy

12-13-2018, 10:32 PM	#21
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12-14-2018, 12:12 AM	#25
NickM Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 12,353	Here is a thread about them. Nothing that has happened in the last year and a half has changed my opinion of GMA. https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119844 __________________ 1st superfractor hit by RK Collectibles. 2014 Bowman Chrome Mini BB Chris Kohler. "What do we want?" "Time travel." "And when do we want it?" "It's irrelevant."