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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!
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I’d personally use SGC way before GMA, if you’re looking for an alternative to the big boys.
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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.
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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!
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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. |
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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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GMA is garbage made by a dude in his basement
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No. It’s complete trash and a waste of money .
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GMA - Giving Money Away
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Often confused with GAI......which are actually fairly well respected for unopened packs.
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Oh boy
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How could a grading company called Snaggletooth ever fail? Would love to see one of their slabs. |
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But yet a leader in auntentictaing forged signatures in abundance.
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Option 2. Card saver or top loader Option 3. Slide cards up and down your crack like a credit card machine Option 4. GMA |
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Don’t go with with Good Morning America for grading your cards. They deserve better
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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
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