Rare Footage Of The Entire SGC Trading Card Grading Process 

The walkie talkie part reminded me so much of The Office when an auditor came in, and Michael Scott was riding a Segway inside to give the impression of being technologically adept.

SGC is better than PSA. They actually have standards. 🤷

A guy that doesn’t grade and avidly communicates that he doesn’t grade making content critiquing a grading company. Love to see it.

I think it’s fair to say that it is literally impossible for an 8 people company to grow to 110 in 1 single year and still have the same level of grading that they did before.

That black foam insert has a lot more to do with initial investment and a lot less to do with "look". If the internal profile of the injected molded case is designed to hold the card, like PSA, then that means every time you have a different size you need a different mold. SGC uses only 1 size case and then they out source the foam insert to a die cutting company to create the different profiles to hold the cards. This is something like 10x cheaper for the initial investment and only requires SGC to invest in 1 mold. Now the idea of using the foam to make custom profiles actually makes sense but that means they would need to invest in a laser cutter. That would allow them to precisely cut the correct profile which could be generated in some sort of CAD software after they take that top down photograph of a particular card. You think after having all that extra cash they saved from having a single mold they would have no problem spending 3K on a laser cutter.

He sure can memorize some of his employee's names. That in itself is impressive at least.

I love these commentary videos you put together, they really have value and its really easy to digest. Plus its good for all collectable markets to get this insight as well as scrutinise processes. Keep it up Rattle. It would be great to do a vid on PSA or BGS, also card manufacturing places too. I think you could really have a positive impact and strong standing in the collectable industry as a whole. Keep it up you legend!

As a person who was screwed by PSA too many times to count I have had nothing but honest grades and quick turn around from SGC.

I just found your channel and you have me cracking up man. It's something about your mono tone voice and calm manner, that I love. You got a new subscriber and like from me my man. Also, the last comment you made "Please give Jody a title for the love of god" man I'm still laughing lol. Keep the funny stuff coming bro!!

I really like SGC and only use them. Maybe a few autos I’ll use BGS when they are more free but SGC gives accurate grades for the card.

SGC is a delightful company. Their customer service is great. They have high quality slabs, accurate grades, and rumor has it they have a really nice Expresso machine in house for their employees.

I don't know man, every card I see in an SGC holder looks pretty accurate in my opinion. I've also seen some PSA 10's that are horribly offcentered, corners that aren't perfectly sharp, etc. One company may have better logistics or a more professional looking office but it's all the same kind of people grading cards. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine a cards grade and it's all so subjective. So with that said, if I'm going to grade my cards or buy graded cards, I'll take SGC.

I feel like these guys are on a month to month lease 😂

This video with SGC is months old and is way beyond the current state of things. This is a case of "if you know, you know". SGC has LONG been a very reputable grading source for those of us in the vintage sports cards. You admit you don't know grading and don't use it, so how is it that you know so much? Maybe in your Pokemon world what you say is true, but for vintage having a SGC graded card is well respected as a tough grader that very much adds value to cards.

SGC are decent to be honest! I’ve had cards at PSA slabbed with a hair inside it!!

The sonic welder sitting on its shipping pallet on a table is so reassuring. LMAO!

Trusting SGC with my cards, because the ETA on getting my cards back with PSA or Beckett is borderline over a year away. Calling into question the longevity of SGC's growth plan, and calling into question the cost of their services is irrelevant to the quality and ability of the grading process. Does a $30 fee mean the card is worth $30 more, no. So then does PSA's $150 cost per card make a card worth $150 more? No. Okay. What's the point you think you're making here? Really not interested in your negative stance towards a card grading service that is being open and transparent because of your trivial opinion stances, mocking them for using walkie talkies, when you can't even find videos of other grading services offices.

the die cut comment killed me when you showed the chase young right after lmao

These guy's make me never want to ever send a card out to get graded, because I can't imagine the other companies are much different. Sad that the industry is so self mutalating.

I just wanted to know if you have ever been the inside operation of PSA because I think you would see the same kind of things going on just like these other grading companies. I would say just try to see if you can get on the inside of PSA then give use your opinion on all the grading companies.

""They have grading knowledge to ... SOME ... level" 🤣🤣🤣

He probably learned everyone’s name that day.

I think grading in general shouldn’t have any barring on the value of the card. So someone’s opinions on the card and it’s shape makes your card 200x more valuable or more? (Whatever it is I’m generalizing) Why though? The card is still the card? If it’s in good shape it’s in good shape. A plastic casing with someone’s opinions (who could be wrong) shouldn’t make a card more valuable by itself. Such a weird concept.

If you have workers who are unsure of how many rooms there are or not know what a certain machine is called, those are red flags right there. To me, anyways.

Put it in Andy's hands, poor Andy, he gettin roughed up over those 7s 😅 I like you more every video of yours, I appreciate you not yelling at me in a Cuban chain about how you preloaded a box to open. Good stuff, solid content 🍻

SGC is well known for being a top grading company for sports cards. Especially vintage.

I was actually impressed with the operation. I saw you put a lot of words in the SGC leader's mouth. Seemed like a good group of guys trying to start and grow a business. I wouldn't expect him to know every aspect of the operation inside and out; that's why you hire good people. My first time watching your videos and will be my last. You are very negative.

So I’m watching this interview and company tour and at the start of the video the owner/president whatever he is says his company had a 10 employees/ a few which shipped out 150 cards/day, then he states he’s got 110 employees currently that ship out 4000 cards/day. Throughout the video if you count all the employees you see there’s probably 10-20 (which is odd since there’s supposed to be 100) well later in the video he shows his meeting room where it says in big letters “goal today is 4000 cards”.. well in my opinion it’s fishy and very odd that this guy has got literally 20 employees shipping out 4K/day when he admitted he could only do 150cards with 10 employees. (The authentication process takes time) Not only that, the building he’s working out of couldn’t even hold 100 employees, and he’s got a goal plastered on his whiteboard to show his 10 employees that day to hit the goal of 4K cards.. might be nothing but it’s just odd…and so the guy is lying for some reason & I don’t know why lol, I think he wants to portray like he’s giving an extremely quality authentication process but in reality he is just pumping through tons of cards per day with few employees and putting a façade on for costumers..

Doesn't EVERYTHING in the building completely revolve around the "card's". I might be wrong, but Jody wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for the "card's

This guy reminds me of what it would be like if my little brother tried to run a company lmao

That’s my guy Jeff ! Love Sport card investor

That wasn’t the “grading room,” it was the encapsulation room. It’s where the cards are slabbed after grading. The grading rooms of the bigger companies are pretty off limits to outsiders.

And that card is a custom slab, all it is is that it doesn't have the 4 corner cutouts

After watching the PSA 10 charizard videos I’m not grading any cards anymore, I’ll look after them better myself

honestly i have no issue with grading, i grade cards to sell to make a profit, however I never grade my personal cards from my collection because I dont want them imprisoned in plastic. i like to flip through my binder and take the cards out occasionally and hold the actual cards and just enjoy them. it is what it is.

I wonder if he actually knew all these employees names or if he had to quickly memorize them before they started filming XD

Learn the name of the machines in your building. Like you did for the names of the people in the room's

Sgc cards aren’t bad and have a good quality and feel. Though i dont normally buy sgc cards and have very few. There are exceptions. Basically im saying they have a great grading service and have a very accurate grading standard they 100 percent have the lowest 10 rate then psa cgc or bgs.

the best part of all of this are the fire sprinklers in the rooms with the cards

There isn't an industry standard I would like to see any grading company evaluate all 4 categories and send me a written evaluation of my cards

This was a great video and Rattle had some great and not so great points. Things like having the machine that can take the greatest level of quality assurance on a rare card in another room while on an intense daily quota is the type of questioning that these companies need, mainly because it shows how inconsistent this entire process is. On the other hand, roasting them for the theatrics of a youtube tour video like walkie-talkies, no framed jerseys on the wall or asking questions about machinery that they "should" know the answer to is a bit overkill. They're doing a filmed tour interview, you need to get into the perspective of someone who has literally no idea what they are looking at as the addressable audience.

can you imagine a squirt of that hand sanitizer landing on your Wayne Gretzky OPC RC? Why expose that risk to the cards. Wash your hands away from the inventory.

I rly feel sorry for the employees if the boom comes to an end

This might be my favorite video that I’ve seen on this Ch. I would love to hear your view on the 2020 selection that took place. Truth is the bedrock from this Ch.

They are somewhat aware of what a card IS...

Those look like kids 16-18 years old that’s grading the cards lol

i wouldn't grade any cards that are newer i would go for vintage holos that would hold the most value in the market

Do they keep a database you can search of every card graded so you can actually track rarity & have transparency?

SGC is going to be one of the biggest I think. I think the tuxedo treatment looks really good on a good 20-30% of all cards and the SGC 10 is pretty much a chase card. Also, I don't believe PSA is ever going lower than $75 or $50 per card. *Note* I do not grade cards anymore with anyone. I prefer raw

Inserts should definitely be laser cut. Let's start a company haha

we grade your cards with magic

You don't grade your cards, but you have quite the opinion of "rare" footage that has over 201k views from the original RU-vidr 7 months ago. That being said, I don't disagree with most of your points, especially when everyone thinks there is an expert high-end/high pay grader sitting looking at your card deciding between a 9 or a 9.5.

This all seems pretty par for the course for a small company. In 6 months they will probably be at half the staff and 15 dollars a card. They actually look pretty organized.

If the intent of your review is to be 99% critical, I get it. There are some things in this video (and certainly with Geoff, lol) I would take issue with, but I'm sure at the time this was made and even now, SGC would not say they are trying to be perfect, but more along the lines of continually improving. I have had my own issues with SGC (mostly with QC) since this was made - but would still say that they are better on the whole compared to many of the horror stories I hear out of PSA. SGC is the only grader I will personally submit to. I will buy PSA cards 3rd party, but have not been able to make myself pull the trigger on months-long + turnaround times.

I agree 100% with your opinion on graded cards, i dont need to pay someone to give me their opinion of my cards

I'm sure those dudes makin 10 dollars an hour put their full effort into makin sure everything they do is perfect, and they definitely don't sneak any of their own cards in there, slap a 10 on it, and sell it for thousands of dollars more than its worth, and definitely don't wear gloves while your grading the cards that would be ridiculous

The corners aren't in the case for custom cut case

Those are the UGLIEST slabs that I had ever seen!

Hey plug that magic machine in lol

Ugh, grading is the biggest scam in any trading card sports or a tcg to ever exist

The market hasn't been normal for well over a year, I think it's still going to stay steady on the same line that it's been on for a while longer mate.

I made a mistake of not taking proper pictures of my cards before submitting them and so when I received them one of my cards had mark on it I can't really tell you where it came from I'm thinking it's from either a scanning machine or something electronic..3 cards was submitted all three were 1992 Topps gold one was the Shaquille O'Neal rookie card which was flawless except for the fact that it was off centered another one was on Michael Jordan All-Star flawless nothing wrong with it and the third one was the regular Michael Jordan Topps gold all three just fresh off The box when I received them the shack got a 8.5 the regular Jordan got an 8.5 and my All Star Jordan got a 10 gem mint but I noticed the mark on it and I'm thinking how did this get a 10 gem mint with that Mark... I know that Mark wasn't there or else I would have sent it so I'm thinking they just switch my card or the damaged it through some kind of scanner or somethin..if their is an expert on this type of marks that's reading this can I please send you a photo of my card to verify thank you

The only grading I will ever trust is computer grading. Send a card too a few different graders and you will get a difference in grade. Send a card through a lens optic that captures any flaws and you will get the same results.

Great video!!!

Great great video!!! New grading companies are so shady as well as the guy interviewing. Would love a series on him...

LOL. You need to listen carefully first time watching. Don't start watching trying to make youtube video on criticizing something you don't really know.

I'm going with CSG with my grading

Why THE FUCK are these guys handling a multiple thousand dollar Mickey Mantle card?! No sleeve….no gloves…..if that was my card I’d kick Sports Card Investor in the balls.

Wait, 4k cards per day? per room? and there's 4? at what was 75$ a card and now 30? that's some huge $$$

I will always stick with PSA or Beckett

this guy is brutal! hilarious

You can hear the bias in your voice lol

Lmao quality my ass. My rainbow 🌈 Pikachu from vivid voltage housing is terrible. It fucked up my card. I have all the pictures to back it up. But SGC says it wasn’t like that. Idk 🤷🏽‍♂️ I think they suck.

Honestly I was shocked. What a low grade, boiler room type of setup. I seriously thought cards go to a semi-scientific "lab" type of environment. I like SGC and their slabs but that was scary.

Unless your card raw is selling for 100$ raw minimum, and you think you can get a 9 at the very minimum. It can be worth it. Anything below a 9 is pretty much raw price lol

You do seem pretty harsh man. SGC is going to the moon.

They will not be consistent hiring all these new graders. No way.

I was thinking it was more quality and much bigger. Every card gets sent ino a machines and robots that scanes and check everything in a computer with special measurements and lasers then put it togheter in a case witch pristine calculations and safeness. This is just basically young guys first job in life that gets hired to sit and make their own opinion on cards all day. I guess I seen to many syfy´s and have too high expectations :p

Great video

They were very strict with their hiring process though I need to add that in.. I applied as being a collector for over 15 years since I live one town over and I was denied than I see this and I'm like wth there's like 18yr olds there and I'm 35?! Lol

what a waste of 7 minutes couldnt even watch the whole 🤦🏽‍♂️ can you stop trying to be funny and make actual points "theyre using a make up brush" "who uses a walkie talkie in 2021" you literally dont even talk about their grading process 🤣

Far Tooo critical, at least SGC are being transparent

Idk that he’s that “hands off” so much as he is the one that oversees everything which inherently makes it difficult to be completely up to date on each individual thing. He seemed to know everyone by name upon entering each room which would seem to entail he is very current in the business at least in the grand scheme of things etc.

Keep in mind that 25 was a raise in price from 15 a card then 25 then 75 and then back to thirty soo.... I think our economy will raise inflation soooo........ Everyone will go up just like spending the money verses value shows only technically by a fee and alot is political. So I don't see a monster difference verses a pristine gold and a gem ten PSA they are the same the SGC helped PSA don't forget that.

This whole thing seems like NooB to me. If they went out of business I don't think I'd ever see my cards again 😆 But hey that is just my opinion!

I enjoyed the commentary. Be ready for the fanboys.

Listen SGC doesn't pop control the cards graded like PSA. Try sending PSA any vintage card you know is a Gem 10 and let it come back at an 8 or 9 fuckinnnng BET. And Dude your opinion on this subject is amateur at best. Fact and that's coming from someone that has a Topps contract.

at 22:32 he estimates a grade without even looking at the back LOL

Would you recommend getting a card graded?

SGC slabs are so cheap. I can Literally take apart a slab with a butter knife without chipping Or cracking the slab. I will still use SGC but they’re my last choice.

Def not looking like a good place. Seems like a fancy garage business

U B Trolling at a Steady Pace! Not much good to say….ok

Sgc for life psa sucks . Psa goes to shows and do grading .y the cards are back up at the company that's a big slap in the face

This was so awkward and I think everyone felt it. Especially Rosy Cheeks.

I’m ready to burn my 1986 fleer Jordan rookies! If I do should I make a video? I’m not into cards at all! This is insanity! Pokémon is demonic This market is bursting! Get out now!

Your just hating on everything .that company is doing so much better then the other companies

dude.. i dont think that tour helped them more than hurt them

You say anything just to hear yourself talk

Too casual of a set up for me.

Cringe tour