bad experience grading with Beckett Grading Services
I pulled one of my nicest cards recently and it was just in time for the National Card Show. The card looked great! The surface looked clean with no print lines, edges and corners were crisp. I knew I wanted to grade it and would’ve been happy with a 9. I was originally going to go with PSA , but they ended up shutting down their on-site grading. I figured I wouldn’t mind BGS since I actually like the look of their slabs better. I went to their booth and was told they shut down their on-site grading as well. So they offered their express grading via drop off. It was the only card I brought with me to Chicago, so I didn’t want to bring it for nothing. I paid the fee there and handed the worker my card. Fast forward to August 13th and the card was delivered. I opened the package up and was a sad to not see the gold label :( Turn the slab around and BOOM! BGS 8. Surface 7?! The card surface looked amazing to me raw. I’m no grader myself, but the surface was definitely clean with no major dimples, blemishes or print lines. I take a look at the slabbed up card and theres a new smudge/scratch on the right side of the card right next to the “s” of the Vertical text saying “Veterans”. I got that as my main entree with a side of corner ding on the top right. I knew immediately I would have to reach out to them with pictures of the card prior to grading, so I scrambled around my camera roll. I surprisingly didn’t take a lot on my phone, but luckily I had recorded a bunch of B-Roll on my camera for a video I was going to put together. I emailed them the same day I received my package and still haven’t received a reply. I called today and actually got through to a rep and was told to email her the pictures. Sent them the best I could find and got this reply. I would NOT recommend doing BGS take back submissions, if this is how they handle things while in their care.