r/CGCCards

Hey all, since I saw a bunch of questions in this regard, and while it's still fresh (just picked up my package), I wanted to share my experience with CGC (CCG) Europe. Hopefully it can help some people decide on grading with them in the future.

Overall, I must start by saying that I am a rather impatient person and I kept checking the status of my submission daily xD Some points here might not apply to you if you "send and forget".

For reference I submitted 5 cards in the Economy tier, 2 modern japanese ones, 1 modern english one, and 2 vintage english ones, that I've had since my childhood. Anyway, jumping straight into...

The positives:

- the turnaround time was about 20-25 working days - very quick and without delays, what else can you ask for? For the price, this was a huge win for me, speaking of which...

- the price of submission - each card cost 20€ to grade, there were no hidden costs or up-charges, shipping back and forth was also reasonable, another big win,

- customer support - while not always super precise with the answers, the support team was rather quick to answer and very kind and respectful with their messages, always a nice thing to see,

- availability for EU residents - honestly, this was probably my main selling point, being able to ship the cards "next door" was great, no customs, extra charges, packages potentially getting lost on the other side of the globe, etc.

The negatives:

- the website has confusing information displayed - currently the EU website of CGC says that each tier's turnaround times are 45 days, which, even for the Economy tier, is not the case,

- no grading notes or reasoning - the two vintage cards came back with rather low grades, which isn't an issue, since I'm keeping them forever, but I did a pre-grading session, which made me believe they would be at least 8s. Of course, you can't reliably pre-grade at home for 100% certainty, but that's where grader notes would be welcome,

- one card came back with a speck of dirt encapsulated - a tiny bit of dirt is now permanently in the slab, which again, isn't a huge issue, since the card did 10, but it's going to be the tiniest irk in the back of my mind.

As a closing note, the one massive surprise was a Zard X gold card I submitted fully expecting a 9, which came back a 10! Including a picture just to share the joy 😁

Overall, I can truly recommend CGC in Germany to grade your cards if you live in the EU. As mentioned in the intro, I am a rather impatient and stressed person when it comes to things like these, but in retrospect, this went really really well and without any 3rd parties or middlemen involved.

Have a good one!

But it was more than worth the wait.

Apologies in advance for this image was taken off google images. Assuming there are no dings or dents, I think this card is very clean; however, if you look closely there appears to be some paint loss above the “k” in pokemon near the top of the card. Do you guys see anything else that would likely not grade this a pristine 10? I’m chasing my grail. Thanks!

Lmk pls!!

I know FFTCG doesn't have anywhere close to the same number of collectors as Pokemon, but I think the card is beautiful and cute nonetheless :) And I have the only one at the moment!

Not sure the value on this one I didn’t see any sales on eBay

So this is the CGC UK website - where you submit your cards at the London office and they send them to the states for grading.

How is it possible that all the tiers have the exact same turnaround times? So there is no actual difference between each of these "services" it's just done on the value of the card.

It's really weird because this isn't the case if you go on the CGC US site which has different turnaround times for each of the tiers, as you'd expect.

A little something I picked up recently such an Awesome card. 🫪

When I got this I didn’t realize until after that it’s just authenticated and not actually graded, do you think it’s worth sending it in for a crossover?

Thinking about grading these childhood cards with CGC. Not really bothered about increasing the value, but would be cool to preserve and see my own cards slabbed up.

But just for fun, what would you estimated grades be with the scratches and whitening. Anything between 3 and 6?

I was also thinking of submitting this to Beckett as another option.

Hey, I just bought a slab and just noticed the small crack (picture 1) and the white haze (picture 2). Are these normal and should I worry about authenticity? Thanks in advance

Picked this up a few months ago. Great addition to the perfect collection.

I have this 20th pokemon anniversary Mewtwo from 2016 I acquired in 2022. I’m potentially looking to see but of course there are no comps. Of course it’s from a time where CGC graded harsher and I was going to hold onto it long term from how much more CGC 10s were back then before they swapped labels and went easier on grading. I know psa 10 goes for around 600-700 CAD.

Any help or info would be greatly appreciated as I’m looking to sell, thanks !

Still can’t believe I have this. Feels unreal to have the “only” of something🥲