Poll Regarding Changes Announced by CGC

[pfm]

Main thread: CGC Changed Their Grading Scale & Label

I’m interested in how people view the changes announced by CGC at the granular level.

For each question, answer WHETHER YOU THINK THE CHANGE IMPROVES CGC AS A PRODUCT/SERVICE

Try to put aside any biases and answer as objectively as you can

1 = Bad decision, 5 = Great decision

Merging CGC with CSG

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Getting rid of subgrades

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

New non-Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Choosing to no longer use blue in label

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

New Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Choosing to use gold in background of Pristine label

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Cert on the front of the label

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Getting rid of Perfect 10s

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Keeping Pristine 10 as a grade

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Upgrade all current CGC 9.5s to 10

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Continuing to use fractional (0.5) grades

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

[Throwingknifekiller]

They merged with CCG not CSG, right?

[pfm]

Certified Sports Guaranty® (CSG®) https://www.csgcards.com/

[Throwingknifekiller]

Oh my bad. It’s overall called the Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®). Didn’t pay enough attention. Thanks!

[c0ll3ct0r]

A lot of 5’s from me, 1 on the damned half grades. 3 on the new Pristine 10 label, not entirely sure how I feel about that one yet. It looks very different from the GM 10, but that also kinda works. Interesting decision to retain the grade box on that one grade. Colors look great.

[philzcardz]

Edit: I used 3 as an indifferent to the change type of score

[jac2357]

Six 3s and five 4s.

[inertgeometry]

After some time, I think I like the new labels, but hate the pristine 10.

Still think gem mint 9.5s should stay 9.5s (now changed to mint +, pristine 10s should be the new gem mint 10s and perfect 10s should be the new pristine 10. Feels bad that perfect 10s are no longer visually represented on the label.

[jac2357]

Bump.
Eager to see the carnage lol.

[thsigma]

i thought cgc was announcing the polls for a second…

[decoypalmette]

Since we are at ~100 voters, this is the result of the previous poll that I made in the other thread.

It would be interesting to see how the perception will shift in the next month.
It seems a pretty divisive move honestly in every case.

[koala]

100+ votes for all polls

[pfm]

Here are the results, sorted by most supported change to least supported change.
I included a weird bar-chart kind of thing showing the breakdown. Hopefully it’s intuitive without explanation.

If there’s one thing I can say, it’s that people are extremely split on whether or not any particular change is good.

GENERALLY POSITIVE (>3)

Merging CGC with CSG

Average rating: 3.86

Breakdown

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Cert on the front of the label

Average rating: 3.68

Breakdown

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Keeping Pristine 10 as a grade

Average rating: 3.44

Breakdown

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Choosing to use gold in background of Pristine label

Average rating: 3.33

Breakdown

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GENERALLY NEUTRAL (~3)

New non-Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)

Average rating: 3.18

Breakdown

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New Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)

Average rating: 2.92

Breakdown

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GENERALLY NEGATIVE (<3)

Choosing to no longer use blue in label

Average rating: 2.78

Breakdown

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Upgrade all current CGC 9.5s to 10

Average rating: 2.60

Breakdown

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Getting rid of Perfect 10s

Average rating: 2.44

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Getting rid of subgrades

Average rating: 2.32

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Continuing to use fractional (0.5) grades

Average rating: 2.27

Breakdown

[JoshsOddCollection]

[c0ll3ct0r]

[pfm]

Nobody asked but here’s how I voted

5	Merging CGC with CSG
5	Getting rid of subgrades
4	New non-Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)
1	Choosing to no longer use blue in label
4	New Pristine label design (layout only, ignoring the color choice)
4	Choosing to use gold in background of Pristine label
5	Cert on the front of the label
5	Getting rid of Perfect 10s
4	Keeping Pristine 10 as a grade
5	Upgrade all current CGC 9.5s to 10
1	Continuing to use fractional (0.5) grades

[pokecollectoramy]

To the 15 people who gave a 1 to the merger of csg and cgc…

[jac2357]

A 2.984 batting average. Not quite 50 50 but holy smokes it knocks the usual 15 percent out of the park. Im sensing a lot of new love for cgc here.