Recently you may have seen that we have teamed up with AGS Grading!!
We have submitted a few times so far and the results are beyond amazing! First off the actual design of the slab is so clean you could eat off of it.
The actual process of AGS is crazy easy. I've submitted slabs through PSA and CGC before and it seems like the design team said, 'let's see how difficult we can make this.' They have gotten tremendously better in recent years, but it definitely isn't as easy as AGS. With stuff like this there is no reason to make things difficult.
In this day and age with how far technology has come it just makes sense to upload your trading cards to an app. How many people are on their phones now a days? PSA does have an app but it is simply for revealing your grades early, tracking your order and the ability to list your vaulted cards for sale. Meaning it would go from PSA to whomever happens to buy the card. Beckett (BGS) also has an app, but it does pretty much the same thing as PSA's. Although they do have a autograph review that is pretty sweet, but this is a $10 fee.
Speaking of fees most of the grading services charge you a yearly or monthly fee just to acess their grading. Then you have to pay to get your cards graded and pay for shipping.
But, at the end of the day everyone knows PSA, CGC and BGS. So obviously there is something to be said about that... for now.
Automated Grading Systems (AGS) is a New York based company owned by Alex Aleksandrovski, Michael Isakov, Carlos Morales, David Kleyman & Alexander Kagan. Which actually own 3 companies already, AGS is their 4th. They even have icons such as Master P part of their board of directors.
Compared to other grading services that can be inaccurately graded by people, are super slow in their process and expensive to grade, AGS offers the opposite. They are quick, they are less expensive and more accurately graded. There is a new standard in the grading world and AGS is leading that standard. The AI technology is far superior and true to the actual grade of cards.
Once the grading process is completed by AGS they upload them to the app. So, you can see your grades early if you want, or you can wait for the surprise once they arrive! Do note that a signature is required when they return your slabs. Makes sense when you're talking thousands of dollars' worth of products!
Once received a breakdown of the grade will be available within the app. AGS doesn't offer subgrades on the slabs at this time, but they do automatically upload them to the app. to view at all times. You can see a breakdown of the entire card along with pictures. They go into detail with the corners, surface, edges and centering. They have seperate grades for each side, plus the AGS population of that grade and card. Super intuitive app that truly supports the decision making.
The customer service I have received from AGS is amazing. I have my own rep and they are amazing! Shout out Farrukh! They truly go above and beyond in all aspects of the process, making it super easy!
We do offer AGS grading on our site plus through our streaming on Whatnot. Super easy to use and super easy to navigate. We are there with you the entire process, so you don't have to navigate those waters alone! Our team will make sure you are updated as much as possible along the process!
When you're ready simply fill out the form and send it our way. A member of our team will be happy to reach out to you with the next steps! We are local here to Colorado, which makes dropping off and picking up a breeze!
Be sure to check out our video up on Instagram for our 1st submission reveal!
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