BGS/Razor Grades are in....Pleasantly happy w/ results!!!

[Great Dealz Rob]

Hey Everyone! I sent in a few Razor Metal cards for grading with BGS. WITH NO MINIMUM GRADES!!! :shock: I figured if I got back a bunch of 7's & 8 I could put Razor on blast for even worse QC that I thought. Well, I was actually pretty surprised with the outcome. I will still hold off on buying anymore since my Beckham Autos edges look like they were cut with a butter knife. :shock:

ItemID Set Name Player Final Grade
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Kyle Skipworth 9.5
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Matt Wieters 9.5
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Matt Wieters 9.0
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Matt Wieters 9.5
2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady AU 8.5
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Yonder Alonso 9.5
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Gordon Beckham 9.0 (BTW both of the Beckhams had the coating/film on them & I still have 2 raw w/coating/film)
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Gordon Beckham 9.0
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Blue Brian Matusz 9.5
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Matt Wieters 9.0
2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Matt Wieters 9.0
2008 Finest Rookie Redemption Jeff Samardzija 9.5
2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects J.Montero AU 9.5
2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects J.Montero AU 9.0
2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Gordon Beckham AU 9.5

I was really happy with the 2 Blue Wieters 9.5 & the Alonso Blue 9.5...even happier with the Skipworth 9.5 since it's a SSSP and a guy I collect. Just thought I would share. Rob

 

[Jaypers]

Good stuff, Rob. Wish mine were in half as good shape as yours.

 

[Casey2884]

Someone will still find a way to complain about Razor's quality control in this post ... probably because you got a few BGS 9.0's ... despite your overall percentage of 9.5's being FAR better than anything a "mainstream" company like Topps or UD has ever put out.

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

Good stuff, Rob. Wish mine were in half as good shape as yours.

Is it me or is BGS's standards slipping? I really thought I was sending in a bunch of 8's or 8'5's. I am very happy with the results, but more or less shocked.

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

Someone will still find a way to complain about Razor's quality control in this post ... probably because you got a few BGS 9.0's ... despite your overall percentage of 9.5's being FAR better than anything a "mainstream" company like Topps or UD has ever put out.

Well, these were the best out of around 100 or so cards that I bought, both Base & Blue. So factor that into the QC comment.

 

[Jaypers]

Good stuff, Rob. Wish mine were in half as good shape as yours.

Is it me or is BGS's standards slipping? I really thought I was sending in a bunch of 8's or 8'5's. I am very happy with the results, but more or less shocked.

I too am curious if BGS is giving out any allowances to minor print dimpling and the like. Every one of mine has them in some way, shape or form.

I might stick a few of the "better" Metals in my next shipment, slap a MG-9 on them, and hope for the best.

Rob -- what were the subgrades on your Metals?

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

Good stuff, Rob. Wish mine were in half as good shape as yours.

Is it me or is BGS's standards slipping? I really thought I was sending in a bunch of 8's or 8'5's. I am very happy with the results, but more or less shocked.

I too am curious if BGS is giving out any allowances to minor print dimpling and the like. Every one of mine has them in some way, shape or form.

I might stick a few of the "better" Metals in my next shipment, slap a MG-9 on them, and hope for the best.

Rob -- what were the subgrades on your Metals?

I have to re-look at them, but they were all over the board. I don't think any of them were "true gems" and the ones that had problems weren't uniform. Some edges & some surfaces, I think I got hit on Centering on one. I will PM you the subs when I get a chance.

 

[mredsox89]

I submitted for base metals with the group submission and Im pretty sure I got 2 9's and 2 9.5's My blues and golds will be going with the next submission.

I just saw that the 2 9 Wieters base metals that showed up on the population report are yours, phew.

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

[/quote]I just saw that the 2 9 Wieters base metals that showed up on the population report are yours, phew.[/quote]

But atleast 2 of the Wieters Blue 9.5's are mine!

 

[mredsox89]

I just saw that the 2 9 Wieters base metals that showed up on the population report are yours, phew.

But atleast 2 of the Wieters Blue 9.5's are mine!

Yea, that is really nice. I have blues of alonso x2, weeks x2, westmoreland x2, kelly, lin and 2 weeks golds going to BGS in the next FCB sub

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

I just saw that the 2 9 Wieters base metals that showed up on the population report are yours, phew.

But atleast 2 of the Wieters Blue 9.5's are mine!

Yea, that is really nice. I have blues of alonso x2, weeks x2, westmoreland x2, kelly, lin and 2 weeks golds going to BGS in the next FCB sub

I have about 5 of each of the Blues that I didn't do anything with yet, so I will probably shoot in an order that will include a few Smoak, Alonso, Westmoreland, Weeks, Skipworth & I still have 2 Gordon Beckham with the Protective Film on them. Just not sure about the value of the Beckham's because no body else has any of the cards with the Film still on them.

 

[card-treasury]

Metals grade out better than the base set. Maybe Brian took J.P.'s early recommendation, to cure the chipping on back, to heart. Nice job guys.

 

[flightposite]

The old BGS, she ain't what she use to be, ain't what she use to be, ain't what she use to be...

 

[Bruin7]

Good stuff Rob! LMK if you bought anything new this week prospect-wise.

Allen

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

Good stuff Rob! LMK if you bought anything new this week prospect-wise.

Allen

PM's coming your way! I picked up a ton the last 2 weeks. Rob