How BGS damaged a card of mine

[bear0555]

Fortunately, I only grade for reselling purposes and would be quite mad if I was only grading this for protection. Here's a photo of what it looks like in the slab:



and a closeup of the damage on the edge:




And if you look closely to the left of lasorda's portrait, there's a piece of the edge that chipped off!



So what happened? The card was mint when it was slabbed. But since it is thick, and the quality of the sleeve seems to be more brittle than what I'm used to seeing, the sleeve busted open at that edge. As a result, the card moved back and forth and the card got damaged from scraping against the seal of the sleeve. The two corners on the back are softer than they were before as well but I could not get the camera to show it well. Here's a view from the top:



I submitted this through the FCB Group Submission so I'll have to see what Phil can do for me. I figure beckett will make things good but we'll have to see.

 

[Zithy]

Same thing happened to me too . . .

I just shoved the card in a box and forgot about it though

 

[AndruwHRJones]

Not sure what they will do for you, but I definately think you have a gripe. Here is one of the bullet points they say are benefits for grading with BGS:

Preservation/Protection - Your BGS-graded cards are well preserved in a unique, protective cardholder. You won’t have to worry about them getting damaged.

 

[schmidtfan20]

why would you slab that card?

 

[EricInCT]

A before and after pic would help your case.

The bigger question would be what makes you think the FCB group would make one iota of difference versus submitting from your address?

 

[vwnut13]

A before and after pic would help your case.

Would that really be needed?

Would those edges get a 9 and the corners get an 8.5 now?

 

[Piratesfan1418]

why would you slab that card?

What does that matter?

Anyway, that sucks that BGS was so careless. They should definitely do something for ya.

B

 

[shephech]

Yeah I had something along the same lines happen.... and Phil is waiting on BGS for me....

Rick Porcello Gold REF FY RC 2008 BDDP #1... I was very pleased to see it was graded 9.5, Anyways I looked at it alittle more and seen they slabbed it "2009 Bowman Chrome Baseball #66".

Anyways I hope I can eventually get it re-slabbed.... and I hope everything works out on your end too!!!

Shep :ugeek:

 

[mchenrycards]

A before and after pic would help your case.

The bigger question would be what makes you think the FCB group would make one iota of difference versus submitting from your address?

I would think the fact that there is a piece of the card encased within the holder would be enough evidence that BGS damaged the card!!

 

[notjomommasclint]

why would you slab that card?

have you ever... EVER... added any value to any topic anywhere on any board?

 

[bear0555]

I never realized how many issues there were with bgs. I guess we'll see if I will be slabbing other cards this thick in the future.

 

[1995BBRefractorGuy]

Your concerns would probably be better rectified by contacting BGS.