I'm Done With CGC Grading

[@Kickflip_McTwist]

Continue to call out the bs bro. Community needs this content.

[@OpossumBud]

I don’t mind for y’all! Thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@DeltaRaptor476]

🙏🏻

[@PropiaPersona]

Psa and beckett still grade them

[@mlggnore7383]

Need it bro

[@braysamudio4529]

Pure Facts

[@The-Vintage-Pokemon-Store]

Personally I don’t see it as a threat or an issue. It doesn’t remove whitening, fix corners, remove creases, remove heavy scratches or defects. I don’t see it as altering to the point of being deceptive, in fact; I don’t see it as altering at all. If I clean my car before I sell it does that mean I have altered the car? Does that mean I’m being deceptive to the new buyer? No, it means I’m showing them the car in a clean condition. This would surely help the buying process by viewing the car/card without any contaminants/fingerprints on it that wouldn’t be there if I didn’t clean it? Anyway just my thoughts on this.

[@Ryvru]

I was searching for this comment 100% this dude is taking this way too seriously its not like you can alter the card entirely its literally just cleaning the surfaces of the card for the best grade possible.

[@Oz__MTG]

This biggest issue that i see here is people altering their cards and then selling them off to people as NM, without mentioning the fact that there’s polish on them. Saddest part about this? I legit believe that none of these grading companies can tell whether they are altered or not.

[@OpossumBud]

Exactly they will exchange hands and people will have no idea anything about it… losing money potentially… thank you 🙏🏽

[@niceymeondela7438]

True

[@ACruz-ks2nl]

Yeah they can’t I seen psa let it slide too it’s crazy. All companies let these altered cards slide every so often

[@Oz__MTG]

@@ACruz-ks2nl Cash means more than transparency nowadays I guess, but I’m thinking they just can’t even tell. Bad time to grade imo.

[@flvbbernvggets]

I'm loving my binder collections more and more with each passing day. I love me a good slab, but nothing beats paging through my banger binders.

[@OpossumBud]

Binders seem to be the way to go honestly 👀

[@SteeveelutionYT]

Amen

[@Joelito2300]

Its always something special about going through a binder. And going through other trainers binders at local meetups. Cards locked up in plastic can't replicate that

[@flvbbernvggets]

@@Joelito2300 I find that non-Pokemon fans (basically every single friend of mine) are even interested in looking through my binders as opposed to my slabs. I actually asked one of them why. They said it's less intimidating, more relaxing - like looking through a photo album.

[@Solaceon]

That's how I do it, just a big binder. Cards don't have to be high quality, sometimes they're yard sale collections that I assimilated. I'm comfortable putting just about any one of my cards into a deck. It's cheaper and it's wholesome. No drama or anything, just bliss.

[@DrahcirsComicsandThings]

Totally respect your opinion on this. Especially after doing the legwork. I do feel like a lot of people are missing the big issue here though. And that's whether or not the splooge is actually detectable/noticed by ANY grading company. Has anyone sent this stuff to PSA, BECKETT, or SGC and reported back? CGCs feet dragging is upsetting, but I'm more worried about this shit effecting card grading as a whole.

[@OpossumBud]

So I get the detection thing, but what people are overlooking about this scenario is I showed them the person, the card, and proof of them applying stuff to the cards… should’ve at least got them and that’s what gets me

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@MountyLive]

This is what my instant thought was, because everyone is now ‘ooo thats why you should use PSA’ so I’d be super interested to see if this works with PSA and Becketts too 🤔 Just sad that this shit happens man, just let us collect our shiny cardboard and go find something else to ruin 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DrahcirsComicsandThings]

@@OpossumBud Oh no, I fully agree better attention should have been paid here - especially after you did the leg work. CGC undoubtedly dropped the ball there. My concern is the mob mentality people like to get after. Those, oh CGC is bad - time to jump on PSA, Beckett, insert name here. And NO, everyone needs to be looked at here with a careful eye. Because odds are if CGC isn't detecting it others aren't either. You called out this one example, but how many other cards from other customers are slipping through the cracks everywhere else? As popular as PSA is, I'm sure they have handled their own handful of splooge cards by now. I'm hoping these companies at the very least get their hands on this stuff and actually take a look at it. Figure out if there is a way to recognise its use. Identify is it damaging cards? If so to what extent? Because frankly, otherwise every company is at fault here - not just CGC. This is precisely why I generally only grade my own cards and primarily just for display. Because frankly who knows the history of a card.

[@DrahcirsComicsandThings]

@@MountyLive Precisely. We as the consumers here really need to take a close look at everyone here. This is an eye opener for all grading companies and to assume it's isolated to CGC is negligent. Should CGC have handled this situation better? ABSOLUTELY. But that's the small issue of what could be a much bigger problem.

[@derekw9608]

There's nothing better than flipping through the ol 3 ring binder, looking at all my cards. I used to bring my best binders to the bars and I'd bring a new chick home every night, never failed. I had to stop because they'd get so wet from looking at my cards, soaking the floor. One night a gentleman at the bar slipped and broke his neck. After that I had to take a step back and realized I was partially responsible.

[@cameIs]

bro

[@opensourceanglers8291]

Same thing happened to me. Card binder is the ultimate chick magnet. Don't leave home without it!

[@Pokefanatics]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rexcelot]

You act like they knew it was that guys specific card. Im sure those cards come in by the dozen.

[@JoeyTheSinic]

I agree with Critikal. I think graded cards are a scam. Keep your slabs. I only want raw.

[@OpossumBud]

I’m in that now for sure with CGC, homies can’t even do their job even when I lay it out for them 😐

[@JoeyTheSinic]

@@OpossumBud i never understood the need to have someone independently verify my stuffs quality. Let the end buyer make that determination. With all these buyer protections. A smart buyer makes sure they have these protections in place before buying anything online. But everyone wants a deal and goes to back alley markets with shady Pokémon slingers, and then get upset when they get got. Its like going to skidrow and expecting not run into junkies and someone looking to rob you if they get the chance. Its silly. Theres no need for it. Pokémon at retail prices appreciates as whole still better than the S&P 500. Year over year. 15%+ annually is great. But people want more always. They want that 40-50-60% return and do some real shady stuff and buy from real shady people.

[@SteeveelutionYT]

I’m with you. I don’t get the need to grade your cards other then people trying to make money on it. Just give me the raw touchable cards!

[@blackfishbones]

Common Critikal W. Especially in Australia card grading is soooo expensive and not worth it

[@pokescans]

I might start just collecting raw cards. I literally just got back a graded card from. BGS, and guess what? They graded the freaking card upside-down! Are you kidding me? How does this happen? All these companies should be avoided. It's all opinionated based on the people they hire.

[@kraven_the_collector4329]

“Your word means something where I come from.” PERIOD!!! 🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@OpossumBud]

That’s just me, maybe some people don’t care but that’s me 🤷🏽‍♂️ thank you 🙏🏽

[@mauijym7798]

That sad part about life is, this card polish could be an amazing plus for people who wanted to buy cheaper cards make them look nice and keep them in their collection for display. Only problem is that people suck and they will try and cheat their way to more money. It’s just too bad

[@OpossumBud]

That’s 100% the problem and CGC knew about it with this card in this instance…. I appreciate ya homie 🙏🏽

[@flvbbernvggets]

Additional comment - these companies need to actually get their hands on this buffing/void filling compound, send it to a 3rd party to do a detailed analysis on it, and create a non destructive chemical authentication process - or perhaps determine what spectrum of light it reacts to.

[@OpossumBud]

That would do it 🙏🏽👀 not a bad idea

[@flvbbernvggets]

@@OpossumBud If there are companies that can find out how many neanderthals your ancestors slept with, they can certainly identify this polymer.

[@pokekeelaytcg]

That's fuckin crazy that you even showed them the card in question. And they still graded it. Fuckin wild. Good thing I don't have a subscription to them or any other grading place for that matter.

[@OpossumBud]

That’s why I’m done. Literally zero cares and I did all the work for them 🤷🏽‍♂️ I’m personally out 😐 thank you and best of luck for whatever you do in the future! 🙏🏽

[@pokekeelaytcg]

@@OpossumBud I'm probably just going to keep all my cards raw. Unless I find a trustworthy person to get a few cards done through PSA.

[@nicholasskeels5428]

Your Chanel is going to be huge, you speak the truth and people are desperate for that. Keep up the great work

[@OpossumBud]

No problem I’m here for y’all and I appreciate the time y’all give me 🙏🏽

[@JesseHahn11]

Preech bro 💯 agree!!

[@teamrocketshorts6110]

It’s definitely a great chanel 🎉🎉🎉

[@dub._.3839]

Hey man I love looking out for your vids I play em while I take showers, good work! Also did you go up almost 200 subscribers in the past day or am I trippin??🤯

[@OpossumBud]

I think I did and I’m just as shocked as you honestly 👀 appreciate ya and glad I can give ya some shower listening 😁🙏🏽

[@deathbymazda]

Do grading companies have a way to detect if a card has been chemically cleaned?

[@OpossumBud]

Something to invest in, but this particular instance im talking about I gave them the cards in question, the person doing the altering, and a vid with proof of them altering the cards. Only thing more I could’ve done was hang out at the entrance to CGC and stop the sun myself… they acknowledged it and then let it through anyway even though it’s against their policy… they can at least detect it that way 🙏🏽

[@DKCards]

Just found your channel, I'm a bit new to the scene but really appreciate the honesty here. I was about to get a couple of my cards sent to cgc too 😅

[@OpossumBud]

By all means if you think it’s best I encourage it? You just deserve this info 🙏🏽 thank you!

[@Kamalehalehaaa]

DK my man!

[@jamesgraves9858]

A 7.5 is a "win?" I agree it should come with a designation on the label but I doubt the Kurt's made any difference as to the grade of the card lol 7.5 CGC is not winning, y'all

[@jjcardmen]

welp I have a bulk submission that I’ve been procrastinating on and was planning to go to CGC, now I’m not so sure.

[@OpossumBud]

If you still want to I encourage it but y’all deserve the info before ya do it, they dropped the ball when I literally gave them everything.. thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@stratoz9]

Imagine buying CGC slabs to crack for binder collections and you find Kurts Card Splooge on them 💀

[@OpossumBud]

Could happen in a few years, no one knows what it is or the effect that the product that removes serial numbers and signatures will have on cards in the future… i appreciate ya 🙏🏽

[@Crocodile30]

I’ve used cgc before but before this Kurt’s Cleaning care shit. Definitely going to consider this before grading with them again

[@OpossumBud]

Just here to provide info for y’all 🙏🏽 appreciate ya homie!

[@cethmar3638]

So where can I get this Kurt's conditioner stuff... asking for a friend

[@OpossumBud]

Nope

[@SpartanMining]

holy s. rayquaza. you got me on that one. banette be poppin off too. feels more like a medium fry. kinda starting to heat up under the lamp, then bam someone orders a extra large fry.

[@OpossumBud]

Dang man when you put it that way what can I say 😂

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you homie! 🙏🏽

[@rogertruong5751]

CGC became a tiny relevant due to BGS and PSA being on hold during covid. Now that they're back, CGC isn't looking hot. Those who defend CGC are the ones heavily invested into the cards they graded. :/

[@JN-X]

Thanks for the quality! You're like the moist critikal of pokemon news/drama. Keep it up!

[@DevoFett]

Really enjoying the videos! Thanks for bringing to light all of these poketubers and companies that are actually bad for the community! Keep it up and much love!

[@OpossumBud]

No problem y’all deserve the info and I don’t mind giving it to ya to help with decisions here 🙏🏽 thank you

[@HobbyChamps]

Literally no TPG can tell if a card is wiped, chemicals or not. Everything about grading is visual. If you can't see that a card has been wiped, they can't do anything about it. It is what it is.

[@OpossumBud]

What about the card I sent them with proof of it being altered, the person doing it, and the cards they were submitting… can they detect that?

[@HobbyChamps]

@Opossum Bud I just don't think it's economically feasible for them to investigate in detail every instance of a card being wiped, who's submitting it, when, etc, AFTER it already passed grading standards. How can they even prove if the card that was submitted was the exact same card that was in the video? Maybe, MAYBE, if it's like a $1,000+ card they could spend the time, money and resources to investigate the matter, but to just expect it to happen at your whim seems a bit, I don't know, entitled I guess. If that's the right word. I love your content, so please don't take this as an attack or anything. Just trying to be realistic.

[@Filbertfriend]

​@@HobbyChamps Agreed.

[@finalhearts676]

Never bought into the slabs bullshit and never will. Can send a card to 10 different grading company's and get 10 different grades. All crap.

[@OpossumBud]

I’m with ya at this point man…. Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏽

[@Danny___Riot]

Hey Bud! I have a bunch of Dragonball cards I want to get graded but I’m unsure of which service to go with. I was thinking CGC but after watching this I probably won’t 😅 I want to get my cards graded but idk who the best is. I want my entire graded collection to be with the same provider so I was wondering who you could recommend? Thanks!

[@Bobertbleh]

WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING YOU'RE CANCELING THEM? 😂 It's just you calling out bad behavior and wanting accountability. Jesus Christ 🤣😭

[@OpossumBud]

Because they can’t say anything else 😂

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you bobert!! 😁🙏🏽

[@AwpWilliams]

I appreciate your perspective. Thank you.

[@juanolvera36]

It's been almost a year and Kurt has shown cards getting back from PSA with upgraded grades due to his products so... What's next?

[@OpossumBud]

Don’t use the garbage that’s what’s next

[@KetchumAllCollectibles]

Water is a chemical

[@RaiderRed03]

And thanks for letting everyone know about Kurts Card Care. Where can I get a bottle of that stuff? pls share the link. 😆

[@DBZTCG]

Glad ur done, because I’m not grading with PSA ever, never ever again CGC all the way all the way for me. All grading companies have their issues especially PSA grading a fake bunch of jordan cards, that’s sad & incompetent, PSA is not trust worthy & my cards will never go there for grading

[@OpossumBud]

I don’t care

[@Kony2020]

I get the appeal of grading, but I will always prefer flipping through my binder and seeing my cards there! Good stuff as always brotha!

[@OpossumBud]

I’m mostly a binder guy and I can agree with that! 😎🙏🏽

[@i8147]

Not gonna lie I have been waiting to grade a lot of my collection and every time I’m thinking about it I just decide against it smh now I’m definitely back to just keeping my cards in sleeves/cardsavers

[@OpossumBud]

They in my experience it seems like even if you give them concise proof of foul play they will just let it go through…. Just my take and I wish the best for whatever you do!

[@i8147]

@@OpossumBud Definitely man I see it the same way the proof was basically undeniable and the card still gets graded the fact they liked jc’s stuff too just ridiculous

[@mattymatt1626]

PSA and Becket. That’s it. Opossum sorry I asked my question so terribly on the last episode, but what do you think will be the most expensive pull in Crown Zenith?

[@OpossumBud]

Mewtwo or one of the gold cards, Giratina or Arceus

[@mattymatt1626]

@@OpossumBud There better be a God Pack 🤞

[@arnold-moger]

The big question becomes, can they even detect the altering? Can any grading company?

[@OpossumBud]

No, but when we tell them exactly which card to look out for from a specific person and they acknowledge it, you’d think they could catch that right?? 👀

[@arnold-moger]

@@OpossumBud very true. And then you have Beckett who just doesn't respond to any emails or calls at all. That just leaves psa lol

[@OpossumBud]

At least they don’t pretend they care is my takeaway from it… it’s bad but CGC responded and didn’t do shit

[@arnold-moger]

@@OpossumBud if they apologize and remove the grade on that card, would you ever use them again?

[@irldeadbeatninja4857]

Bro, this video has been out for 1 hour and has this many comments. Killing it bro

[@OpossumBud]

I’m just as shocked as you man 😳 just thank y’all for giving me some of your time y’all are doing it!

[@irldeadbeatninja4857]

@Opossum Bud you keep doing right by the community and we'll do right by you, virtual blow jobs n shit

[@sirrios02]

I personally have never been a fan of graded cards... you have certainly helped me decide on not getting my cards graded... I'm definitely behind you on this, bro... also, I haven't seen too many videos of ppl cracking slabs safely. I would be interested in seeing that... also, I appreciate the truth man

[@cafe100mph6]

Cgc new slabs are fire 🔥!

[@OpossumBud]

Disagree but respect the opinion

[@dylanddd8644]

Genuine question, is it possible that the guy in the video sent similar un altered cards in to get graded to shill the cleaner he was advertising? Like to falsely show that you can clean cards and still get them graded? If not I agree this whole situation is b.s I just don't see how a grader would miss something like that especially when the say they don't accept altered cards...

[@OpossumBud]

No Tcg.jc is selling the card as we speak with no indication of alteration mentioned

[@juicepokemon]

Do you have a link to the stuff he used to fix his card?

[@DamaCollectsCards]

CGC liking the actual post after claiming they don’t support it is pure gold. Great upload as usual Opposum

[@OpossumBud]

They know about it 👀

[@JUGGALOKEMON]

Love how the guy is basically bragging that he's a slime ball. I notice all these guys you call out always resort to say you are trying to cancel them.

[@OpossumBud]

It’s all they can do and they never prove it 😐 thank you homie 🙏🏽

[@1x5Games]

Lol love your name! Whoop, whoop!!!

[@OpossumBud]

This pretty cool 😎

[@JUGGALOKEMON]

@@1x5Games WHOOP WHOOP MMFWCL

[@robertduphily1964]

I trolled cgc on Facebook about Kurt’s card care and they blocked me and deleted the comment lol. I just feel scammed out of all the money I spent grading cards with them.

[@PokePey]

I have so many great cards some very valuable and some I just truly love the artwork. I would love to have them graded but it scares the 💩 outta me 😅

[@OpossumBud]

I am just telling you my experience and encourage you to do whatever you think you should with your cards! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@HyperiusRex]

I have had immense trouble with CGC! Today 06-02-2023 I received my Graded book back with a 9.8 grade with a tear on the front cover! They DESTROYED my book! This comic has been returned multiple times for ME (mechanical error). Can someone point me in the direction to get help?

[@JJ_R3ACH]

Me over here still indecisive about grading. This helps a bit lol

[@OpossumBud]

Just my take but y’all deserve the info… thank you 🙏🏽

[@kitcollects]

CGC has been doing some really shady stuff like this in the comic book world too. Last year they accepted and graded books that blatantly had an aftermarket, not publisher approved cover stapled on. What's even wilder in my opinion is that they have green (qualified) and purple (restored) labels that can go on comics, so why not use them here? The labels are pretty much the exact same just much smaller. At least label it and let people know it's been altered.

[@Coduq]

How do we know that the altered card was the one that received a 7.5? He could have just sent an unaltered one and lied.

[@land981]

I doubt they can verify if anything is used on the cards or not unless visibly apparent. Even tho they responded to you, its unlikely they are able to stop the card from getting graded off instagram DMs. The employee who graded the card probably didn't see the video or had any idea. There is probably no way for them to track that specific card down either just off a youtube video. Feels like a bit of a reach. I had a CGC card sent back because a water mark looked sus resent it a few months later and it was graded fine. Probably just got a different employee grading it.

[@OpossumBud]

Nah dawg, make excuses for them all you want. I walked that in and gave them literally everything. They took a stance against chemically altered cards and did nothing. They can’t verify anything and cannot be trusted with their word. Appreciate your feedback but excuses don’t save them

[@weirdwesteros1109]

How can you tell if you’ve bought a card that has the cleaning product on there?

[@OpossumBud]

Well me showing them that someone did it with video proof and calling the name and the card they will be sending I think would be a sure fire way to tell 👀

[@MattDBOM]

I’ve been trying to tell people for years that Raw cards are the way to go. You have always the option to grade it if you want, but they can be put in top loaders/binders/etc and are very easy to sell/trade.

[@OpossumBud]

I’m with it now homie 🙏🏽 thank you

[@domdexify]

I’m guessing cgc just didn’t notice. And all the other grading companies wouldn’t either. I wouldn’t really hold it against them other than that they probably should’ve reported that card & not let it through from him.

[@miller3441]

2 uploads In one day?? Did I win the mega millions?? Let’s fucking goooooooo!!!!

[@OpossumBud]

Oh yeah it’s technically less than 24 hours 😂 hey as long as y’all like it!

[@miller3441]

@@OpossumBud OP Bud keep them rolling! Love it

[@brycearmstrong7582]

I think the biggest issue is their quality control, i doubt the social media team would be able to find this specific card. They probably need to jump through hoops to even make an internal email to the rest of the departments about this card. Their quality control NEEDS to catch this shit though

[@NikkieMunstah]

You know what I love? Collecting raw cards. Rip to those CGC slabs haha

[@OpossumBud]

Cards are nice and safe but I’m raw now… I will no longer be supporting them… feel free to if you want though! Thank you truly for your time! 😁🙏🏽

[@thatonedude4254]

We dont know how he sent in the card though correct? Is it possible he didnt send it in under that name so it wasn't an easy catch for them. They get alot of cards so if it wasnt submitted by that name it changes the perspective.

[@OpossumBud]

Doubt it. Homie was flaunting about how he knew people and was proudly showing it while tagging CGC. He just knew he could get away with it. Trash grading company I gave them everything to stop it and they still said nah

[@thatonedude4254]

@@OpossumBud by now they probably would have played that card in an email to you to hope to change the perception so your probably right man

[@2UGamingProductions]

Are Bento boxes in Japan different than USA? The slab cases are garbage leaks water easy

[@underez9190]

I'm curious, what are your thoughts on ags grading?

[@OpossumBud]

Funny you ask I have videos on that 👀

[@underez9190]

@@OpossumBud *searching now Thank you!

[@scrubskull]

“Our graders sometimes makes mistakes” this is why grading is fishy to me and why I’m not a fan of it. I also just hate the cases lol

[@AwesumJGaming]

I gave up on CGC a while back. I was frustrated when I sent a bunch of cards and it just felt like they just threw a generic "8.5" grade on a lot of cards when they had a long return time, almost like they didn't even grade some of them. Only happened with my bulk submissions, my higher priced subs always had better grades and never had the generic 8.5 grade. Now, they send out much higher grades, which shows that they eased up on the harsh grading they began with. If I'm not going to get consistency, I'll just stick with the inconsistent company that actually has value.

[@OpossumBud]

Yeah I remember that the inconsistency in grading was big for awhile, pumped out tons of tens after almost none and that pissed people off 😂

[@tallcatshortdog]

@@OpossumBud absolutely I was early and only sent in my cream of the crop. Got 0 tens with tons of 9.5s basically like they refused to give a 10 and I always had two 10's and two 9.5 subgrades. Then I hear months later that 10's are all of a sudden super easy. I now refuse to use CGC ever again.

[@AwesumJGaming]

@@OpossumBud Yep, that was around the time I quit using them personally.

[@upb1439]

I stopped considering CGC as an option a few months or so back. A few years ago I liked them but with recent authentication issues It's either PSA or BGS if I know its a Black Label.

[@solo4508]

The RDCworld voiceover at the end got me!🤣 Hey if you don't have your word what do you have??

[@OpossumBud]

That’s my thing, I gave them everything to catch this card… still got through. Appreciate ya! 🙏🏽

[@Lurkin559]

Just found this guy, but how do you not have more subs?!? Good stuff

[@OpossumBud]

Because I’m not that good of a creator yet 😂 I’m getting there though and the support is humbling homie 🙏🏽

[@nesjames341]

I know this video is a year old, but I was on YT looking up this specific topic because it came up in a FB collector group. You made valid points that I agree with... His CGC 7.5 Japanese card is not even worth the cost it took to grade it 😅

[@StarmanDX4]

I'm not surprised, I never started with them hahaha

[@OpossumBud]

Maybe you dodged a bullet honestly

[@Sk81933]

Totally agree. That stuff can damage cards in the future. Discoloration, etc

[@anavaeru]

CGC = “Cleaned” and Graded Cards

[@OpossumBud]

Ooooooo got ‘em 😂🔥

[@anavaeru]

@@OpossumBudThanks it took me 11 months 23 days 17 hours and 7 seconds to come up with it 🥹👉👈

[@1XSTEALTHTWINTURBOX1]

Yeah this is nuts. I believe I told Rattle before and I tried to mention it to a lot of other people. My cousin and I sent them three error cards where there was basically no border at all on the top..(like a sliver) They graded the cards didn't mark them as error. They put the centering as like a grade 8. Meanwhile someone like BGS would put like a 3-5 If they don't put on the slab error or OC. So I showed CGC comparable cards with similar grade and the centering score was about the same but they were a little bit more normal cards in terms of centering. It was clear as day, showed them the two pictures both with the CGC slabs. Different between oc badly & other CGC cards that have centering as 8.5. They gave me a runaround for almost 8 months and it was never resolved and they just told me that they can't help me. The only thing is I didn't do what I was going to do my plan was to do like a 10 or 15% chargeback or something but I decided to just let them deal with all the hate instead. Only recently they've been a little more lenient on the grades but yeah they would screw up a lot of people's cards and grade them wrong and often put 8.5 grade. And this is coming from someone that sends cards into PSA and Beckett often and I usually get 9.5s and 10s, so I'm pretty accurate. They will just take your money for anything and they don't care about anything else.

[@antoniocastan3743]

opposum the Karen of Pokemon TCG lulz, love it bro! all your videos are bangers

[@OpossumBud]

Karen status baby I’ll take it… y’all deserve the info 🙏🏽

[@antoniocastan3743]

@@OpossumBud I appreciate it bro. I got back into Pokémon a few months ago and at first just saw all those watered down, Disney poketubers. Found your channel 2 weeks ago and havnt looked back since

[@MikeDrop66]

why would you crack the slabs? Id be curious if anyone does PSA or Beckett. to be fair I feel like everyone has problems except beckett. PSA has had worse scandels in my opinion. im newer though

[@OpossumBud]

Because I won’t support a company who won’t stick to their word… i appreciate ya but this was my choice man! 🙏🏽

[@MikeDrop66]

@@OpossumBud oh I hope I am not coming across as attacking you, just curious. Actually enjoy your videos, keep it up.

[@kianwatkins1250]

Only thing I might ask is when this guy posted the video of the polishing of the card maybe he had already sent it in and it was too late to stop the grading of it or it was already graded.

[@ArticJC]

I’ll never understand why people claim they have a partnership with someone. I’m going to just tell people I partnered with Opossum Bud when it comes to Japanese cards

[@OpossumBud]

😂😂 basically the same thing I don’t know man 🤷🏽‍♂️ thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@chrismendez9331]

I'm just trying to fully understand lol not against it just have questions If I had a pair of Jordans that were dirty, cleaned them immaculately then sell them as NM. Is cleaning them bad? Or is saying its NM bad?.. If the integrity of the card is there, no bent corners etc... But there is a dirt spot. How is cleaning the card bad? If the integrity of the card is there?

[@checkyourshorts7598]

Insane! Thanks for this tip. I was already kinda iffy about cgc personal. I’ll be sticking with psa 💎

[@tartuffethespry]

I have polished cards and had them successfully graded by both BGS and PSA. It's not altering the cards, its literally restoring

[@linkisaweeb5407]

Y'all see Deep Pocket Monster got hacked? Great video btw

[@OpossumBud]

Did he?? Damn I’ll look at that and thank you 🙏🏽

[@linkisaweeb5407]

Looks like it's recovered now. Hacker was Tesla Live and looks like its a widespread thing

[@Dire_Hit]

I think what they're saying is that they didn't notice that this particular card was altered. I mean it was randomly sent in so how do you no they could tell?

[@fdehands7494]

How do you know for certain that the cards he was polishing were actually ones he sent in. Or maybe he used the bate minimum and they checked but it was such a small amount it was un-noticable

[@zackerywood7367]

The Lillie Dreams come true is such a banger

[@OpossumBud]

She is nice and safe and I swear a PSA 10 😁 more to come and thank you!

[@fearstreak7462]

Wow, the algorithm actually doing work to put this in my feed. Memes aside, I've found this video REALLY informative, as a person that also does not believe in "touching up" cards for grading, their response was such lip service bullshit. If they wouldn't do anything about it, not even publicly address this alteration, much less rescind the cards registrated grading, then there is definitely a loss of faith in their other cards not being chemically altered or that they really know how to catch it. Thank you for standing by your standards as well and informing us of why you're making these decisions for u. Subscribed

[@OpossumBud]

No problem and the thing with me in addition to what you said, which I agree with, is I laid out everything for them and they still dropped the ball! Only thing I could’ve done more was wait at CGC and stop the sun myself 😂 thank you truly and it means a lot! I’ll try to stay worth your sub 🙏🏽

[@ryeloafbread]

It’s extremely disappointing when companies who want to be a staple in the community can’t tell the story straight. There is this narrative of he did it, and we had nothing to do with it… well maybe we did but who knows. Where is the accountability for this whole mess. I like owning cards not just for value but because I like them and I am proud to like Pokémon as a franchise. Enough of pimping cards out and bragging about our graded cards. Grading and value seems to be the standard now, what happened to the energy and passion. Wait all the passion went to sales 😰

[@OpossumBud]

That’s the thing if they didn’t know they didn’t know, but I gave them everything for this card with proof, they acknowledged it, and then still let it through… that’s why I’m mad

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@eunit599]

I think I trust a mystery bag on Whatnot more than I trust CGC 😂😂😂

[@OpossumBud]

Jeeeeeezzzz 😂 that bad huh?

[@kiraskards7665]

Never used them. Never will. I buy cards graded by them to crack only

[@OpossumBud]

Smart homie honestly 👀 especially after this

[@kiraskards4113]

@@OpossumBud I commented before i even heard you talk about how easy it is to open them. I loved buying their cases because of how easy they are to pop. Just cracked a cgc 7.5 neo rev suicune in under 8 seconds for the binder ✌ Thanks for sharing with everyone man

[@brandimocirne7297]

Thanks for your video. I feel all the grading companies should branch off to multiple local locations and have walk in grading right in front of you take it or leave it kind of thing. They can have like a big huge warehouse like that where they handle your cards in front of you and not have to send it wait and wait. I have personally have trust issues about the process.

[@skiesofpsr90]

I was just on KZbin looking for reviews for graders for one piece tcg but this video caught my attention thanks for calling out the bs like how is a grading company not gonna hold to their standards when it can literally affect their grading values

[@smeyely]

What card company has the most durable slabs and worth going through? I have a signed steve burns card and my anxiety is thru the roof w who to go through w such a unique card that i got??

[@jamessimms7923]

“They were dumb easy to open” i love that😂😂

[@rhysorourke6164]

Problem is, you definitely can't use PSA, Beckett, SGC, etc., All of which regularly grade similar stuff.

[@Meowtro]

I'm done with grading, cracked all my slabs and selling dupes. Grading is pointless unless you want to make money imo, rather have all my cards in a binder, I like having a theme for the pages.

[@OpossumBud]

Sounds like a plan and best of luck homie 😁🙏🏽

[@FullMetalEnergy]

Of course I realize this isn't your job to do so, but how do you differentiate between a card that's been altered or not? And if you don't know, how do you expect CGC to know other than "they're the professionals, that's not my job." I'm just playing devils advocate here but I've followed this for a bit and not really sure myself how you could tell the difference without seeing some before and after photos of the exact card in question. I don't know how they combat this, even looking with magnification if that even helps.

[@OpossumBud]

Just curious did you watch the vid? Because I literally sent CGC a vid of the card having stuff applied to it, the name of the person doing it, and the card in question 🤷🏽‍♂️ like what else could I possibly do man

[@FullMetalEnergy]

@@OpossumBud Yeah I watched them all, I'm just saying if someone were to buy this guys products and do it themselves, then submit to any grading company, how would they know this treatment was done to the cards? You sending the video only shows that the specific cards in THAT video have had this done to them. Unless your gripe was just why did they grade THIS guy's cards after seeing that video, I get it. I'm talking about the bigger picture though and being able to tell if any card in general has had this done to it. That goes for someone trying to buy singles at a card show, if the vendor bought this stuff and cleaned up a bunch of cards to sell for more money because now they're in "better condition". How can you tell?

[@thereegstah]

@@FullMetalEnergy they probably can't tell. But if CGC isn't willing to take a stance when all the evidence was laid out and gifted to them, then it shows their lack of integrity. What's more, now everybody knows they can get away with altering cards and there won't be any consequences. I think that's the main takeaway here.

[@FullMetalEnergy]

@@thereegstah We'll see but I have a feeling they'll deactivate those cert numbers. But yeah, other than that, I don't know how you take a stance on an issue you can't solve (outside of this one guy).

[@ShinyNxsh]

very sad to see from CGC, but im not suprised at all unfortunately. Putting some random splooge on your cards thats supposed to be "strong" and effective should not be okay and not good for the cards. Great vid Opossum,

[@OpossumBud]

No problem and glad you took the time to listen to my take 🙏🏽

[@professorburch]

When you made your last video on CGC and they replied with that Instagram Do's and Don'ts - They said below the post, "Questions? Our DMs are always open!" I asked a simple question about their submission process and about memberships and still haven't received a reply lol Keep up the great work OB!

[@andydiehl773]

Thanks for the Video and the work looking into this. That being said I really don't think there is a problem here. Really all he is doing with this product is cleaning the dirt and grime off the card and restoring its original shine. He puts the product on and lets it do the job then removes it. The same thing is done to Comics, Books, Paintings, Statues, Action figures, and kinds of other collectibles. Video games are notorious for this. You take a scratched up game that doesn't play run it through a sanding and polishing process and it's like new again. I know that in most cases you would tell someone that a collectible has been restored. I don't think what he is doing here is restoring, it's more cleaning. CGC also offers a cleaning a pressing service for comics which could be considered altering the comic book yet they still put a blue label on the graded book and not the purple restored comic label. I promise you cards cleaned like this have been graded by PSA, Beckett, and any other company grading cards. In all fairness, you should break out the tools again and start cracking those PSA cases. To further add how many people go to sell a car and the first thing they do is either clean the heck out of it and polish it to a factory shine or have a professional company do it. Would this also be considered altering they can make scratches go away on a car temporarily and put back a factory shine also temporarily? Just long enough to deceive a potential buyer. In closing, I do agree if a product like this is being used it should be tested to make sure it won't permanently harm your cards. Once again thanks for the call out on this product and I will be looking harder now at the cards I buy, just to make sure if a product was used on them it wasn't left on it to damage the card later.

[@OpossumBud]

Yeah and those signatures and serial numbers it removes per their website, they must be written in dirt 👍🏽 so true

[@andydiehl773]

@@OpossumBud As long as it's not in an ink pen there are products out there that will remove it.

[@snackpackman1938]

#CrackedCGCslabvirgingang

[@OpossumBud]

Gang gang baby 😎

[@026Gonzo]

8:23 I cannot stress enough how much money I put into this franchise as a whole. I’ve been a Pokémon fan since I was 10 years old I’m now 34. And it’s really disgusting to me that they’re allowing people to do essentially throw away money because you’re right as a huge fan of The franchise and the member of the hobby I want my cards as they are. And if down the line this crap he put on the card oxidizes in the slabs or if he just does colors in a little bit I would be upset because it’s no longer the grade that it was when you initially graded it.

[@OpossumBud]

That’s my whole thing man, and you get it. This is people money and hobby, and this crap can’t fly, especially when people show proof of it and lay out the entire thing for ya… jeez. Thank you man truly 🙏🏽

[@MrBreaks]

Altering cards should get you blacklisted from grading. I know that would be hard to control but it will make the cheaters work that much harder.

[@fatmanjonestv7143]

Damn man that sucks I love CGC - and the worst part is that shit he did to the card definitely altered it and definitely improved the grade! He made like a 5 into a 7.5 🤦🏼 and like you said it’s untested so for all we know that splooge could start eating the card away in a year! Scary stuff man. Good thing I hardly ever buy slabs 😂 but I’m Ngl I’ll keep using CGC for my own stuff. Only because I know that shit would breeze right through psa too 😂 great vid opossum this is great information for collectors to know - keep keeping it real homie