SGS (Star Grading Services)

LLSignals:
God, you are just encouraging Aiden!!!!
Well, there is proof that Aiden is right in his mild mannered opinions about SGS.
Heck, that finger print is worth the money alone, perhaps it was Abe Lincoln's very own print! Of course, the fact that it was 133 years after he died is of no concern to SGS.

 

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SGS Fraud

i purchased a coin on e-bay that was graded by star grading service. the 1943 steel penny i received was graded at MS-70. when i called a few independent reputable dealers in the area and i had told them i had a graded MS-70 steel penny, they laughed, to which i went down to their shops and had explained to me that the coin at best was only a MS-63. and now knowing how a coin is graded, i concur with them. furthermore upon further research, i discovered that star grading service is a 5th tier or bottom tier grading service. buyer beware the seller on e-bay aboncom. all of his coins are “graded” by SGS and even looking at the pictures on the auctions, all of the coins for sale are ridiculously over graded. my advice is stick to a company who is reputable and i give a hand to e-bay to try and protect buyers, especially novice numismatists, in their purchasing.

 

Welcome to the forum Pyro, you are not the 1st and won't be the last SGS buyer who found us !!!
Lots of good folks here !

 

pyro:
Welcome to the forum, and don't let those idiots at SGS ruin your desire to collect.
there are plenty of good slabbers (TPG'ers) out there and good coin dealers.
Stick around and have fun.

 

I did a google search on SGS after I purchased some coins from abacon (aboncom). I know, I should have searched first. Anyway that is how I found you guys. The coins were nice for the price I paid. I too didn't expect MS70s and bid accordingly. The killer was their shipping cost. It appears any thing over 4 coins is going to cost 11 something to ship. As soon as I got them, I broke them out of the plastic and put them in my book.

 

I want to point out that Steve's Gift Shop has SGS coins available on iOffer.com for those that just have to have one.
For those that don't know about iOffer, it seems to be the Wild West. Truly buyer beware.

Also a current search for SGS on E-Bay finds 24 hits in the titles. What does it take to get the E-Bay minimal rules obeyed?