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Craig
Hello everyone and best wishes for a happy and successful 2012. My name is Craig Leyshon and my partner and I have started a business called Card Grading Australia. We have undertaken research and developement for around 18 months so we are not entering this field on a whim. I have 30 years experience in the printing industry, as a printer, in quality control and in management roles, which means I know exactly what to look at in regards to the condition of trading cards. A long time love of cards has also pointed me in this direction. We have a number of magnifiers and microscopes to examine different aspects of cards. We are offering a range of 3 grading services, Comprehensive, Autographed and Certified. Comprehensive and Autographed will see the cards 'slabbed' with our brand new, latest model ultrasonic welder which is due for delivery early in February. Our Certified grading is aimed at mid to lower level cards and is ideal for bulk lots of lower end cards. These are sealed in top loaders with tamper proof holograms, simply to make them more affordable.
Purchasing all of our equipment has meant a substantial investment which means we intend to offer our services long term. We will attend as many collectable shows as possible during 2012 and beyond to meet and greet and answer questions face to face.
Two things are very important to us. Firstly, we are completely independant. We do not sell or trade cards at all, we will be grading cards only. Secondly, consistency of grading is vital. We have developed a grading system which we believe is second to none in offering consistency. Further to this, we also offer a worldwide first of detailed written reports. These will detail any and all imperfections found on each card.
At this early stage we do not have a reputation and realise that it takes time to earn a solid reputation. Feel free to contact us by any means and we will answer all queries asap.
We look forward to being of assistance to anyone who desires a consistent and reliable grading service.
Craig
Card Grading Australia
 
First of all, good luck with your endeavours mate. Hopefully your business becomes a success.
Keep us updated and let us know once youre up and running.
Maybe post up a breakdown on your grading criteria, and process of slabbing cards...
Even some free trial grading for a couple of oct members to review..
Will definitely be keen to see how it goes :v:
 
Sorry if I missed it, but what kind of cards will you be grading? All sports? Good luck with all of it!
 
Good luck Craig, there will definitely be a niche market for Cricket, AFL and NRL collectors here, maybe even A-League. Obviously its going to be tough swaying people to grade their NBA,NFL,NHL and MBL cards with you as opposed to BGS and PSA. All the best, definitely have a couple NRL cards I'd love to have graded/preserved with you come February.
 
Thanks bigrob, we have some opening specials planned but will wait until our welder is here and up and running. I will post details on otc for sure, regards Craig.

---------- Post added 08-01-2012 at 09:08 PM ----------

Thanks nino_013, as soon as our welder arrives we will photos of slabbed cards on our website. We will be attending trade shows to answer questions face to face and we will have samples there for all to see. I appreciate your freebies idea and it has some merit, I will let you know in February, regards Craig.

---------- Post added 08-01-2012 at 09:11 PM ----------

Hi siladee, all information is available on our website, but obviously we want to specialise in Australian sports. We can grade sport and non-sport cards from here or anywhere else. Current and vintage cards too. Regards Craig.

---------- Post added 08-01-2012 at 09:19 PM ----------

Thanks supertoad, we are under no illusions regarding the difficulty of starting from scratch, but we are planning to be around long term. Australian cards are our first target but we think it will be slow until we earn a reputation for consistency and quality, and that will take time. I will definately be keeping all otc members informed of our progress, regards Craig.
 
Welcome aboard! I will be VERY keen to get some stuff slabbed!
 
Welcome to the site Craig.

Hope to hear more from your guys and good luck with the business! Certainly would be great for an aussie business like this to get into the market!
 
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