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ccgrading.com

Seller entry
Grading companySports cardsFirst reported 2026-09-081 report on file
Reported

Reported for: Cert verification does not work; unrecognized-grader slabs sold as graded value

Evidence received and reviewed. Not yet contested.

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Audit log (1 report on file)

  1. ReportReported for: Cert verification does not work; unrecognized-grader slabs sold as graded value

    GRADER-RISK: CCG / Collectible Card Grading, a budget bulk grader ($5/card). Structural buyer-harm documented entirely from their own public pages and API. Not a fraud allegation.

    GRADER-RISK entry. Findings drawn entirely from CCG public pages and API; conclusive on their face.

  2. Note

    Published the same day it was reported, rather than the usual 3 to 5 days, because the findings were conclusive.

What we checked (10 sources)

  • CardConduct evidence report (PDF)

    Full technical evidence report behind every point below, with sources. Personally identifying information removed.

    Source

  • CCG "Serial Number Lookup" page

    The cert-verification form field submits to an empty action with no handler and no API, so entering a serial does nothing. A real CCG cert number (e.g. 940859235) returns "Nothing Found".

    Source

  • CCG public database (sitemap / REST API)

    The only database behind the lookup holds exactly three records, all leftover 2016 WordPress theme-demo names (Colin Kaepernick, Thomas Edward Brady Jr, Finn Rosetta). Zero real cert records exist, which is why real certs cannot be verified.

    Source

  • CCG About page vs public domain records

    CCG claims "over 36 years, since 1988." The domain was registered in 2020 and CCG's own footer reads Copyright 2012-2024. Third-party card grading barely existed in 1988 (PSA was founded 1991).

    Source

  • CCG grading-scale page

    No grading methodology, process, equipment, or criteria is published, only a vague 1-10 scale. An on-camera slab reads overall 10 with a centering subgrade of 9.5, while the scale defines a 10 as perfect centering.

    Source

  • CCG grading-scale page

    CCG grades reprints and homemade "ACEO custom" cards in the same black slab and the same GEM MINT 10 treatment as licensed originals, so a buyer cannot tell them apart.

    Source

  • CCG "Buy Our Cards" page

    CCG sells its own graded cards on eBay and Amazon and links a specific eBay listing as "Card of the week." The same operation grades the cards and sells them, which removes the third-party independence grading is supposed to provide.

    Source

  • Public sold comps (130point) vs CCG asking prices

    CCG-graded cards are listed at 5x to 115x real market. Two are impossible for a grade that carries no premium: a CCG 9.5 Ripken at $2,450 exceeds a real PSA 10 at about $1,065, and a CCG 10 Durant at $145 exceeds a real PSA 10 at about $99.

  • CCG site technology (WordPress REST API)

    The site is a repurposed sports-team WordPress theme on shared managed hosting. Across its 1100-plus API routes there is no custom grading or cert-verification software at all; every route belongs to an off-the-shelf plugin.

    Source

  • Name and trade dress

    CCG on a small black label reads as CGC on a phone; "GEM MINT 10" is PSA terminology; a black label with four subgrades is Beckett trade dress. The label borrows recognition from three established graders and belongs to none.

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