Some fair points Jay but UKG did do some extensive leg work , Andy already mentioned it would take a few years to even get known and build up a supply of decent submissions to be turning a profit for the company and paying for staff/equipment and ultimately a bigger premises.
Who here is honestly up for striving and striving for 4+ years to get close to UKG (let's face it thats your first target because AFA is no way going to suffer from another grading company)
From a potential customers view I wouldn't take the risk on sending things in to get graded by yet another small grading company when the chances of them going under is quite high, therefore making my newly graded MOC or figure nothing more than a figure in a box , grading common items is done to inflate the price a bit so that means dealers/traders which ultimately won't send items in if it isn't going to increase the value for resale.
Anyone wanting to grade something for authentication is going to need to be won over by a history and some real experience / big names otherwise they won't trust you.
I am not saying its impossible to start up a company like UKG, quite the contrary I could set up a website tomorrow and wait for my first carded figure to drop through the post, what I am trying to get across is that even with a company name, a team, a place to grade, the experience to grade items from all over the world and maintain a great service you wouldn't be able to do compete from day one and you would probably fail trying.
Creating a company and being a successful one are two different things.
Who here is honestly up for striving and striving for 4+ years to get close to UKG (let's face it thats your first target because AFA is no way going to suffer from another grading company)
From a potential customers view I wouldn't take the risk on sending things in to get graded by yet another small grading company when the chances of them going under is quite high, therefore making my newly graded MOC or figure nothing more than a figure in a box , grading common items is done to inflate the price a bit so that means dealers/traders which ultimately won't send items in if it isn't going to increase the value for resale.
Anyone wanting to grade something for authentication is going to need to be won over by a history and some real experience / big names otherwise they won't trust you.
I am not saying its impossible to start up a company like UKG, quite the contrary I could set up a website tomorrow and wait for my first carded figure to drop through the post, what I am trying to get across is that even with a company name, a team, a place to grade, the experience to grade items from all over the world and maintain a great service you wouldn't be able to do compete from day one and you would probably fail trying.
Creating a company and being a successful one are two different things.
