[hercules21]

What leads you to conclude that his argument is laughable?

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what was meant by "hosting and storing" the images. Hard drives for storing data are not expensive, that is what I meant.

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I would like to know too. Depending on what a certain person considers "a lot of money". Its subjective. Regardless its an additional cost be it $100 per 1000 images or $1 per 1000. I grade about 700-900 a year and I know there are others, groups even, who submit 500 a month. Over time those images add up and close to 100,000 images is going to cost money that no smart person OR business is going to cover. Again I ask - who here is willing to dish out $1000 for something used by few?

I'm having difficulty understanding your last question. Are you saying that BGS would have to dish out $1000 on scanners and such in order to provide this service, so you are you asking if any of us think it is worthwhile for BGS to spend that $1000? Are you asking if any of us here on the forum would be willing to dish out the $1000 ourselves? Or perhaps you are asking if we are each willing to spend $1000 more in addition to our regular grading fees on a yearly basis??

Your point was probably that BGS needs to spend big $ on hardware and labor to add this product.

I think it would be difficult for a typical customers to fully understand the cost effectiveness of adding this service, except for those with a business degree or with some sort of unique insight into the card grading industry (like BGS management). I think the intent of this thread was to ascertain or characterize the demand for this product. It sounds like everyone who has posted is <b>interested</b> in the service. Then it becomes a question of how much is it worth to you, individually. You say you submit 700-900 cards a year; I assume many of those are to eventually sell, which means you scan many yourself. So how much are you, personally, willing to spend per card for a hi-res scan from BGS to save you the time?