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CGG where did they go??

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"August 30, 2004

 

Effective immediately, The Comic Grading Group has changed our name to Professional Grading Authority. As of this date, books will be graded and shipped using a Professional Grading Authority (PGA) label, and the web site and all correspondence will reflect this change as well.

 

We made the decision to change our name for several reasons, and feel it is important to share these reasons with our customers.

 

As some of you may know, we have recently been informed that CGC feels that the name "CGGroup", which was used as an abbreviation for Comic Grading Group, infringes on the trademarked CGC name. We have always felt that the abbreviation CGGroup was unique and in no way infringed upon the trademark of CGC, and continue to believe that now. However, we also believe that the time and resources we would dedicate to fighting a legal battle against CGC would be better spent focusing on our customers and providing them with the quality products and services they expect and deserve

 

In addition to feeling our attention was better focused on our customers than a legal battle, we have recently formed a joint venture with Bladewave, LLC (www.bladewave.com) to bring exciting new products to market for the comic book industry. It is also important to note that in order for us to formalize our business relationship with our joint-venture partners, Bladewave requested that we eliminate our dispute with CGC. Now, we are Team PGA! We are working together with this company to offer new and exciting products and developments to the comic book industry, and while we are not yet ready to unveil these new additions, we feel strongly that they will add an enjoyable new dimension to the comic book hobby. We are certain our customers will feel the same, and will provide information regarding these products as soon as we are able. Stay tuned for more details!

 

Because of our strong commitment to our customers and our partner company, we have decided not to pursue a legal battle with CGC at this time and have instead changed the name of our organization to Professional Grading Authority to better reflect the services we offer. We believe that this name change will further solidify our own identity in the industry, as well as extinguish any possible confusion between the two companies. We hope this will allow both companies to concentrate on what is important, offering a professional grading service to our customers, rather than prolonged legal battles.

 

We hope that the name change to Professional Grading Authority will be a welcome change for our customers and a positive step towards the continued success of PGA. We feel this change will allow us a solid place in the industry from which to move forward and expand our company, as well as continued and increased acceptance of our services in the comic book community.

 

While the name of our company has changed, the quality services, timely turn around and reasonable prices we offer have not. PGA is committed to the satisfaction of our customers, and we encourage you to contact us with any questions or feedback about this change.

 

 

 

CONTACT:

Daniel Patterson

President, Professional Grading Authority, LLC

thecomicguys@comcast.net

(541) 341-1230

 

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I think something has to be said about PGA's business skills... see the bold below. Is it smart to call potential customers stupid? CGC and CGG are actually quite similar... anyways, let it be noted that the press release is meant to be funny.

 

Phoenix, AZ – August 30th, 2004 – Press Release

 

Top 10 Reasons Why Comic Grading Group Changed Its Name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:

 

10. CGC insisted that their customers where not bright enough to tell the difference between the name "CGC" and "CGGroup". We had some of our top scientist’s work on this for several days. When the results came back in our favor, CGC's response was, "you are wrong and we are right because we have more money than you" - followed by five minutes of continuous maniacal laughter.

 

9. After watching one of those late-night infomercials, we joined the 'Brand-Of-The-Month Club': 10 domain names for just one dollar!

 

8. This makes it more difficult for spammers to track our email addresses.

 

7. With our new acronym 'PGA', the CGC customers identified in reason no. 10 might actually associate us with the Master's Tournament and Tiger Woods. You can't buy publicity like that!

 

6. Google loves it when you change your domain frequently.

 

5. It's the next big trend in marketing: temporary branding.

 

4. We forgot the password to our host server, so we had to start from scratch.

 

3. Our focus group of tree monkeys consistently put the PGA logo in the same category as bananas, whereas the old CGGroup logo was matched with time-outs and flea baths. Interestingly, this study also demonstrated a small positive correlation between the CGC logo and the activity of flinging poo.

 

2. Once we got everything up to speed, well, we had nowhere left to go.

 

And, the number-one reason why Comic Grading Group changed its name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:

 

1. Our management team - all leading minds of our generation - decided we needed to stop trading barbs with CGC and get back to the business of distinguishing ourselves as the responsive, high-quality source for comic grading services.

 

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I think something has to be said about PGA's business skills... see the bold below. Is it smart to call potential customers stupid? CGC and CGG are actually quite similar... anyways, let it be noted that the press release is meant to be funny.

 

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Im sure the Professional Golf Association will have no problem with the name abbrevation

 

Old news, and quite frankly who cares? I'm sure the golf guys have absolutely no interest in a comic book grading company. makepoint.gif

 

You'd be surprised! Expect another name change within the year!!! gossip.gif

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Im sure the Professional Golf Association will have no problem with the name abbrevation

 

Old news, and quite frankly who cares? I'm sure the golf guys have absolutely no interest in a comic book grading company. makepoint.gif

 

confused-smiley-013.gif Hasbro sent letters to Fensler Films telling them to pull their G.I. Joe PSA's. They did. Ebaumsworld got the letter and went ahead and added even more PSA's to the site instead of pulling them.

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Im sure the Professional Golf Association will have no problem with the name abbrevation

 

Old news, and quite frankly who cares? I'm sure the golf guys have absolutely no interest in a comic book grading company. makepoint.gif

 

You'd be surprised! Expect another name change within the year!!! gossip.gif

 

I doubt the PGA (golf) would pursue any litigation against PGA (comics). As long as PGA (comics) doesn't interfere with the business of golf, PGA (golf) won't mind.

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Im sure the Professional Golf Association will have no problem with the name abbrevation

 

Old news, and quite frankly who cares? I'm sure the golf guys have absolutely no interest in a comic book grading company. makepoint.gif

 

You'd be surprised! Expect another name change within the year!!! gossip.gif

 

I doubt the PGA (golf) would pursue any litigation against PGA (comics). As long as PGA (comics) doesn't interfere with the business of golf, PGA (golf) won't mind.

 

ABA-American Bar Association

ABA-American Bookselers Association

ABA-American Basketball Association

Major League Basebal had to buy the MLB franchise for the web from a law firm that had used those letters for years.

A Google search turns up a bunch of CGCs and CGGs. Just

not in similar fields.

 

Why would you even think they'll be around in another year. Christo_pull_hair.gif

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