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Has anybody heard of this grading company?

I bought an OPC Mario Lemiuex rookie card graded at 2.5. I figured with my low bid, I wasn't going to win but I did. When I looked closer at the card I noticed that the grading company is one I have never heard of. The few places I looked on line, say that most stay in line with PSA grades. Looking at the card I would say four soft corners with one softer then the rest and 80-20 off center.

well at least the plus side they are not trying to say the grade is a 10 or like a 4 or something.. PSA is not king anymore in my view so not sure what you paid but hope it was a deal.

Looks like the website redirects to a different grading company site under construction...not a good sign IMO

May want to crack it and sub it at SGC or one of the other big companies.  Your card, up to you! 

I tend to agree, seems sketchy.  Don't think the grader will hold up well in resale

If I break the slab I normally wouldn't get it graded. I paid less than what a bad raw would be, so I am not upset. 

That and I have the Topps version in a PSA 8. Which I paid basically the same price 4 or 5 years ago. 

You have nearly nothing to worry about here. With a fly-by-night grading company it is possible that they ignored card alterations/trimming (or even altered it themselves). If you bust and don't re-slab with someone else more reputable AND sell, I suppose you run some risk of pissing off a customer who buys a trimmed card unbeknownst to you. With a card in a fairly low grade already, I imagine that risk is a bit low though. 

The card came in today and after putting it into the database with details, PGS is listed as a grading company on here. I believe I will keep it slabed.

It is for my collection and not for resale, so I am not worried about pissing off some customer.

Pokestock Grading Service ... the #1 site in Holland for grading Pokemon trading cards @ only € 19,99/card. 

Then there is also Platin Grading Service ... from Denmark and I have seen their logo before at shows or what-not.

And I found a Premium Grading Service ... no logo, just PGS with like a blue wave across the top. No scanable ser# either.

Could be a few more if had had more than 5 minutes to search?