The price rise inside the rename
Each old price point survives, but it now buys a slower service. Before the pause, $59 bought Express at an estimated 15 business days; $59.95 now buys Standard at 45. $149 bought Priority at five days; $149.95 now buys Express at ten. Walkthrough at $299 promised two to three days; Premier at $299.95 promises three to five. At the bottom, the cheapest grade has gone from $22 to $39.95, up 82%, and the cheapest route to TAG's 1,000-point Score from $31.99 to $59.95.
The menu is PSA's
The tier names now match the ones PSA adopted in September. Standard at $59.95 with $1,000 of cover and Priority at $79.95 with $1,500 sit 4 cents under PSA's $59.99 and $79.99, with identical cover. TAG has not said it priced against PSA, but the ladder reads that way. Below that, TAG still sells a $39.95 grade while PSA's Value tiers stay paused. Above it, TAG is cheaper by more than a few cents: $149.95 against PSA's $199 for Express, and $299.95 against $599 for Premier.
What the four cents buys
On TAG's estimates, Standard is 45 business days against PSA's 90 to 100, and Priority is 30 against 70 to 80. That is the real offer: roughly half the wait for the same money. The catch is the one on TAG's scorecard. PSA's slab is the one buyers search for when they check comparable sales, and TAG's isn't covered by eBay's Authenticity Guarantee. At equal price, the question is no longer which grade is cheaper. It is whether halving the wait is worth a slab the resale market values less.
Our read
For a card you are keeping, where the itemised report matters more than resale, TAG is now the faster route at PSA's price. For a card you intend to sell, nothing here changes the arithmetic. TAG also says it may limit or pause individual tiers again if demand outruns capacity, and its estimates were badly overrun last time. Check that the tier is still open on the day you ship.