There were no regular subs available until December. I sent a 180 card Regular sub in the first week of January, already in assembly.

Appreciate the info Scott.

Looks like the $50 economy sub is back now as well.

https://www.psacard.com/pricing

Nope. That is by lottery only for 5 cards. Maybe in a few more months it will be open to the public.

Sorry about that. My mistake, I saw some group submitters on YouTube taking subs at $60/card (15 cards per person per week) and thought this level was open.

Not for regular dudes. PSA opened it up to bulk submitters despite some bulk submitters now going bankrupt when their bill from PSA comes due.

PSA allocation event
 

Hi all--

In case it's useful to hear--I did the PSA "allocation event" today to have a chance to submit 5 cards for $50 economy. They have a link on twitter one hour before the official time, you have to go there anytime before it starts. When it starts, you are then randomly assigned a # (I was 4676) and then it counts down from there and gives you an estimated wait time (mine was 50 mins). I waited...and after about 20-25 minutes it was over. Seemed like they got through about 1700 of them. I had heard that the "magic number" was like 1500 and that seems about right.

I know many of you have no interest in this! But in case anyone was wondering. It was fine, you had to stay on the computer during the wait but you could be doing other work, browsing, etc as long as you kept the tab on your internet browser active.

That's it--Jeff

Psa Lottery?
 

I waited as well for a bit. I then realized my chances were slim and the cards would probably be gone way too long.

In my humble opinion, PSA is still closed to me. My timer should not be counting down as using them is no longer an option. I refuse to pay $100 per card to get a card graded, and having to participate in a lottery simply to get a "half-off" slot doesn't appeal to me as well.

I'm 0-for-4. I've found them to be an utter waste of time. I think the 1,500 figure is probably correct. I still don't see how they can allocate only 20% of their resources to get these done within 90 days AND continue to clear the backlog. Color me skeptical.

It would be nice if PSA would do something solely for long-time submitters who continue to be shoved to the back of the line by the newbies.

tickets
 

I have about 10 deaf athletes ticket debuts that I would like to send to PSA. They have 50 dollars service fee for couple of weeks turnout. I felt that 50 is a lot for some of common tickets but they mean the world to me.

Do you guys they will lower the rate on tickets down in road?

Most definitely. If they don't get overwhelmed at $50.

I guess for myself I’ve never seen the value in getting them graded. When I began collecting and working in shops before owning one. Grading cards was the best part of the hobby. Learning from other critics and them learning from myself. The eye, the tools and techniques. It was important to the buyer and the seller. Now some ghost slaps a golden number on a case with a seal and everyone’s stuck with an interpretation that many times I feel is flawed. One time I picked up a Dr J rookie and called a friend who was a graders grader. I told him I’ve got something and I’ve got a notebook with a letter and I’m on my way over in an hour. He looked it over for 30 minutes or more. He said what’s your letter lol I told him if it’s the same as yours your buying me lunch. His was a M and mine was a W. Possibly the nicest on the planet. I believe it went to a very happy man in Colorado. Now it’s a number from some ghost. Maybe that’s best if you’re buying or selling. It’s just no fun and little discussion.

PSA allocation, take #2
 

For whatever it's worth, I did end up getting an allocation today at the PSA virtual ""event". I started at 3096 and it got all the way down to me after about 35 minutes.

They definitely awarded more than last time. I wonder if they are feeling more comfortable with where they are in terms of being able to crank them out in 90 days, or whether it was b/c this is the last one for now, or what.

I realize many of you could care less! But thought I would report in case people care and fully accept all arguments that I am dumb for paying $50 for economy grading. I'll report about whether it got turned around in 90 days.

Jeff

$50 per card is entirely too much. I feel as though the hobby has abandoned me.

I agree. At that price is it taking all or most of the profit out of selling the cards you can submit at that price range? It is definitely too high just to slab your cards to protect them.