PSA to open East Coast Office

[basesareempty]

According to a post via Twitter by Joe Orlando,due to overwhelming demand PSA will be opening an East Coast office in the near future. With this news and all the turmoil at SGC how will this affect SGC's business and what is the future of SGC? Opinions please.

Bob

[Ladder7]

More opportunities for the visually impaired!

[David W]

I joined PSA 3 years ago, sent in my 12 free subs, and then they sent me a letter and/or email to re subsubscribe 1 year ago, which I did.

They never sent me the letter and/or email this year, and I didn't re enroll, and I haven't missed them at all or the SMR magazine.

I wish them well, but I'm not joining again.

[chaddurbin]

great idea by PSA...i read there are more people born to grade cards back east.

[Thrill-of-the-Hunt]

this is an interesting move by psa. what is the investment here on their end?

how much for rent/utility bills/insurance
how much staff and wages
will they have on site equipment to encapsulate
will they have to move a grader or two to the new location
will they hire a new grader and will they train him in california first
will the turn around times be met

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is this a drop off site only and cards will be shipped to california

... for the most part, people are pretty used to shipping cards, will opening another full time location really be profitable?

[Gradedcardman]

" Will work for PSA 10 T206's"

[ScottFandango]

clearly the two companies are movingin opposite directions

PSA i pickingup market share fast and SGC is losing it...

Prediction..SGC will eventually be a niche grader for some obscure issues only...mainly pre 1920

SGC's post war/modern business is DEAD

i know personally, i turn profits by cracking out a card in SGC and sending it to PSA...the equivalent card has a MUCH higher value in PSA...check VCP to see)..

i dont know of any of the "problems" at SGC people allude to, i just understand the market and what it wants

one of the biggest problems with SGC is their failure to designate MARKINGS on a card and the maddening way they lump things into their pop reports (why cant they list Pink Keeler, red keeler, horizontal keeler in the e90-1 pop reports? instead they lump them toghther..so wrong!)