PSA to open a new joint SGC/PSA location in FL

[Rich Klein]

[QUOTE=parkplace33;2520027][B]Each of the two locations will have its own focus. The Plano, Texas location which is expected to be online by July of this year, will be the centralized hub for ticket authentication and grading, which makes sense given the rapidly growing popularity of the sector. The Boca Raton, Florida location, which will share space with Collectors Universe counterpart SGC, will primarily focus on card grading and although collectors wont be able to directly submit to that location in the beginning maybe PSA will one day in future allow collectors to submit directly to that location.[/

I will also point out that a Plano office would enable PSA to set up at every large Dallas Card Show (700 tables every 2 months) and not have to fly employees into the area. Currently, they set up at the DCS about 1x a year. This would, in my opinion only, take away Beckett's home court advantage away from the DCS.

[sb1]

I would say SGC has the bulk of the business at the Dallas Card Show, Beckett is only of interest to those with brand new out of the pack cards for the most part. When PSA does set up, they are busy but much of it is autographs and memorabilia, as well as cards.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by sb1

I would say SGC has the bulk of the business at the Dallas Card Show, Beckett is only of interest to those with brand new out of the pack cards for the most part. When PSA does set up, they are busy but much of it is autographs and memorabilia, as well as cards.

I'll respectfully disagree as PSA was very busy during the May show with a bit of everything being submitted. SGC is in the hallway and has their own place but the BGS line is usually out of the door. I've never really seen a long wait at SGC and I do walk around quite a bit at the DCS

I will also say, that PSA has improved their submission process to a greater degree than it was even just a year ago. Their goal is to do things more efficiently for the customer's benefits and many of the complaints I heard in previous years at the DCS have now gone away. My fellow co-host on Hobby Hotline, the supremely talented Chris Carlin, has innovated many of those changes just as he made sure Upper Deck had the best customer care in the card manufacturing business when he ran that department