Dumb question?

[swarmee]

If you send it back in holder, they are supposed to update the cert number info and remove the prior grade. If you crack it and send it back in, how are they supposed to know it was the same one they graded earlier? The submitter who cracked it out has to mail back in the flip, and then they'll remove that one from the pop report.

Before buying it OP, I would check the Cert Number on their main page; if it doesn't match the database, I would call PSA. Ask them if the card is legit. Don't just email them, because that will take months to get an answer. But no, I wouldn't take possession of a card not in PSA's pop reports.

[JollyElm]

Based on what people have said, I think the first question that needs to be asked is, is the card in a 'new' PSA holder? If so, then it stands to reason that a delay in the posting of the card to the pop report is quite feasible. If it's in an 'old' holder, then I would be very suspicious, because it probably should've been included long ago.