PSA Grading at National Sports Card Convention in Cleveland in August Question

[CobbSpikedMe]

Aaaaahhhhh! Too. Much. For. One. Night!!

[BuckiGuy]

I just got in on a $10 PSA sub. Cards were back to Ohio in 34 days from their receipt of them

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by BuckiGuy

I just got in on a $10 PSA sub. Cards were back to Ohio in 34 days from their receipt of them

Awesome.

I saw some people saying 4-6 Months.

[NonSportDaniel]

I got a bulk submission back from PSA today. I made the submission at $6.25 a card. Published turnaround time for this is fifty business days. From their receipt of the cards to their shipping them back took 97 business days. Four to five months is very real for them now. I called at day 67, 77, and 87 and each time was told that a rush was being put on it. Rush means something different to them than it does to me I think.

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Aaaaahhhhh! Too. Much. For. One. Night!!

+1

This is exhausting.

[glynparson]

My last two bulk submissions to PSA were done in 9 days and 33 days after being entered as received. Now one of these took a while to get entered as received but I have had decent turnaround times. Also to answer someone’s question they do have value limits on cards submitted at discount levels. For example a high grade 1952 mantle can not be submitted at the $50 level it is considerably more than that.

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by glynparson

My last two bulk submissions to PSA were done in 9 days and 33 days after being entered as received. Now one of these took a while to get entered as received but I have had decent turnaround times. Also to answer someone’s question they do have value limits on cards submitted at discount levels. For example a high grade 1952 mantle can not be submitted at the $50 level it is considerably more than that.

I am curious when assigning value do you claim

- What you think it will Grade
- or Regular Ungraded Book Value

Book Value is Easy to Determine but a Mantle Rookie could be anywhere from 10,000 to over 1 Million. If it grades less than what you thought that could cost you alot of extra money you didn't need to pay.

If that is the Case do they Refund you the Difference?

If your Percieved Value is Off do they Not Grade it and make you start the whole long process all over again?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by that T206 Guy

If that is the Case do they Refund you the Difference?
If your Percieved Value is Off do they Not Grade it and make you start the whole long process all over again?

Many of the questions you're asking have been asked and answered many times on this board. Take a week and read a bunch of old threads. This will give you a broader base of knowledge.
PSA requests that you submit under a "Declared value": most people consider that the raw value of a card in the same grade. PSA will grade your card either way, but if it becomes a $1,000 and you've submitted under a bulk special with max value of $99, they may call you and upgrade the service level. They may not, and just send it back to you graded. I have seen where Pop 1 PSA 10s from vintage football have not been upgraded to a higher service level even though PSA 9s sell for $250 on that card.

[ngnichols]

All three companies will be at the show and all three companies will be live grading/slabbing there on-site.

I'd highly suggest you get there as early as possible to get your stuff in as each company will probably be extremely busy.

I know when I went last year I was only at the show on Friday and BGS closed up shop around 3pm that day for the rest of the show because they had gotten so many cards turned in.

Given the market conditions we've seen here this year, I expect that to happen again and maybe to PSA as well.