PSA's Unbelievable turnaround times are Horrible!

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I did expess sgc recently took about a week door to door.

I sent a Clemente RC to PSA for "Express Service" on 12/19 and they show as having received it on 12/30

Currently status is still "Grading" Stage -So by the time this one gets back to me I will have just about $100 in getting it graded and turnaround at over 1 month.

Also Bobby's bulk submission that we sent to them at the end of May still shows in Assembly Stage (I think)

[Directly]

How many submissions is PSA receiving--possibly in the 500,000 range some weeks?--why? A card flipper told me he recently sold a PSA Graded Labron James Topps RC for $6,200--the buyer was extremely filled with happiness!
There you go, follow the money!

[bobbyw8469]

Also Bobby's bulk submission that we sent to them at the end of May still shows in Assembly Stage (I think)

Assembly?? I wish....Still Research and ID!!!!!!

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

assembly?? I wish....still research and id!!!!!!

wtf!!!

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

wtf!!!

I am willing to wager the wait times will get worse and worse....9 months will seem like express a year from now. I hope not....but just looking and how long it is taking simply to log items in.

[111gecko]

It has to be extremely difficult to hire for such a specialized position. You can't just run someone through a training period for a couple weeks and hope to have it work.

I would guess it is a bit of a revolving door as well. How many people get hired as a grader either for a good job (and find out the pay for such tedious work isn't worth it) or specifically for a temporary education to "learn the ropes internally" for a few months and then start submitting on their own and make a pile of cash?

[Directly]

Originally Posted by 111gecko

It has to be extremely difficult to hire for such a specialized position. You can't just run someone through a training period for a couple weeks and hope to have it work.

I would guess it is a bit of a revolving door as well. How many people get hired as a grader either for a good job (and find out the pay for such tedious work isn't worth it) or specifically for a temporary education to "learn the ropes internally" for a few months and then start submitting on their own and make a pile of cash?

I heard a ex-Beckett grader sold his two Pokémon Charizard cards for $10,000. was recently seen at a card show cherry picking ???

[kmac32]

I have a submission I sent in September 3 marked received October 7. Made it to grading but have been stuck there for 6 weeks. On their reseaech, they misidentified all the cards as W575-1. To my knowledge, Jesse Burkett does not exist in that set and only is in Koester Bread. Also the other cards are on thicker card stock Identical to the Burkett card so also makes sense that they are Koeste Bread also but they want to call them W575-1. You would think researchers would be knowledgable on who is in a set and other atributes of cards in a set like thickness of card stock. Scary

[imdaman1964]

Quarterly special arrived 9/29/20
Entered into the system 1/4/21
Nuff' said

PSA will not get any renewal until they get their act together