PSA complete through dates stalled

[Bridwell]

I did finally receive my 2 PSA orders I had mailed to them 17 months ago. The excitement was dampened by some surprisingly low grades on many of the cards. Many Near Mint newer cards got 5's and 6's.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

I did finally receive my 2 PSA orders I had mailed to them 17 months ago. The excitement was dampened by some surprisingly low grades on many of the cards. Many Near Mint newer cards got 5's and 6's.

Unfortunately, you're not alone. I just got two legit gem mint cards back in my most recent sub that they gave a 9 and an 8 to. Both were SGC 10s, and both which I graded as 10s myself (and historically, I've been more strict than both PSA and SGC on my submissions). Meanwhile, in the same sub, they gave me a 10 on a card they graded as a 9 last time. Lol

[55koufax]

I agree that those days are long gone, but I call bullshit on them claiming they can't profit at $10 per card. Graders look at them for less than 1 minutes each, and the aggregate time spend per card for receiving, research, QA, and shipping has to be less than 5 minutes in total for bulk subs, and most likely less than 2 or 3 minutes per card average. There's no scenario whatsoever that this doesn't cover their costs.

Assuming PSA made a profit in 2008 with my very 1st BULK SUB @ $4.25 per
It stands to reason that if you DBL it to $9, 14 years later, they should still make a profit @ $9 per (likely less as SNOWMAN points out).

This $18 per and $22 per means exceptional profits.

One thing that should be analyzed, is PSA far less efficient with their new ownership, leadership, and staff vs. 2008 when Joe O. was in charge?

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Unfortunately, you're not alone. I just got two legit gem mint cards back in my most recent sub that they gave a 9 and an 8 to. Both were SGC 10s, and both which I graded as 10s myself (and historically, I've been more strict than both PSA and SGC on my submissions). Meanwhile, in the same sub, they gave me a 10 on a card they graded as a 9 last time. Lol

I'm a strict grader too. All my cards are 10's

[Bridwell]

Yes, I did get a couple of surprising 10's from PSA in these batches. Weird that cards that look like 7's and 8's to me get 5's and 6's and then a couple of cards get 9's and 10's! They are seeing something different than I'm seeing!

[NATCARD]

Wanted to give an update on my 62 card * $150 per card EXPRESS order.
Website: Express service is a 14 day estimated turnaround. 14 days, not weekdays, not mondays, DAYS!
Arrived on August 19th
Entered on August 20th
Made it QA Check1 on September 8th
Made it to QA Check2 within the last hour!
Today is Day 30! That is pretty close to 14 days. Double +++. My hopes are I will have those Carolina Brights Grades for all of you before they go to auction!
thanks, Jeff W

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by NATCARD

Wanted to give an update on my 62 card * $150 per card EXPRESS order.
Website: Express service is a 14 day estimated turnaround. 14 days, not weekdays, not mondays, DAYS!
Arrived on August 19th
Entered on August 20th
Made it QA Check1 on September 8th
Made it to QA Check2 within the last hour!
Today is Day 30! That is pretty close to 14 days. Double +++. My hopes are I will have those Carolina Brights Grades for all of you before they go to auction!
thanks, Jeff W

That's crazy Jeff. Good luck with your grades.

[Mike D.]

Just had grades pop for a July $18 monthly special (1996-present) pop!

Arrived at PSA: 07/29/22
Checked In: 08/11/22

I'm happy enough with 7 PSA 10's, 12 PSA 9's, and 5 PSA 8's out of the 24 card sub.

A pre-1995 monthly special mailed the same day is in grading.

My $30 value special mailed 07/07/22 has been in QA2 for a couple weeks...found out why yesterday. They damaged one of my cards and are crediting me for it. Now that that's resolved, hoping they pop any day.