PSA street address for "authentication service" ??

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by raulus

My experience suggests a few days.

For example, I just bought an item on 12/6. PSA got it on 12/10, and they shipped it out to me on 12/13.

.So then it was just a matter of lthem ooking at the slab , not the card ?
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[raulus]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

.So then it was just a matter of lthem ooking at the slab , not the card ?
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I mean, if they’re looking at the card, they’re doing it in record time. So I would guess not. Plus, the service as advertised for graded cards suggests that they’re not re-grading the card. Just checking to make sure that the slab is intact and someone hasn’t faked a slab or broken it out and put another card into the slab.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

I mean, if they’re looking at the card, they’re doing it in record time. So I would guess not. Plus, the service as advertised for graded cards suggests that they’re not re-grading the card. Just checking to make sure that the slab is intact and someone hasn’t faked a slab or broken it out and put another card into the slab.

No card review, just slab. Source of great confusion among the public.

[PowderedH2O]

I just don't understand what takes so long. Here's a slab. Is it good? Yes or no? Five minutes?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by PowderedH2O

I just don't understand what takes so long. Here's a slab. Is it good? Yes or no? Five minutes?

I suspect they get in a pretty good stack every day. Probably have to take them out of the packaging they come in, get them all organized. Then someone has to check them out. Then pack them back up with their fancy packaging and ship them out. And do it all without screwing anything up, losing them, putting them into the wrong package, etc. With enough volume, the logistics could get exciting in a hurry.

At the same time, mine seem to all take just a few days, which seems about right given the level of service being provided here. But it sounds like others are taking longer. Could be a sign that they’re finding something that looks sketchy and kicking it over to the group that takes a closer look, or it could just be a sign that they’re inconsistent.