The future of the PSA set registry

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Welcome. Is the "LA" Louisiana or Los Angeles...or something else?

I worked with some people that said they worked in L.A. Then they provided further clarification that L.A. was Lower Alabama.

Back to the main topic - PSA registry. I'm not a "registry" collector so I have no ties to it other than looking at some of the OJ collections to see what the collectors actually have because the registry doesn't distinguish the pose number.

From what I read there are a lot of serious registry collectors so it would seem PSA would put a bit of thought and effort into enhancing this PSA feature. It will be interesting to see what happens if they ignore this part of their business.

[Lobo Aullando]

As long as it doesn't still take 45 seconds to load the population pages every time...

[FromVAtoLA]

Yes, new set registries have been closed for a while now. In the interview he mentioned that there is one lady that handles all of the registry creation and she has to input everything manually. So big opportunity there and he commented on some of what they are considering as improvements.

Originally Posted by riggs336

On 11/7/23 I was told that, due to their backlog, they "are unable to accept new set requests at this time".

Originally Posted by Shankweather

I put in a new set request in Dec 2021 that's still not complete. To their credit it's still on the pending list! Sounds like I might have to wait a while, maybe forever-ish. No biggie. I love the registry so I'll definitely check out the interview.

[FromVAtoLA]

One other notable item that I probably should have posted in the original message. They are now scanning all cards and going to start 3-D printing the slab insert. This should improve the slab aesthetics as it sounds like this will allow them to get rid of the mylar inserts which are included to protect the cards and prevent them from moving around in the slab. Should be good for vintage slabs since there are a lot of cards that aren't a standard size.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by FromVAtoLA

One other notable item that I probably should have posted in the original message. They are now scanning all cards and going to start 3-D printing the slab insert. This should improve the slab aesthetics as it sounds like this will allow them to get rid of the mylar inserts which are included to protect the cards and prevent them from moving around in the slab. Should be good for vintage slabs since there are a lot of cards that aren't a standard size.

Sure hope this new feature doesn't result in a new bottleneck in their operation.

Or an added potential for damaging the card if the new insert is accidentally too small to actually fit the card.

[Shankweather]

Originally Posted by FromVAtoLA

Yes, new set registries have been closed for a while now. In the interview he mentioned that there is one lady that handles all of the registry creation and she has to input everything manually. So big opportunity there and he commented on some of what they are considering as improvements.

Give me a login I'll work on it for free.

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by FromVAtoLA

Yes, new set registries have been closed for a while now. In the interview he mentioned that there is one lady that handles all of the registry creation and she has to input everything manually. So big opportunity there and he commented on some of what they are considering as improvements.

For what it’s worth they created the 1927 Yankees World Series ticket registry when I requested about 6 months ago. That said, 4 tickets is not a huge lift and seemed odd it was not already created.