Off-Centered PSA Encapsulation

[perezfan]

Unfortunately (and believe it or not) this is par for the course for them... I'd break it out, rather than constantly being reminded of PSA's ineptitude every time I looked at it.

They even do this off-center and tilting placement with 1950 Bowman Cards. I avoid them completely.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Unfortunately (and believe it or not) this is par for the course for them... I'd break it out, rather than constantly being reminded of PSA's ineptitude every time I looked at it.

They even do this off-center and tilting placement with 1950 Bowman Cards. I avoid them completely.

Yeah I’ll probably wait until they’re at a nearby show in November, have them do the work, and just sticker it. I know it’s an odd fit, but damn, an 80/20 center job is ridiculous.

[Brent G.]

So apparently this job was bad enough to justify a redo on their part. Hopefully second time is the charm ...

[perezfan]

I wonder if this means they will fix the tens of thousands of off-centered and tilting cards they've sloppily slabbed as well? All this time, I've been cracking them out and putting them in One-Touch Holders.

Oh well... they look far better without the bar-codes anyway.

[etsmith]

It looks like it's a signed bookplate, so I wouldn't see anything wrong with trimming down the backing paper to a more uniform size.

[Brent G.]

So after PSA allowed me to return the original encapsulation for a replacement, today it came back perfectly done in a holder with the exact book page dimensions. I can only assume they had this size before but it was either out of stock or the employee just didn't use it.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. Next time they screw up something of yours, don't let them off the hook.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

So after PSA allowed me to return the original encapsulation for a replacement, today it came back perfectly done in a holder with the exact book page dimensions. I can only assume they had this size before but it was either out of stock or the employee just didn't use it.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. Next time they screw up something of yours, don't let them off the hook.

If you look at the old vs the new, they have actually subtley redesigned their holders. They now use a plastic inner sleeve (made of two sheets of thin, flexible plastic) that they crimp (not sure that's the right word) around the item itself, so that items now remain centered. The items used to be loose within the larger, rigid holder.