PSA to open East Coast Office

[egbeachley]

Makes sense then. "Hobby demand" is input from collectors that desire an East Coast location, not the overall demand increase for 3rd party grading.

Interesting to see how this works out - if the increase in East Coast submittals is greater than the loss of West Coast submittals.

[glchen]

The next tweet will be:

"PSA is pleased to announce that Derek Grady will be the head grader of the East Coast office, and Brian Dwyer and Michael Goldberg will be running customer service."

OK, poor early April Fool's joke.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by glchen

The next tweet will be:

"PSA is pleased to announce that Derek Grady will be the head grader of the East Coast office, and Brian Dwyer and Michael Goldberg will be running customer service."

OK, poor early April Fool's joke.

That actually wouldn't be too far fetched.

[CMIZ5290]

After seeing larry's "name the grade" thread, who cares?

[joeadcock]

Agreed with Thrill of the Hunt.

The expenses involved in opening and running a new office would be significant. Seems far fetched that there are many customers who haven't graded(because didn't want to send across the country). Would likely need a large increase in submissions to make up the difference of such as venture. Unless there is more to this than is known.

[Davalillo]

If this is true and PSA sets up an east coast office I will immediately deliver 20,000 cards for review. Seriously.

[Touch'EmAll]

Will this be just for cards - PSA division? Or for coins also - PCGS division. If coins also, makes more sense

And I thought I heard rumblings of PCGS/PSA having corporate losses, not gains, even talk of them not being able to make it. Now they are doing better?

Maybe they will come out with new "quarter (.25) grades" for all the registry junkies to promote more business.

[Rich Klein]

Set up -- but not the grading center.

IIRC -- Beckett Grading now has a submission center in the NY metropolitan area --- and that could give them someone who can also help out at East Coast Events rather than having to fly someone accross the Country.

I did something "similiar" in a way in the 1980's -- when I set up at card shows and did work for Baseball Hobby News. I helped with the contests, took subs; and it actually helped my dealing buisness as well as that would be a nice entree to let collectors look at my cards of their favorite players.

It is not as far fetched to think that PSA would do the same thing. I would not be surprised if down the road -- SGC does something similar in the mid-west or far west. Setting up offices to drop off cards as long as you have good shipping options is not really that expensive compared to the full office you need for the main grading part of the company

Regards
Rich

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

That actually wouldn't be too far fetched.

Actually, yes it would.

[Orioles1954]

Well, being that God apparently put Derek Grady on the earth to grade baseball cards (and produce American Idol contestants), I thought it might happen.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Well, being that God apparently put Derek Grady on the earth to grade baseball cards (and produce American Idol contestants), I thought it might happen.

Actually, this is what you responded to above:

"PSA is pleased to announce that Derek Grady will be the head grader of the East Coast office, and Brian Dwyer and Michael Goldberg will be running customer service."

OK, poor early April Fool's joke.
That actually wouldn't be too far fetched.





I am sworn to silence for the moment but I am very aware of what two of those gentlemen are doing today. That is why I said it would be far fetched. If I didn't know those things then I would agree with you. Sorry I was sort of short with my first answer....

[bijoem]

I'm looking forward to PSA on the East Coast.

Hopefully that means on-site grading at Philly Shows at some point.