PSA to open East Coast Office

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by glchen

According to the PSA forum here Linky, the East Coast office will be in Northern New Jersey and will only be a pick up / drop off location with no onsite grading.

What's the point?

[egbeachley]

OK, thanks.

I guess that means that any PSA revenue earned for cards submittted in NJ can be apportioned to NJ tax laws. Could save them a couple %,

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

What's the point?

Perhaps its worth it to PSA to have an East Coast location which would be much more inexpensive
to set up at the East Coast shows like, Philly, White Plains, Boston, Meadowlands, Pittsburgh, VA etc...
Much easier & coast effective to drive an hour here or 3 hours there then to fly staff & booth materials from California.

[bobbvc]

When is SGC coming to the West Coast?

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Perhaps its worth it to PSA to have an East Coast location which would be much more inexpensive
to set up at the East Coast shows like, Philly, White Plains, Boston, Meadowlands, Pittsburgh, VA etc...
Much easier & coast effective to drive an hour here or 3 hours there then to fly staff & booth materials from California.

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