@MarshallFaulk28 said:
The shipping department is not currently breaking any speed records. My order that moved to the Shipping stage a full week ago hasn't even popped the grades yet let alone actually shipped.
Have they charged your credit card? If so grades should be available
They haven’t done that either. The order made it to shipping and then just went on vacation it seems.
Then there must be a problem with your payment. I would contact
Thanks. I’ll reach out to them. Come to think of it, that card I used, I just activated the new one they sent me so perhaps the old expiration date they have isn’t working.
I think PSA might want to add some more staff to their customer service area. This is getting pretty bad:
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$18 60 card sub grades popped thursday. went in system 7.28. not shipped yet. $22 is too much for bulk, they need to lower it especially w market tanking.
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
I think PSA might want to add some more staff to their customer service area. This is getting pretty bad:
Thanks for reaching out to PSA. We value your business and want to provide you with answers to your questions. Due to extraordinarily high email volumes, it may take up to 15 business days to respond personally to your questions.
Wow, that’s unacceptable under any circumstance, let alone when they are charging the grading fees they are right now. Amateur hour.
So I had an $18 sub pop last night that was received on 8/8. I had a $30 sub that was in QA1 on that date and is still in QA1 today. Note to self never sub at $30 level again.
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
I think PSA might want to add some more staff to their customer service area. This is getting pretty bad:
Thanks for reaching out to PSA. We value your business and want to provide you with answers to your questions. Due to extraordinarily high email volumes, it may take up to 15 business days to respond personally to your questions.
@rexvos said:
So I had an $18 sub pop last night that was received on 8/8. I had a $30 sub that was in QA1 on that date and is still in QA1 today. Note to self never sub at $30 level again.
So I had an $18 sub pop last night that was received on 8/8. I had a $30 sub that was in QA1 on that date and is still in QA1 today. Note to self never sub at $30 level again.
That is kind of crazy. I have a friend that subbed at the $30 level and had his grades back before an economy sub. The $30 value subs weren't supposed to ship until after the backlog was cleared but that clearly is not happening unless they forgot to send out a press release that it was done.
So I had an $18 sub pop last night that was received on 8/8. I had a $30 sub that was in QA1 on that date and is still in QA1 today. Note to self never sub at $30 level again.
That is kind of crazy. I have a friend that subbed at the $30 level and had his grades back before an economy sub. The $30 value subs weren't supposed to ship until after the backlog was cleared but that clearly is not happening unless they forgot to send out a press release that it was done.
Completely clueless and tone deaf. Good news is that both the sub that popped last night and the one that popped last Wednesday were updated with tracking this am
Ah, my grades popped and order shipped already! I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the e-mail I sent yesterday, but when someone at PSA looks at my e-mail in 15 business days and investigates, they will see my order has already shipped.
This value order arrived June 24, Entered June 30, started grading July 13, and completed today.
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Ah, my grades popped and order shipped already! I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the e-mail I sent yesterday, but when someone at PSA looks at my e-mail in 15 business days and investigates, they will see my order has already shipped.
This value order arrived June 24, Entered June 30, started grading July 13, and completed today.
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Ah, my grades popped and order shipped already! I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the e-mail I sent yesterday, but when someone at PSA looks at my e-mail in 15 business days and investigates, they will see my order has already shipped.
This value order arrived June 24, Entered June 30, started grading July 13, and completed today.
My 2 specials are both in the QA2 stage now.
Hopefully good results.
I hope so. I must be one of the rare odd people that doesn't like to check them online. I did that once and wasn't happy with the grades on that order, so now I prefer to be surprised when they arrive. 🙂
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
I think PSA might want to add some more staff to their customer service area. This is getting pretty bad:
Thanks for reaching out to PSA. We value your business and want to provide you with answers to your questions. Due to extraordinarily high email volumes, it may take up to 15 business days to respond personally to your questions.
That is terribly poor
This is true. I’ll going to have to go the CRC route after the fact to get a couple of cards corrected
Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
I figured paying for the Economy service I would get fairly decent service, at least getting 90 day turnaround. I have two submissions from 6/14 and 6/17. One just hit Assembly last week. One is still in grading.
They are vintage cards so that could be the issue if they have less graders qualified for those.
Just had a National $18 special complete in 41 days. Arrived 8/11, USPS tracking ETA back to me 9/22.
Twenty cards from 1997. How do I feel about the grades overall? I give it an 8.
Is it safe to say that everyone's backlog orders have shipped then with the exception being if the order had issues? I noticed they've removed the CTD dates from their customer comms page. I take that believe they should be caught up then.
I have a $30 per card sub that was entered on 6/14 that has been in QA1 for 6 weeks now. Frustrating to see all the $18 special subs popping from up to 2 months later.
@Frozencaribou said:
I have a $30 per card sub that was entered on 6/14 that has been in QA1 for 6 weeks now. Frustrating to see all the $18 special subs popping from up to 2 months later.
Have to admit I feel odd not having an order at PSA right now. Probably been the first time in 20 years Ive had nothing here.
Feels strange not clicking to see the progress of an order and just reading the boards.
@handyman said:
Have to admit I feel odd not having an order at PSA right now. Probably been the first time in 20 years Ive had nothing here.
Feels strange not clicking to see the progress of an order and just reading the boards.
I think that feeling is incoming for me in a couple months
@handyman said:
Have to admit I feel odd not having an order at PSA right now. Probably been the first time in 20 years Ive had nothing here.
Feels strange not clicking to see the progress of an order and just reading the boards.
Wow, long time customer! What's the magic price point you need PSA to hit?
Im more concerned with my cards coming back with extra wear. Had several that look like they were sent through some type of machine and they shredded the corners. Anything with color like 1962,1971, or 1969 FB cards are coming back not like I sent them. Or with flipped corners. Hoping they change up whatever method they are using to scan these as thats where I think the damage is coming from. I have a theory gemamint is something like this machine. But Im probably wrong and overthinking the situation. https://youtu.be/WoCX9dCUGeA watch whole video or start at 2:30
Yeah, that's scary if you have too many cases of damage. Better to let them sort it out. It doesn't even sound like they've reached a point where they are acknowledging a problem though.
My $18 order popped yesterday. Arrived 7/27, entered 8/4. Was hit with the upcharge on my 4 Cale Makar Young Guns. Had some non-sport that could have been bumped too, but oddly it was only the Makar cards.
@rjcoy06 said:
My $18 order popped yesterday. Arrived 7/27, entered 8/4. Was hit with the upcharge on my 4 Cale Makar Young Guns. Had some non-sport that could have been bumped too, but oddly it was only the Makar cards.
I had one pop last week and there were 6 or 8 that were over the $199 value and they didn't pop me for upcharges. I appreciated that.
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Ah, my grades popped and order shipped already! I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the e-mail I sent yesterday, but when someone at PSA looks at my e-mail in 15 business days and investigates, they will see my order has already shipped.
This value order arrived June 24, Entered June 30, started grading July 13, and completed today.
My 2 specials are both in the QA2 stage now.
Hopefully good results.
I got my order today. PSA definitely gets an A+ for their shipping speed. I am super impressed that the package can be picked up by Fedex at 4:00 PM and it gets to me in Toronto through customs before noon the next day. I don't think I get anything delivered that fast even when coming from locally.
I am pleased that all my cards do not appear to have sustained any damage from their handling, and I didn't receive any of those unnecessary thicker slabs.
Comparing with my expected grades, I had:
10 with my expected grade
3 better than my expected grade
7 less than my expected grade
1 not graded because of minimum size requirement 🙁
1 not graded because they told me they cannot safely slab the card without risking damage to it (an Upper Deck fine silver card)
Overall, some disappointments, but not the worst. I'm overall fairly happy with the order.
Oooo... my first Special just popped now. This arrived 7/22 and entered 8/2. CC was charged immediately, so this one I don't think will get stuck in shipping.
Let’s see some grades! I have an Econ sub in qa2 that I’m waiting on. Sadly there’s a few Lance cards in it but I was able to pull out some other lance cards from another Econ sub before it went out.
My final submission in the queue hit the problem order bin. I got an email today notifying me they damaged a card during holdering and asking if I want them to holder it or send it back raw. I told them to send it raw. Fortunately it was a cheap card. I had historically listed the values of cards I submitted at only a few dollars each because I have my own insurance and I don't want to pay to insure the return shipment twice. The downside is if something happens to the card during grading, they will use the stated value for compensation. So in the future, I need to list what I actually paid for the card so I am covered in the event of damage during grading.
Got my first batch of $18 special back in about 6 weeks. Should eb here on Saturday. I was pretty happy with the grades on a 96-present order. All about what I thought they'd be. 50% on 10s.
1 1 66383699 MINT 9 1998 Fleer Tradition Vintage '61 3 Allen Iverson Card
2 1 66383700 MINT 9 2009 Upper Deck Jordan Legacy 7 Michael Jordan Card
3 1 66383701 MINT 9 2012 Panini Brilliance Spellbound 68 Kyrie Irving Card
4 1 66383702 GEM MINT 10 2016 Panini Donruss Optic 16 Kevin Love Aqua Card
5 1 66383703 MINT 9 2019 Panini Chronicles 116 Ja Morant Card
6 1 66383704 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Prizm 268 James Wiseman Card
7 1 66383705 MINT 9 2006 Bowman Chrome 68 Devin Hester Card
8 1 66383706 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 186 Tom Brady Mosaic Card
9 1 66383707 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 244 Trey Lance Camo Pink Card
10 1 66383708 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 243 Zach Wilson Camo Pink Card
11 1 66383709 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo Stickers S5 Hollywood Hogan Card
12 1 66383710 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 8 Diamond Dallas Page Card
13 1 66383711 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 65 Hollywood Hogan Card
14 1 66383712 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 65 Hollywood Hogan Card
15 1 66383713 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 32 Rey Mysterio Jr. Card
16 1 66383714 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 32 Rey Mysterio Jr. Card
17 1 66383715 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1999 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series 2 Chyna Card
18 1 66383716 MINT 9 2021 Panini Prizm UFC Knockout Artists 15 Donald Cerrone Green Pulsar Card
19 1 66383717 GEM MINT 10 2021 Pokemon Celebrations Classic Collection 15 Venusaur-Holo Card
20 1 66383718 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Score Rising Stars 25th Anniversary 13 Filip Forsberg Card
21 1 66383719 MINT 9 2000 Ultra Thrillinium 5 Allen Iverson Card
22 1 66383720 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 1 Hollywood Hogan Card
23 1 66383721 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 9 Goldberg Card
24 1 66383722 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 17 Chris Benoit Card
@Geoff76 said:
National special hit QA1 and QA2 on Wednesday. About to conclude 3+ days in QA2, which seems unusual based on previous orders.
I have two $18 specials in assembly and two that arrived the same day, same box that are both in r&id. The two in assembly are modern and the two others are 1995 and earlier. I have an economy that has been in qa2 for 3-1/2 days as well. Thought for sure I’d have grades by EOD Friday but no such luck.
@Geoff76 said:
National special hit QA1 and QA2 on Wednesday. About to conclude 3+ days in QA2, which seems unusual based on previous orders.
I have two $18 specials in assembly and two that arrived the same day, same box that are both in r&id. The two in assembly are modern and the two others are 1995 and earlier. I have an economy that has been in qa2 for 3-1/2 days as well. Thought for sure I’d have grades by EOD Friday but no such luck.
I have a $30 sub in QA2 for about the same time period. Description disappeared Friday. Hoping today is the day
I just received my 20 card National Special (1996-newer) order today. This was a mix of Jordan cards and some hockey cards. I was not terribly accurate with my grade estimates on this one. Cards look nicely holdered with no damage or anything, but some puzzling and surprising grades. It also turned out to be a 19 card order because I got another minimum size required which is frustrating.
8 cards match my predicted grade
5 cards better than my predicted grade
6 cards worse than my predicted grade
Most extreme was a 6 that I was expected to be a 9. I'm looking at the card now and still have no idea whatsoever what is wrong with it. Has to be something really small hiding on the surface somewhere I guess.
@Geoff76 said:
National special hit QA1 and QA2 on Wednesday. About to conclude 3+ days in QA2, which seems unusual based on previous orders.
I have two $18 specials in assembly and two that arrived the same day, same box that are both in r&id. The two in assembly are modern and the two others are 1995 and earlier. I have an economy that has been in qa2 for 3-1/2 days as well. Thought for sure I’d have grades by EOD Friday but no such luck.
I have a $30 sub in QA2 for about the same time period. Description disappeared Friday. Hoping today is the day
Grades popped this am on that econ order.
23 cards:
10 cards graded as I expected, 6 higher than I expected. Including one I thought was an 8/8.5 that got a 10. The rest were borderline 9/10 and in all of those cases I got a 9 so not disappointing and in-line with what I expected. Much like @MarshallFaulk28 posted, I did get a 5 on a card I thought was a lock for a 10. I look at them under a 10x desk magnifier with a halogen lamp and then under a 12x lighted loupe and I didn't see anything. Usually a 5 indicates a back surface wrinkle and this is a 2020 premium-stock card so I'm very anxious to see what I missed. It better not come back damaged.
Two other $18 modern subs are still in assembly and the other two $18 Pre-1996 subs are in R&ID after being there for 47 days now. I have 3 more subs headed to Newport Beach this week too. Gonna be an expensive couple of months.
@Geoff76 said:
National special hit QA1 and QA2 on Wednesday. About to conclude 3+ days in QA2, which seems unusual based on previous orders.
I have two $18 specials in assembly and two that arrived the same day, same box that are both in r&id. The two in assembly are modern and the two others are 1995 and earlier. I have an economy that has been in qa2 for 3-1/2 days as well. Thought for sure I’d have grades by EOD Friday but no such luck.
I have a $30 sub in QA2 for about the same time period. Description disappeared Friday. Hoping today is the day
Grades popped this am on that econ order.
23 cards:
10 cards graded as I expected, 6 higher than I expected. Including one I thought was an 8/8.5 that got a 10. The rest were borderline 9/10 and in all of those cases I got a 9 so not disappointing and in-line with what I expected. Much like @MarshallFaulk28 posted, I did get a 5 on a card I thought was a lock for a 10. I look at them under a 10x desk magnifier with a halogen lamp and then under a 12x lighted loupe and I didn't see anything. Usually a 5 indicates a back surface wrinkle and this is a 2020 premium-stock card so I'm very anxious to see what I missed. It better not come back damaged.
Two other $18 modern subs are still in assembly and the other two $18 Pre-1996 subs are in R&ID after being there for 47 days now. I have 3 more subs headed to Newport Beach this week too. Gonna be an expensive couple of months.
Mine popped while I was sleeping. Pretty happy. These were sent before the $18 special was announced. I was hoping to hit a few 10s and I did
ne # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 65758180 GEM MINT 10 1999 Topps Traded T33 C.C. Sabathia Card
2 1 65758181 MINT 9 2015 Topps Update US82 Francisco Lindor No Sparkle Under Glove Card
3 1 65758182 MINT 9 2018 Topps Update US1 Shohei Ohtani Warm-Up Shirt Card
4 1 65758183 GEM MINT 10 2015 Topps Heritage 440 Bryce Harper Action Card
5 1 65758184 GEM MINT 10 2016 Topps Heritage 450 Bryce Harper Action Card
6 1 65758185 GEM MINT 10 2020 Topps Heritage 433 Shohei Ohtani Action Card
7 1 65758186 GEM MINT 10 2001 Bowman Draft Picks 84 Ichiro Suzuki Card
8 1 65758187 MINT 9 2001 Bowman Draft Picks 84 Ichiro Suzuki Card
9 1 65758188 GEM MINT 10 1998 Skybox Premium 240 Randy Moss Card
10 1 65758189 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1999 SP Authentic 91 Ricky Williams Card
11 1 65758190 MINT 9 1999 SP Authentic 94 Edgerrin James Card
12 1 65758191 MINT 9 2004 SP Authentic 135 Wes Welker Card
13 1 65758192 MINT 9 2004 SP Authentic 146 Bob Sanders Card
14 1 65758193 MINT 9 2020 Panini Prizm 307 Joe Burrow Card
15 1 65758194 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Prizm 325 Justin Herbert Card
16 1 65758195 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Mosaic 201 Joe Burrow SP Card
17 1 65758196 GEM MINT 10 2011 Topps Platinum 27 Von Miller Gold Refractor Card
18 1 65758197 GEM MINT 10 2011 Topps Platinum 86 J.J. Watt Autograph Card
19 1 65758198 GEM MINT 10 1997 Topps 115 Tim Duncan Card
20 1 65758199 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1996 Metal 205 Steve Nash Card
21 1 65758200 NEAR MINT 7 2004 Fleer Tradition 210 LeBron James Card
Sent in some POP culture auto cards and a couple of sports autos to round out the sub to get to the min requirement. These were receivd 7/22 and in Shipping now. The ones that were not graded were Chris Froome Auto cards from Sport Kings. I didnt know PSA does not Grade the current Sport Kings issues. Back into a 1 touch they go. Overall I'm pleased.
1 1 64676889 MINT 9 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Mini Autographs Maaco Andy Cohen Card
2 1 64676890 MINT 9 2020 Topps Seattle Children's Heroes SCH2 Macklemore Autograph Card
3 1 64676891 GEM MINT 10 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Autographs Fsadmc Danny McBride Card
4 1 64676892 MINT 9 2020 Leaf Metal Pop Century Heartbreakers Autographs H-MR1 Meg Ryan Purple Card
5 1 64676893 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Pro Set Joe Exotic JEA1 Joe Exotic Autograph Card
6 1 64676894 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAMM2 Mark McGrath Silver Crystal Card
7 1 64676895 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAJC3 John Cusack Black Card
8 1 64676896 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BABA1 Ben Affleck Black Crystal Card
9 1 64676897 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BATL2 Tone Loc Silver Card
10 1 64676898 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAEE1 Emilio Estevez Red Card
11 1 64676899 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2018 Leaf Pop Century Metal Triple Signatures TA-01 Emilio Estevez/Charlie Sheen/Lou Diamond Phillips Pink Prismatic 1/1 Card
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
13 1 64676901 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Flashback Autographs BACC1 Chevy Chase Silver Card
14 1 64676902 NEAR MINT 7 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Starring Roles Autographs SRRW1 Rainn Wilson Silver Crystal Card
15 1 64676903 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Starring Roles Autographs SRJR1 Jeremy Renner Green Card
16 1 64676904 GEM MINT 10 2021 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Autographs Ajt Jon Taffer Card
17 1 64676905 MINT 9 2014 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Autographs Agaaf Allyson Felix Card
18 1 64676906 NEAR MINT 7 2000 Upper Deck Legends Epic Signatures LM Lanny McDonald Card
19 1 64676907 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2000 Upper Deck Legends Epic Signatures Sy Steve Yzerman Epic Signatures Card
20 1 64676908 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures Sgvsh Valentina Shevchenko Silver Prizm Card
21 1 64676909 NEAR MINT 7 2020 Topps UFC Knockout Knockout Autographs Kavs Valentina Shevchenko Card
22 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
23 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
24 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
25 1 64676913 NEAR MINT 7 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Cut Signature PCCKP1 Katy Perry Card
26 1 64676914 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Cut Signature PCCTS1 Taylor Swift Card
27 1 64676915 NEAR MINT 7 2008 Donruss Americana Celebrity Cuts Hollywood Icons Hi-AJ Ashley Judd Cut Signature Material
Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
@MarshallFaulk28 said:
I just received my 20 card National Special (1996-newer) order today. This was a mix of Jordan cards and some hockey cards. I was not terribly accurate with my grade estimates on this one. Cards look nicely holdered with no damage or anything, but some puzzling and surprising grades. It also turned out to be a 19 card order because I got another minimum size required which is frustrating.
8 cards match my predicted grade
5 cards better than my predicted grade
6 cards worse than my predicted grade
Most extreme was a 6 that I was expected to be a 9. I'm looking at the card now and still have no idea whatsoever what is wrong with it. Has to be something really small hiding on the surface somewhere I guess.
I'd say the whole order balanced out to slightly less than my expectation but not bad.
I should get my 20 card Special (1995-older) tomorrow. We'll see how that one turned out.
Ok, I got my other special back today. This is my last order that PSA had. How do I describe this one... let's go with AWFUL.
I think I got some grumpy grader that sabotaged my grades by 1 point in many cases. In two cases, the grades are butchered, and I might as well crack them out.
This order consisted of mostly 90s Jordan cards sprinkled with a couple of hockey cards and a couple of Griffeys.
So...
8 cards match my predicted grade
1 card better than my predicted grade
11 cards worse than my predicted grade
One 9 I got, I just don't see any reason it shouldn't be a 10. It looks completely flawless to me. I will keep examining it to see what they could have possibly found, but I'm not even seeing anything marginal that a stubborn grader could dock. I'll keep looking.
Any way I could get a scan of this when you get it, she's been one of my Crushes for 30+ years, ever since I saw her in the movie LINK (1986). And I met her years ago in Beaver Creek and she was as Nice as you would ever expect!
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
Any way I could get a scan of this when you get it, she's been one of my Crushes for 30+ years, ever since I saw her in the movie LINK (1986). And I met her years ago in Beaver Creek and she was as Nice as you would ever expect!
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
YeeHaw
Neil
Sure thing! Awesome you got to meet her! I've been a fan of hers for a long time myself!
Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
Sure thing! Awesome you got to meet her! I've been a fan of hers for a long time myself!
Not Bragging but when your Office is 20 feet from the First Ski Lift at Beaver Creek and your Office mates are all East West Resort Development Team/Vail Resorts Senior Management Team, it gives you many many opportunity's to meet the Stars in Hollywood and Sports. I have met 100's and 100's, they still put their pants on just like you and me!
Highlights:
Bill Cowher..........Spent an afternoon sharing a Bar Stool at the Hyatt with him and Buying each other Beers while his family Skiied. He gave me Grief about my Raiders and I complained how my own Child Rearing had gone off the rails cause my Boy Was/Is a Steelers fan! He told me he has always admired the Raiders.
Jeff Foxworthy.........He bought my Lunch at the Hyatt Cafeteria cause my Buddy told him " Hey Mr. Foxworthy, the Front gate isn't supposed to let Rednecks up the hill", he came right back in his Country Drawl "We'll it didn't Work! and cracked up. Then invited us to join his family and bought our lunch. He wanted to know about Beaver Creek so had 100 questions. (We had our Vail Resorts Coats on).
And many many many others!
Lowlight of all time: Joe Montana...think of the word Lick and remove the L add a D or a PR and you would describe him perfectly!
Finally got some grades for some vintage hockey that I popped out of SGC cases. I was concerned about the objectiveness of lower grades. I was surprised to see there was consistency with PSA giving about a grade lower than SGC.
SGC 30 - Good 2 => PSA Fair 1.5
SGC 30 - Good 2 => PSA Poor 1
SGC 40 -VG 3 => Good 2
SGC 60 - EX 5 => VG/EX 4
SGC 60 - EX 5 => VG/EX 4
I am convinced PSA gives the toughest grades which is why their cards are the most valued for a given grade. While my grades dropped, I'm happy to see these now in a PSA case.
More Poppage today from my July special that arrived on 7/14 and 7/21 respectively
28 Cards (Star Wars Chrome Galaxy, Pokemon Modern, Pop Century 2021)
10s: 16
9s: 12
22 Card (2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition)
Now this is where it gets weird
10s: 17!
4s?!?!?!: 5
I have no idea what the deal with this is considering they went all pack to sleeve to loader. The centering on these cards looked absolutely fine, not even close 4s, no idea what's going on here and I might call PSA once they come in.
Comments
Thanks. I’ll reach out to them. Come to think of it, that card I used, I just activated the new one they sent me so perhaps the old expiration date they have isn’t working.
I think PSA might want to add some more staff to their customer service area. This is getting pretty bad:
Thanks for reaching out to PSA. We value your business and want to provide you with answers to your questions. Due to extraordinarily high email volumes, it may take up to 15 business days to respond personally to your questions.
$18 60 card sub grades popped thursday. went in system 7.28. not shipped yet. $22 is too much for bulk, they need to lower it especially w market tanking.
Wow, that’s unacceptable under any circumstance, let alone when they are charging the grading fees they are right now. Amateur hour.
So I had an $18 sub pop last night that was received on 8/8. I had a $30 sub that was in QA1 on that date and is still in QA1 today. Note to self never sub at $30 level again.
That is terribly poor
First in, First out! 🤪
@rexvos said:
That is kind of crazy. I have a friend that subbed at the $30 level and had his grades back before an economy sub. The $30 value subs weren't supposed to ship until after the backlog was cleared but that clearly is not happening unless they forgot to send out a press release that it was done.
Completely clueless and tone deaf. Good news is that both the sub that popped last night and the one that popped last Wednesday were updated with tracking this am
Ah, my grades popped and order shipped already! I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the e-mail I sent yesterday, but when someone at PSA looks at my e-mail in 15 business days and investigates, they will see my order has already shipped.
This value order arrived June 24, Entered June 30, started grading July 13, and completed today.
My 2 specials are both in the QA2 stage now.
Hopefully good results.
I hope so. I must be one of the rare odd people that doesn't like to check them online. I did that once and wasn't happy with the grades on that order, so now I prefer to be surprised when they arrive. 🙂
This is true. I’ll going to have to go the CRC route after the fact to get a couple of cards corrected
I figured paying for the Economy service I would get fairly decent service, at least getting 90 day turnaround. I have two submissions from 6/14 and 6/17. One just hit Assembly last week. One is still in grading.
They are vintage cards so that could be the issue if they have less graders qualified for those.
Just had a National special pop arrived 7/13 received 7/22
Super pleased with the grades
Just had a National $18 special complete in 41 days. Arrived 8/11, USPS tracking ETA back to me 9/22.
Twenty cards from 1997. How do I feel about the grades overall? I give it an 8.
Good news that more of these are popping.
Is it safe to say that everyone's backlog orders have shipped then with the exception being if the order had issues? I noticed they've removed the CTD dates from their customer comms page. I take that believe they should be caught up then.
I have a $30 per card sub that was entered on 6/14 that has been in QA1 for 6 weeks now. Frustrating to see all the $18 special subs popping from up to 2 months later.
-Nathanael
Right there with you. Zoomed to QA1, now crickets
I am happy to see the results have been improving. Maybe when PSA first hired all of the new graders there was a breaking in period.
Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
Have to admit I feel odd not having an order at PSA right now. Probably been the first time in 20 years Ive had nothing here.
Feels strange not clicking to see the progress of an order and just reading the boards.
I think that feeling is incoming for me in a couple months
Wow, long time customer! What's the magic price point you need PSA to hit?
Im more concerned with my cards coming back with extra wear. Had several that look like they were sent through some type of machine and they shredded the corners. Anything with color like 1962,1971, or 1969 FB cards are coming back not like I sent them. Or with flipped corners. Hoping they change up whatever method they are using to scan these as thats where I think the damage is coming from. I have a theory gemamint is something like this machine. But Im probably wrong and overthinking the situation. https://youtu.be/WoCX9dCUGeA watch whole video or start at 2:30
Yeah, that's scary if you have too many cases of damage. Better to let them sort it out. It doesn't even sound like they've reached a point where they are acknowledging a problem though.
Another $18 pop. This time solid results. Nothing of any great value though. Mainly stuff for player sets
My $18 order popped yesterday. Arrived 7/27, entered 8/4. Was hit with the upcharge on my 4 Cale Makar Young Guns. Had some non-sport that could have been bumped too, but oddly it was only the Makar cards.
I had one pop last week and there were 6 or 8 that were over the $199 value and they didn't pop me for upcharges. I appreciated that.
I got my order today. PSA definitely gets an A+ for their shipping speed. I am super impressed that the package can be picked up by Fedex at 4:00 PM and it gets to me in Toronto through customs before noon the next day. I don't think I get anything delivered that fast even when coming from locally.
I am pleased that all my cards do not appear to have sustained any damage from their handling, and I didn't receive any of those unnecessary thicker slabs.
Comparing with my expected grades, I had:
10 with my expected grade
3 better than my expected grade
7 less than my expected grade
1 not graded because of minimum size requirement 🙁
1 not graded because they told me they cannot safely slab the card without risking damage to it (an Upper Deck fine silver card)
Overall, some disappointments, but not the worst. I'm overall fairly happy with the order.
My economy order from 6/17 just hit QA check 1. Another order from 6/13 is still in grading.
Oooo... my first Special just popped now. This arrived 7/22 and entered 8/2. CC was charged immediately, so this one I don't think will get stuck in shipping.
Let’s see some grades! I have an Econ sub in qa2 that I’m waiting on. Sadly there’s a few Lance cards in it but I was able to pull out some other lance cards from another Econ sub before it went out.
My final submission in the queue hit the problem order bin. I got an email today notifying me they damaged a card during holdering and asking if I want them to holder it or send it back raw. I told them to send it raw. Fortunately it was a cheap card. I had historically listed the values of cards I submitted at only a few dollars each because I have my own insurance and I don't want to pay to insure the return shipment twice. The downside is if something happens to the card during grading, they will use the stated value for compensation. So in the future, I need to list what I actually paid for the card so I am covered in the event of damage during grading.
I had one with a declared value of 50.00 they gave me 30.00. They went by past Psa sales as it went from a 8.5 to a 5
Got my first batch of $18 special back in about 6 weeks. Should eb here on Saturday. I was pretty happy with the grades on a 96-present order. All about what I thought they'd be. 50% on 10s.
1 1 66383699 MINT 9 1998 Fleer Tradition Vintage '61 3 Allen Iverson Card
2 1 66383700 MINT 9 2009 Upper Deck Jordan Legacy 7 Michael Jordan Card
3 1 66383701 MINT 9 2012 Panini Brilliance Spellbound 68 Kyrie Irving Card
4 1 66383702 GEM MINT 10 2016 Panini Donruss Optic 16 Kevin Love Aqua Card
5 1 66383703 MINT 9 2019 Panini Chronicles 116 Ja Morant Card
6 1 66383704 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Prizm 268 James Wiseman Card
7 1 66383705 MINT 9 2006 Bowman Chrome 68 Devin Hester Card
8 1 66383706 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 186 Tom Brady Mosaic Card
9 1 66383707 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 244 Trey Lance Camo Pink Card
10 1 66383708 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Mosaic 243 Zach Wilson Camo Pink Card
11 1 66383709 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo Stickers S5 Hollywood Hogan Card
12 1 66383710 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 8 Diamond Dallas Page Card
13 1 66383711 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 65 Hollywood Hogan Card
14 1 66383712 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 65 Hollywood Hogan Card
15 1 66383713 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 32 Rey Mysterio Jr. Card
16 1 66383714 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 32 Rey Mysterio Jr. Card
17 1 66383715 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1999 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series 2 Chyna Card
18 1 66383716 MINT 9 2021 Panini Prizm UFC Knockout Artists 15 Donald Cerrone Green Pulsar Card
19 1 66383717 GEM MINT 10 2021 Pokemon Celebrations Classic Collection 15 Venusaur-Holo Card
20 1 66383718 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Score Rising Stars 25th Anniversary 13 Filip Forsberg Card
21 1 66383719 MINT 9 2000 Ultra Thrillinium 5 Allen Iverson Card
22 1 66383720 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 1 Hollywood Hogan Card
23 1 66383721 MINT 9 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 9 Goldberg Card
24 1 66383722 GEM MINT 10 1998 Topps WCW/Nwo 17 Chris Benoit Card
National special hit QA1 and QA2 on Wednesday. About to conclude 3+ days in QA2, which seems unusual based on previous orders.
I have two $18 specials in assembly and two that arrived the same day, same box that are both in r&id. The two in assembly are modern and the two others are 1995 and earlier. I have an economy that has been in qa2 for 3-1/2 days as well. Thought for sure I’d have grades by EOD Friday but no such luck.
I have a $30 sub in QA2 for about the same time period. Description disappeared Friday. Hoping today is the day
I just received my 20 card National Special (1996-newer) order today. This was a mix of Jordan cards and some hockey cards. I was not terribly accurate with my grade estimates on this one. Cards look nicely holdered with no damage or anything, but some puzzling and surprising grades. It also turned out to be a 19 card order because I got another minimum size required which is frustrating.
8 cards match my predicted grade
5 cards better than my predicted grade
6 cards worse than my predicted grade
Most extreme was a 6 that I was expected to be a 9. I'm looking at the card now and still have no idea whatsoever what is wrong with it. Has to be something really small hiding on the surface somewhere I guess.
Overall:
10s - 6 (expected 7)
9s - 9 (expected 7)
8s - 1 (expected 5)
7s - 2 (expected 0)
6 - 1 (expected 0)
I'd say the whole order balanced out to slightly less than my expectation but not bad.
I should get my 20 card Special (1995-older) tomorrow. We'll see how that one turned out.
Grades popped this am on that econ order.
23 cards:
10 cards graded as I expected, 6 higher than I expected. Including one I thought was an 8/8.5 that got a 10. The rest were borderline 9/10 and in all of those cases I got a 9 so not disappointing and in-line with what I expected. Much like @MarshallFaulk28 posted, I did get a 5 on a card I thought was a lock for a 10. I look at them under a 10x desk magnifier with a halogen lamp and then under a 12x lighted loupe and I didn't see anything. Usually a 5 indicates a back surface wrinkle and this is a 2020 premium-stock card so I'm very anxious to see what I missed. It better not come back damaged.
Two other $18 modern subs are still in assembly and the other two $18 Pre-1996 subs are in R&ID after being there for 47 days now. I have 3 more subs headed to Newport Beach this week too. Gonna be an expensive couple of months.
Mine popped while I was sleeping. Pretty happy. These were sent before the $18 special was announced. I was hoping to hit a few 10s and I did
ne # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 65758180 GEM MINT 10 1999 Topps Traded T33 C.C. Sabathia Card
2 1 65758181 MINT 9 2015 Topps Update US82 Francisco Lindor No Sparkle Under Glove Card
3 1 65758182 MINT 9 2018 Topps Update US1 Shohei Ohtani Warm-Up Shirt Card
4 1 65758183 GEM MINT 10 2015 Topps Heritage 440 Bryce Harper Action Card
5 1 65758184 GEM MINT 10 2016 Topps Heritage 450 Bryce Harper Action Card
6 1 65758185 GEM MINT 10 2020 Topps Heritage 433 Shohei Ohtani Action Card
7 1 65758186 GEM MINT 10 2001 Bowman Draft Picks 84 Ichiro Suzuki Card
8 1 65758187 MINT 9 2001 Bowman Draft Picks 84 Ichiro Suzuki Card
9 1 65758188 GEM MINT 10 1998 Skybox Premium 240 Randy Moss Card
10 1 65758189 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1999 SP Authentic 91 Ricky Williams Card
11 1 65758190 MINT 9 1999 SP Authentic 94 Edgerrin James Card
12 1 65758191 MINT 9 2004 SP Authentic 135 Wes Welker Card
13 1 65758192 MINT 9 2004 SP Authentic 146 Bob Sanders Card
14 1 65758193 MINT 9 2020 Panini Prizm 307 Joe Burrow Card
15 1 65758194 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Prizm 325 Justin Herbert Card
16 1 65758195 GEM MINT 10 2020 Panini Mosaic 201 Joe Burrow SP Card
17 1 65758196 GEM MINT 10 2011 Topps Platinum 27 Von Miller Gold Refractor Card
18 1 65758197 GEM MINT 10 2011 Topps Platinum 86 J.J. Watt Autograph Card
19 1 65758198 GEM MINT 10 1997 Topps 115 Tim Duncan Card
20 1 65758199 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1996 Metal 205 Steve Nash Card
21 1 65758200 NEAR MINT 7 2004 Fleer Tradition 210 LeBron James Card
Sent in some POP culture auto cards and a couple of sports autos to round out the sub to get to the min requirement. These were receivd 7/22 and in Shipping now. The ones that were not graded were Chris Froome Auto cards from Sport Kings. I didnt know PSA does not Grade the current Sport Kings issues. Back into a 1 touch they go. Overall I'm pleased.
1 1 64676889 MINT 9 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Mini Autographs Maaco Andy Cohen Card
2 1 64676890 MINT 9 2020 Topps Seattle Children's Heroes SCH2 Macklemore Autograph Card
3 1 64676891 GEM MINT 10 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Autographs Fsadmc Danny McBride Card
4 1 64676892 MINT 9 2020 Leaf Metal Pop Century Heartbreakers Autographs H-MR1 Meg Ryan Purple Card
5 1 64676893 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Pro Set Joe Exotic JEA1 Joe Exotic Autograph Card
6 1 64676894 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAMM2 Mark McGrath Silver Crystal Card
7 1 64676895 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAJC3 John Cusack Black Card
8 1 64676896 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BABA1 Ben Affleck Black Crystal Card
9 1 64676897 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BATL2 Tone Loc Silver Card
10 1 64676898 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Autograph BAEE1 Emilio Estevez Red Card
11 1 64676899 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2018 Leaf Pop Century Metal Triple Signatures TA-01 Emilio Estevez/Charlie Sheen/Lou Diamond Phillips Pink Prismatic 1/1 Card
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
13 1 64676901 MINT 9 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Flashback Autographs BACC1 Chevy Chase Silver Card
14 1 64676902 NEAR MINT 7 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Starring Roles Autographs SRRW1 Rainn Wilson Silver Crystal Card
15 1 64676903 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Starring Roles Autographs SRJR1 Jeremy Renner Green Card
16 1 64676904 GEM MINT 10 2021 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Autographs Ajt Jon Taffer Card
17 1 64676905 MINT 9 2014 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Autographs Agaaf Allyson Felix Card
18 1 64676906 NEAR MINT 7 2000 Upper Deck Legends Epic Signatures LM Lanny McDonald Card
19 1 64676907 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2000 Upper Deck Legends Epic Signatures Sy Steve Yzerman Epic Signatures Card
20 1 64676908 GEM MINT 10 2021 Panini Prizm UFC Signatures Sgvsh Valentina Shevchenko Silver Prizm Card
21 1 64676909 NEAR MINT 7 2020 Topps UFC Knockout Knockout Autographs Kavs Valentina Shevchenko Card
22 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
23 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
24 1 N9: NOT GRADED Not Licensed Unauthorized, No Grade, No Charge Card
25 1 64676913 NEAR MINT 7 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Cut Signature PCCKP1 Katy Perry Card
26 1 64676914 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Cut Signature PCCTS1 Taylor Swift Card
27 1 64676915 NEAR MINT 7 2008 Donruss Americana Celebrity Cuts Hollywood Icons Hi-AJ Ashley Judd Cut Signature Material
Ok, I got my other special back today. This is my last order that PSA had. How do I describe this one... let's go with AWFUL.
I think I got some grumpy grader that sabotaged my grades by 1 point in many cases. In two cases, the grades are butchered, and I might as well crack them out.
This order consisted of mostly 90s Jordan cards sprinkled with a couple of hockey cards and a couple of Griffeys.
So...
8 cards match my predicted grade
1 card better than my predicted grade
11 cards worse than my predicted grade
Overall:
10s - 2 (expected 3)
9s - 7 (expected 12)
8s - 5 (expected 4)
7s - 3 (expected 1)
6s - 1 (expected 0)
5s - 2 (expected 0)
On those 5s, I expected an 8 and a 9.
One 9 I got, I just don't see any reason it shouldn't be a 10. It looks completely flawless to me. I will keep examining it to see what they could have possibly found, but I'm not even seeing anything marginal that a stubborn grader could dock. I'll keep looking.
Hope others have better luck than this!
Hey Halosfan!
Any way I could get a scan of this when you get it, she's been one of my Crushes for 30+ years, ever since I saw her in the movie LINK (1986). And I met her years ago in Beaver Creek and she was as Nice as you would ever expect!
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
YeeHaw
Neil
Sure thing! Awesome you got to meet her! I've been a fan of hers for a long time myself!
Not Bragging but when your Office is 20 feet from the First Ski Lift at Beaver Creek and your Office mates are all East West Resort Development Team/Vail Resorts Senior Management Team, it gives you many many opportunity's to meet the Stars in Hollywood and Sports. I have met 100's and 100's, they still put their pants on just like you and me!
Highlights:
Bill Cowher..........Spent an afternoon sharing a Bar Stool at the Hyatt with him and Buying each other Beers while his family Skiied. He gave me Grief about my Raiders and I complained how my own Child Rearing had gone off the rails cause my Boy Was/Is a Steelers fan! He told me he has always admired the Raiders.
Jeff Foxworthy.........He bought my Lunch at the Hyatt Cafeteria cause my Buddy told him " Hey Mr. Foxworthy, the Front gate isn't supposed to let Rednecks up the hill", he came right back in his Country Drawl "We'll it didn't Work! and cracked up. Then invited us to join his family and bought our lunch. He wanted to know about Beaver Creek so had 100 questions. (We had our Vail Resorts Coats on).
And many many many others!
Lowlight of all time: Joe Montana...think of the word Lick and remove the L add a D or a PR and you would describe him perfectly!
YeeHaw!!
Neil
Finally got some grades for some vintage hockey that I popped out of SGC cases. I was concerned about the objectiveness of lower grades. I was surprised to see there was consistency with PSA giving about a grade lower than SGC.
SGC 30 - Good 2 => PSA Fair 1.5
SGC 30 - Good 2 => PSA Poor 1
SGC 40 -VG 3 => Good 2
SGC 60 - EX 5 => VG/EX 4
SGC 60 - EX 5 => VG/EX 4
I am convinced PSA gives the toughest grades which is why their cards are the most valued for a given grade. While my grades dropped, I'm happy to see these now in a PSA case.
More Poppage today from my July special that arrived on 7/14 and 7/21 respectively
28 Cards (Star Wars Chrome Galaxy, Pokemon Modern, Pop Century 2021)
10s: 16
9s: 12
22 Card (2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition)
Now this is where it gets weird
10s: 17!
4s?!?!?!: 5
I have no idea what the deal with this is considering they went all pack to sleeve to loader. The centering on these cards looked absolutely fine, not even close 4s, no idea what's going on here and I might call PSA once they come in.
Skyistumbling what Pop Century did you send in?
2021 Daisey Ridley and Millie Bobby Brown