Joe Orlando Appreciation Thread
gemint
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I'm sure most of you have seen the letter that Joe will be leaving as CEO. I thought I'd start a thread to thank Joe for his support over the years. On the rare occasion I had a problem that I needed to escalate, he was always helpful in getting it resolved. It's not often that a President or CEO of a decent sized company would take the time to work with a small customer like myself to fix a problem but he always did.
We can all complain about things with PSA or the hobby in general but I think he did a great job in growing the PSA brand. Hopefully the new leadership will pick up where he left off and take the company to the next level.
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I was introduced to PSA in 1999 and met Joe at a few shows between 2002-2005. My experiences with him were always positive. I was able to follow up with him, and he always returned my calls or emails. Best wishes to him.
I agree that Joe deserves a lot of credit for growing the brand despite what some think of him.
Going forward, I am very optimistic to see what the future brings with Nat's leadership.
Joe is a good guy based on my interaction with him, when I first started with PSA like 12-13 yrs ago or so, I was like every newb on this board that thought there cards were better than they were. He personally called me and went over my sub which was like 6 cards at the time. I was 100000% wrong at the time and have always regretted that I made a stink when I was just uneducated. I was basing my knowledge of collecting from when I was 13 yrs old going to card shows and there were 2 conditions, mint and NM which I thought was "not mint". Centering, pd's and wax stains were not even on my radar.
I wish him well. Joe, if you read this, Thanks for the consideration you showed me, when you didn't have to.
So if I have problems with my order....like SERIOUS problems, is Nat Turner who I need to be contacting?
Hey guys. This is a thread to offer a grateful farewell to someone who has dedicated 20+ years of his life to growing the hobby, and I would like to keep it as such. Thank you, Todd
he has addressed every concern ive had extremely quickly both in the past and in the present. full disclosure. we have also done a few deals prior to the psa purchase as well.
He's been very responsive to my inquiries in the past. Good luck Joe. Wishing you the best.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Joe is a stand up guy and a true gentleman. I don't know of any CEO who would take his time to personally answer you. Every single time I reached out to Joe he got back to me. I know I will miss having someone I could reach out to and know he would listen. I personally will miss him and the hobby is losing a great one.
Best of luck Joe!
I've always liked Joe also. He was instrumental in the success of PSA as the hobby's leading authentication company and will be missed.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Thanks for everything Joe. Helped me out once on a problem order and did me a solid on my 50th birthday.
Bosox1976
Thanx for taking the time to write this John.
I once had an issue and left a message with Joe.
More to my surprise?
He called that evening - resolved my issue and then proceeded to ask my input not the .5 bumps they had recently employed with card grading.
When I see him at the National?
He always takes the time to talk with me just to say hi...what's up?
Joe was the face of PSA the whole time I had been submitting over the past 13 years. I never personally dealt with him, but I think it is awesome that he personally got involved if need be.
Joe was surprisingly very accessible, given his role within the company. I was thankful for how he addressed several of my concerns throughout the years.
Good luck Joe! Considering he was the CEO he was very accessible . On more than 1 occasion I reached out to him regarding various issues and he was very accommodating. I didn't always get what I wanted but I felt he was fair and aware of his customers.
Never had any personal interaction w/ Joe but I know a couple of collectors who did and spoke highly of Joe. So going on that and some of the comments I see here may he have fun and enjoy the next endeavor, but I do believe PSA loses something with him leaving that will be tough to replace.
Good luck Mr. Orlando. I wish you well.
I sent a personal message. I'll miss him
Thank you Mr. Orlando for helping to bring this hobby to where it is.
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
I’ve never had any interaction with him personally; however, he has led PSA to be THE standard in card grading there would be no card backlog if PSA wasn’t the best in the biz. Nat Turner has some HUGE shoes to fill. I wish you all the best Mr. Orlando, on all your future endeavors!
Blaine
ja I hope this guy became President some day, I have a bunch of Letters of authentication , hand signed by him.
ja just joking