Resisting the temptation!!
mikeschmidt
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Ahhh --
Well, for the first time I have received e-mails from PSA about my submissions. I only submit every few months -- and usually a couple hundred cards at a time (I have always wondered how people like Davalillo put together such huge submissions, the administrative time is quite cumbersome sometimes).
At any rate, I received some e-mails before Christmas that my six separate orders had been received. Just over lunch today, I received two e-mails that two of my invoices have been completed and shipped. In fact, two of the e-mails included links to see what my grades were. I know at least one of the invoices will take a while, as I submitted quite a few obscure Schmidt cards that I know have not been graded ever before.
Alas, I have resisted the urge to click on the links and will wait until the packages arrive. How easy it is to click and anticipate the goodies on their way, but I know I would be crestfallen to do so. To me, one of the most magical moments in this hobby is opening up the brown registered mail packages from PSA. It brings me back to memories of younger days searching for Phillies cards as I ripped through packs of early 1980s baseball cards. There is nothing neater than opening up on of those cardboard boxes, and slowly looking through all of your submissions, to find the 7s and 8s, with the occassional 9s and the dream of 10s. How great a feeling it is to pull out a freshly-graded 10 that is one-of-a-kind and never graded before! Or to pull out a high-grade of a favorite player or a memory (yes, I have a fond memory of opening a package with a PSA 9 1982 Topps Traded Sid Monge card that Bob Earhart sent me raw as a gift). To me, it is just so much fun, so exciting, so adrenaline-producing. Yes, there will likely be a few mistake submissions, but each one will help educate me more about how PSA grades various issues and many of my submissions will hopefully be upgrades or new examples for me to add to my various sets and registries. If only the package could be there today!!
Marc
Well, for the first time I have received e-mails from PSA about my submissions. I only submit every few months -- and usually a couple hundred cards at a time (I have always wondered how people like Davalillo put together such huge submissions, the administrative time is quite cumbersome sometimes).
At any rate, I received some e-mails before Christmas that my six separate orders had been received. Just over lunch today, I received two e-mails that two of my invoices have been completed and shipped. In fact, two of the e-mails included links to see what my grades were. I know at least one of the invoices will take a while, as I submitted quite a few obscure Schmidt cards that I know have not been graded ever before.
Alas, I have resisted the urge to click on the links and will wait until the packages arrive. How easy it is to click and anticipate the goodies on their way, but I know I would be crestfallen to do so. To me, one of the most magical moments in this hobby is opening up the brown registered mail packages from PSA. It brings me back to memories of younger days searching for Phillies cards as I ripped through packs of early 1980s baseball cards. There is nothing neater than opening up on of those cardboard boxes, and slowly looking through all of your submissions, to find the 7s and 8s, with the occassional 9s and the dream of 10s. How great a feeling it is to pull out a freshly-graded 10 that is one-of-a-kind and never graded before! Or to pull out a high-grade of a favorite player or a memory (yes, I have a fond memory of opening a package with a PSA 9 1982 Topps Traded Sid Monge card that Bob Earhart sent me raw as a gift). To me, it is just so much fun, so exciting, so adrenaline-producing. Yes, there will likely be a few mistake submissions, but each one will help educate me more about how PSA grades various issues and many of my submissions will hopefully be upgrades or new examples for me to add to my various sets and registries. If only the package could be there today!!
Marc
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You are a better man than I!!!
No way could I not look, knowing that the posted grades are only a click away!
Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
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I wish I had the much self-control. I always look.
Billy
to keep OUR mouths shut!
Marc,
ATTABOY!!!!!!!
I concur with your feelings completely.I also resist the temtation to "take a peek",although it seems to take forever for the package to arrive.
KEEP THE FAITH!!
Vic
I just can't wait.......
I click that link faster that the land speed record...Quickly move to the right and scroll down the last line for grades......
It's a fast rush..(but so is the roller coaster at Disneyland!!)
C'mon....Don't ya want just a little peek???......Hmmmmm...C'Mon........
Larry
email....emards4457@msn.com
CHEERS!!
I couldn't do it.
I just bought my first graded Schmidt card. It was a Psa 9 1978. Not sure where I go from here.
aconte
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Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
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I have a ton of graded Schmidt cards if you get the bug for me -- just PM me, and I can set you up with a bunch of my extras.
I have been sorely tempted to click on the link a few times -- especially after reading the thread here and a few e-mails I got from other board members. Oh well, I will wait.
To boot, I am sure it is simply two of the smaller invoices I sent in. I sent in 6 -- but two invoices were for free gradings from my registered sets, one was from a few complimentary submissions I had for previous late returns -- and then there was one large 1955 Bowman invoice and one large Schmidt invoice. So it is probably less than a dozen cards coming to me -- but if I can make it through the rest of the afternoon, then a few more days will be okay!
(Perhaps part of it is I dread what I am going to do with the scores of cards I get back and will want to move, but won't have the time to address...)
Seem to recall a thread about the old days of folks tearing open the box
in the Post Office parking lot and going through the slabs.
That sounded like a lot of fun.
What I do now, is not look at the grades on the screen,
but instead print the sheets out, covering all but the top one,
and then uncovering and savoring each of them, one by one,
to the bottom of the sheet.
Takes a while, but is very enjoyable.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
Marc,
Keep us updated!!!! Ill be keeping an eye out on the population reports :-)
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I could use that 1972 Topps #713, PSA 8...Please email me.
Larry
email....emards4457@msn.com
CHEERS!!
Marc,
Time for an update!!
Have you managed to hold out or has the e-mail gotten the best of you?I am sure that everyone wants to know.
Good for you holding out. I actually went one step further into insanity. I wrapped my little two-pack from PSA a week before Christmas and didn't open it until Christmas morning...what a sicko! I did have two other invoices that I peeked at, but this one was a special submission and I was pumped to open it. I agree completely with that "little kid" feeling. It's interesting that, because of their age, many of my current collecting buddies are keenly aware of this feeling as well and comment on it with regularity. Some of the best mid-late 70's collections in the world are being assembled by guys who are motivated almost solely by that charge. One of the reasons we like to build that stuff is you can still find reasonable upopened product and get the thrill.
Do you remember, like 1978 or 1979, how exciting it was around this time of year going to a drug store with two bucks and buying eight packs of cards and not knowing what the "new design" was going to look like? Their was only "One" real Mike Schmidt card as we knew it then from each year. You'd go..."I wonder what the Schmidt's gonna look like this year...action shot ('76), face shot ('78), etc." There was magic in chasing ONE card or even two or three (1981--Fleer and Donruss) of a player from a year. It's great to know that the true spirit of this hobby is still alive and kicking!!! Thanks for sharing...
Phil
Actually, the cards arrived at my post office on Friday. As I was at work, I was not able to pick them up until Saturday. I guess PSA took a few days after sending the cards to actually post the e-mail to me? Not sure why, but that's what happened.
As expected, one submission was some free grading certificates I had, and the other was free grades from one of my Registry sets. I got a few PSA 7's for my 1955 Bowman set (nothing too exciting -- they are hard to find in top grade), and some Mike Schmidt cards in the other submission. My highlight there was a 1989 Fleer Glossy Mike Schmidt PSA 10 GEM MINT, the first and only one graded. Again, it was only nine cards in the mail -- so just a teaser until my bigger submissions arrive. I think I have about 200 other assorted cards at their offices, and they may take a while.
I am glad I waited ;-)
Marc,
I repeat my earlier post. ATTABOY!!!!
I always wait and I find that the anticipation is as good as the seeing the final grades. Congratulations on your PSA 10.I have had a few,mostly out of the stadium dome sets and 10's are always a charge to get.
I am sure that the board members appreciate the update!!
Vic
I haven't submitted a 'regular' submission in over 2 years. The last 2 I've submitted were from 'free' submissions from renewing my membership.
I'm very tempted to look, but I think I'm going to wait as well. Gotta love those good ol days of opening it up in the post office parking lot. (I'm never home to sign for registered mail so I always have to go down to pick them up).
Nothing major in the submission though... only one worth checking is a 73T I submitted. I have over 600 in NRMT+ shape. I'm wondering what this one will grade (I'm hoping for a 9). I also submitted a 86-87 Fleer basketball card from my set (it's a common), but after reading BruceMo's awesome article on the set, I figured the one I had (from the righthand panel) might get a 9, at least an 8 I hope.