PSA New Show Service

JusttheFacts

I was looking at the show schedule on the PSA site and noticed that PSA will be offering a new show service at the SportsFest show in Rosemont, IL from June 26-29. Link Essentially, if you submit your cards to PSA by certain dates (depending on the level of service), they will bring the cards to the show so you can pick them up saving you the cost of return shipping. This seems like a great idea that should be expanded for any show PSA will be attending. My only suggestion for the future would be to allow submissions for the regular services and specials to be picked up at shows that PSA will attend as long as the cards are submitted to PSA so that they have the appropriate time frame to complete grading prior to the show (for example, for 45 day turnaround, you must get the cards to PSA at least 50 days ahead). This change would allow people who would take advantage of this service but for the $10 minimum to participate. In any event, I'm surprised that PSA has not brought this new service to everyone's attention since the deadlines for submissions will being passing in the near future ($10/10 day by June 12, $15/5 day by June 19, $20/2 day by June 23). I send PSA an e-mail several days ago asking whether PSA would accept submissions at the show for the regular services as well as the specials (PSA Set Registry Special, Collector's Club Special) but I have not received a response.

John

mcastaldi

John> I've never seen a show where PSA has set up, but not accepted standard submissions. Whether they grade on-site or not, they've always taken cards for regular services at shows so far as I know.

Mike

LuxuryWines

Mike, I think what John is talking about is that PSA will not allow you to ship the Vintage common special(100 cards for $7.00) to PSA and then have PSA bring it to the show... They are only doing this for the $10 and above per card level ...Jeff

mcastaldi

Ahh. . .I read it as his asking whether they would accept submissions at the show - which is what he wrote (last sentence). You're probably right about what he meant.

Mike

murcerfan

and yet shipping orders together/combined is too confusing !

Griffins

I dropped a submission off at the NFL show in January, the lady that took it asked if I wanted to pick it up at the Hollywood Park show in February. They were all $5 specials. I think it's just a matter of who you talk to. All 3 invoices were waiting for me at the show a few weeks later.
I've also asked to have several invoices shipped together (usually when there is 1 or 2 cards on an invoice). They just mark it "ship with invoice #XXXXX" and they've all come together. Until very recently I've found everyone there to be extremely accomadating.

JusttheFacts

Jeff and Mike:

You were both right because I was asking both questions. Mike answered my second question as to whether PSA would accept a "regular" submission at a show and Jeff answered my first question suggesting that PSA would honor a request to deliver the cards at a subsequent show. Since I live in the Chicago area, and there are several major shows in the area each year, I would be willing to drop off an order (say the PSA Set Registry Special) at the June show and wait for the November show to pick up the cards (if the waiting doesn't drive me crazy )

Thanks,

John

mcastaldi

Facts> I too live in the greater Chicagoland area and will definitely be at SportsFest. I couldn't possibly imagine waiting 5 months for an order. At that point it's worth it to me to pay the shipping and get my order back. If you can wait that amount of time, you're infinitely more patient than I

Mike