Ticket grading still delayed

rickster

I have had a couple of full tickets in for grading since the Ft. Washington show in September. PSA was hoping to have the ticket holders developed by the end of October. Since I hadn't heard anything from them, I called customer service yesterday. They did some checking and said that holders for my size tickets (about 1 1/2"x 5") probably wouldn't be ready until December at best. They offered to send them back with a refund, or hold them until the holder was developed. I told them to hang on to them for now. They then called back to let me know the tickets would be inserted in a mylar sleeve inside the holder since the tickets are so thin. They wanted to be sure I understood what I would be getting so I wouldn't be dissapointed. While I don't like the mylar sleeves for cards, it would be nearly impossible for PSA to have a holder that would fit every ticket perfectly, since there is no standard ticket size. They don't want the ticket sliding around and getting damaged.

While I would like my tickets graded sooner rather than later, PSA is doing the right thing in making sure they can correctly holder them. And once again, I found their customer service very responsive.

jimrupprecht

Apparently some orders (4078697) are being graded.

rickster

Those are the ones graded for Sportscards Plus back in June. My understanding is that they will grade tickets if they have an appropriate-sized holder. They told me the holders they currently have would be too wide for my tickets. The tickets I gave them were pretty standard-sized baseball tickets from the 60's.

rw2win

I think it was late winter / early spring when this ticket grading program was announced. Too bad it has taken so long to get off the ground. I wonder if they will be using the "new holder" that Joe talked about at the National??????

qualitycards

I would rather have them take their time and get it right. Then hurry the process along, to find there might be problems...jay