Am I going crazy?

tanzanite

OK, so I know some of you may or may not be tired of hearing members complain about the turnaround times of submissions to PSA, especially under the same type of service, but I thought this was kind of interesting.

I am getting my most recent submission back, hopefully tomorrow after the grades were posted this past Thursday, August 3rd (entered into the system June 30th). One of the cards I submitted and am getting back is a 1969 Topps football PSA 9 #113 Jimmy Johnson card. I got onto Ebay to see if I can see what ’69 PSA 9s are selling for and fortunately came across another PSA 9 Jimmy Johnson card (the rest of this post is in no means a slam against the seller of this Jimmy Johnson card whatsoever).

As I continued to look at the card listed on Ebay, I noticed the cert number (06413991), and don’t ask me why, but I compared it to the cert number of the card I am getting back (06402558). I am correct in that my card was graded before the one listed on Ebay, right? I know these are large numbers, but 06402558 does come numerically before 06413991, right? But my cards were just posted this past Thursday and will have them in my hands tomorrow.

So, I checked further and noticed the card on Ebay has already been listed for at least six days. So, given travel time and the time it takes to add a card on Ebay added to this six days, the card on Ebay was posted at least a week before my card was posted.

So, it’s making me wonder if it’s really the graders who are slow and taking the incoming submissions out of order or is it the checkers after the graders finished grading that are doing things out of order. Are our cards waiting on shelves for weeks on end after being graded before getting posted and shipped?

I don’t know and just thought it was weird when I saw this. I thought I was going crazy.

chaz43

<< <i>OK, so I know some of you may or may not be tired of hearing members complain about the turnaround times of submissions to PSA, especially under the same type of service, but I thought this was kind of interesting.

I am getting my most recent submission back, hopefully tomorrow after the grades were posted this past Thursday, August 3rd (entered into the system June 30th). One of the cards I submitted and am getting back is a 1969 Topps football PSA 9 #113 Jimmy Johnson card. I got onto Ebay to see if I can see what ’69 PSA 9s are selling for and fortunately came across another PSA 9 Jimmy Johnson card (the rest of this post is in no means a slam against the seller of this Jimmy Johnson card whatsoever).

As I continued to look at the card listed on Ebay, I noticed the cert number (06413991), and don’t ask me why, but I compared it to the cert number of the card I am getting back (06402558). I am correct in that my card was graded before the one listed on Ebay, right? I know these are large numbers, but 06402558 does come numerically before 06413991, right? But my cards were just posted this past Thursday and will have them in my hands tomorrow.

So, I checked further and noticed the card on Ebay has already been listed for at least six days. So, given travel time and the time it takes to add a card on Ebay added to this six days, the card on Ebay was posted at least a week before my card was posted.

So, it’s making me wonder if it’s really the graders who are slow and taking the incoming submissions out of order or is it the checkers after the graders finished grading that are doing things out of order. Are our cards waiting on shelves for weeks on end after being graded before getting posted and shipped?

I don’t know and just thought it was weird when I saw this. I thought I was going crazy. >>




You are going crazy.... relax man. chaz

zef204

I don't think you're going crazy. Their grading order is weird.

Did you have any odball cards in your sub? Maybe they graded the more common, 69 fb being more common, first and then had to wait for your sub to be completed until the "trained and certified grader" of your odd ball cards had tine to grade them. Just a thought.

Another thought, that card is the 2nd highest pop 9 in the entire set, 1/35 with #40 BOB CAPPADONA having 39 9's. Over 25% of this card submitted have gotten a 9. Thats bizzare for a 1969 card.

tanzanite

<< <i>relax man. >>



Oh, I’m relaxed and all. I’m not upset or irritated by this and hope I did not come across as such. I just thought it was interesting.

I’ve seen many posts about the turnaround times or the slow returns, and it seems like the graders are getting the brunt of the blame. I just thought I’d post my observations and maybe a different perspective of the graders may be seen if this hadn’t already been noticed.

tanzanite

<< <i> Did you have any odball cards in your sub? Maybe they graded the more common, 69 fb being more common, first and then had to wait for your sub to be completed until the "trained and certified grader" of your odd ball cards had tine to grade them. Just a thought.

>>



Actually, while I was waiting for my grades to post, I thought about that too, but forgot about it as I initiated this post. I did submit Topps cards from each of the four major sports ranging from 1964 to 1983, including a few Kelloggs issues. I completely forgot about that possibility.

craig19

also, you need to realize the cards are given their cert#'s when they are checked in...not when finally graded. Thus I believe if the other person paid for a quicker service, his could potentially be received back to him before yours, eventhough yours could be mailed in first....

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Am I going crazy? >>

Yes you are. I am sorry to be the only voice of reason here but your erratic behavior as of late has been pointing to this. Please be careful in your daily activities and whatever you do STAY AWAY from sharp objects.

Your friend

Matt

itzagoner

kelly, take my word for it, you're crazy.....you build PSA graded sets....card by card....you eagerly wait for stuff to arrive at your doorstep....day after day....you probably quit eating, talking to friends....look at YOU! now you are multi-posting on CU like other crazy people do....like ME....you're crazy, alright BTW, my order just got finished & all my cert #'s start with 0715**** so nah, nah, nah....oh, wait a minute, 071 DOH!!!!!!!!!!

envoy98

From my understanding, every card is given a cert number when it arrives. Eveindenced by the white sticker on cards that get returned as (no holder available, evid of trim etc) My guess is your cards arrived earlier, but his sub was done sooner. My cards arrived on 6/30 as well on the 45 day submission and I had my grades on the 13th. (My cert #'s were 06401664+)

He may have just gotten luckier in the submission turnaround, or his stuff might have been submitted a couple days after yours but with a 5 day turnaround.

-Josh