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PSA East Coast office?!

scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
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One of Joe's first tweets appears to be a big one:
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JoeOrlandoPSA In response to hobby demand, PSA will be opening an east coast office this year. Updates and details will be provided in the coming weeks.
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Assuming quality of grading is not impacted, this would be nice for us East Coasters, to cut down on delivery times....
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    zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    I got some extra room in my basement if they want to help out with the rent
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    CrazyMind2017CrazyMind2017 Posts: 1,205 ✭
    I'm looking for a job. Think they'll hire me?
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    JohnnyDJohnnyD Posts: 520 ✭✭
    Cleveland.....Cleveland....Cleveland....
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    New York! (Preferably Long Island)
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    can't wait for the first mid-winter echoes of wailing from those whose orders can't be shipped out due to blizzards. image
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    cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭
    I heard they were looking at St. James. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that's great news. image
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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pick Philadelphia Joe!!!

    image
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    CrazyMind2017CrazyMind2017 Posts: 1,205 ✭
    White Plains, NY!
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭


    << <i>I heard they were looking at St. James. image >>


    SHHHH ... nobody was supposed to know that just yet!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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    MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    Will they be equipped with machines that grade/seal rackpacks?
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    cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭
    Did I say St. James? image I meant St. Albans, yeah, St. Albans.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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    cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Will they be equipped with machines that grade/seal rackpacks? >>



    Muggyman, baby steps...baby steps. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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    Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    Should set up next to my house in arizona
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    gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,544 ✭✭✭
    I can see it now, submitters trying to figure out which office is more lenient with the grades, and then sending there packages 3000 miles in the other direction hoping for better #'s.

    Cali rejected 50% of my order for EOT, Eastie only caught 12% of them. Heading East with the rest of the batch. image
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    I think Atlanta would be the best place. If the salary was right, I might be persuaded to take my talents there.
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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll volunteer, free, no salary or pay, to come in and grade the '52 Mantles.

    image
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    GolfcollectorGolfcollector Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭
    The labor and costs of doing Business in Lincoln Nebraska is very cheap and friendly, plus we are centrally located so mail time is never more than 2-3 days away no matter where you live in the Continental USA.
    Dave Johnson- Big Red Country-Nebraska
    Collector of Vintage Golf cards! Let me know what you might have.
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    mexpo75mexpo75 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭
    CHARLOTTE, Joe! Year Round good weather.
    PackManInNC
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    [Pick Philadelphia Joe!!!


    We don't want all our subs getting stolen now, do we?




    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.
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭


    << <i>[Pick Philadelphia Joe!!!
    We don't want all our subs getting stolen now, do we? >>



    HAHAHAHAHA ... GREAT response!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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    BrickBrick Posts: 4,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ohio would be a good location to set up shop. New Governor seems to be business friendly. Large number of qualified people looking for gainful employment. To be successful you need the proper equipment, the right people, and a pro business environment in a location advantageous for your needs. All that is right here in Ohio. I do believe you could negotiate a fair tax liability at this time. Many businesses are fleeing other states such as New York because of their pro tax, anti business policies. Smart businesses are setting up in Ohio, the heart of it all. I remember Governor James A. Rhodes said "Profit is not a dirty word in Ohio." We are returning to that philosophy.
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
    http://www.unisquare.com/store/brick/

    Ralph

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    GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Pick Philadelphia Joe!!!

    image >>




    Why would they go to the Armpit of the East?
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    SportsamericaSportsamerica Posts: 990 ✭✭
    It will be warm... My guess is somewhere in Florida, so they can lose packages in a hurricane.

    Seriously, I think it will be in the Tri-State area (NY/NJ/PA).. Did you know about 10% of the US population lives in this area?
    Cory
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    1973 Topps PSA 8+ (99.81%)
    1976 Topps PSA 9+ (36.36%)
    1977 Topps PSA 9+ (100%)

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    1938 Goudey (56.25%)
    1951 Topps Redbacks PSA 8 (100%)
    1952 Bowman PSA 7+ (63.10%)
    1953 Topps PSA 5+ (91.24%)
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭


    << <i>CHARLOTTE >>



    Charlotte would be nice.....would definitely help me save on postage!
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    kingnascarkingnascar Posts: 636 ✭✭✭
    I'll be glad to help with the networking between offices!

    Logan
    CCIE #6699

    Kingnascar's PSA Sets
    Kingnascar's PSADNA Sets
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    jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Cleveland.....Cleveland....Cleveland.... >>



    +1......+1......+1......
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    ldfergldferg Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭
    Not on the coast, but TN would be a good location.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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    Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭
    Third vote for CHARLOTTE!
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    cadets68cadets68 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭
    How about on the East Coast of Wisconsin? Maybe Milwaukee or Green Bay.

    Like Ohio, our Governor is making many changes to be more "pro business".

    We have a huge collector base here. Chicago is not far at all.

    We get tons of snow and it is cold for half the year, nice contrast to the California office.

    Shawn
    After those four National League games, Gorman Thomas was never the same, and neither were the Brewers, and come to think of it neither was I.

    Josh Wilker - Cardboard Gods
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    CrazyMind2017CrazyMind2017 Posts: 1,205 ✭


    << <i>We get tons of snow and it is cold for half the year, nice contrast to the California office. >>


    I'm sure that's exactly what they're looking for! image
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    eyeboneeyebone Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭
    why not go international mr. orlando. how about toronto?

    eyebone
    "I'm not saying I'm the best manager in the world, but I'm in the top one." Brian Clough
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    ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    GO BIG OR GO HOME!

    NYC for the win!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I told them they can use my garage.

    I won't charge much.

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    Mike
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    CrazyMind2017CrazyMind2017 Posts: 1,205 ✭
    Think of how easy it will be to set up at the County Center if the PSA office is already in White Plains.

    Can you say ON-SITE ENCAPSULATION?!
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    1neatstuff1neatstuff Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭
    i vote for michigan
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    Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    Parsippany NJ please...
    Rick Probstein
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    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
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    scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Parsippany NJ please... >>



    Nice - but isn't one major grader per town enough?!?
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    Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    Nice - but isn't one major grader per town enough?!?
    ==> doesn't McDonalds like to set up next to Burger King...
    ( other examples exist, but I just started a no carb diet - so I am thinking about food )
    Rick Probstein
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    Probstein123
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    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
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    minnesotahuskerminnesotahusker Posts: 642 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The labor and costs of doing Business in Lincoln Nebraska is very cheap and friendly, plus we are centrally located so mail time is never more than 2-3 days away no matter where you live in the Continental USA. >>



    Couldn't agree more with golf collector. Maybe that would persuade me to come back to Nebraska (the Good Life).
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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    I can already see an east coast bias developing... just like everything in sports!
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    bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭
    Clearly the most cost-effective thing is to just set up in Sharon, MA.

    </ conspiracyTheory>
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    pdub1819pdub1819 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭✭
    I live like 15 minutes from the Newport Offices, so I don't really care....but I say Mr. Orlando puts the new office in ORLANDO!!!! image

    https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204

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    jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Clearly the most cost-effective thing is to just set up in Sharon, MA.

    </ conspiracyTheory> >>



    lol
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    BABERUTHJOEDIMAGGIOBABERUTHJOEDIMAGGIO Posts: 470 ✭✭
    Baltimore Maryland
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    SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can already see an east coast bias developing... just like everything in sports! >>



    Then what you do is send your Yankees/Dodgers/Red Sox cards to the new location, and all the NL and AL West cards to Newport Beach!
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    jersterjerster Posts: 828 ✭✭✭


    << <i>i vote for michigan >>



    2x
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    bigred1bigred1 Posts: 667
    Have to go with Baltimore, great National show and 20 minutes from home, sounds like reason enough for me.
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    bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Clearly the most cost-effective thing is to just set up in Sharon, MA.

    </ conspiracyTheory> >>



    lol >>



    Thanks; I was beginning to think no one would catch the joke. image
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    epatmythesepatmythes Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭
    Not to derail this thread with logic and reason... but I for one, find this announcement concerning to say the least.

    I, like most (if not all) of you, are stakeholders in PSA, and CU as the bigger picture. Heck, I'm sure a number of you are also shareholders. Personally, I am not, and with such an announcement, I am even less likely to actually invest in the corporation.

    Now, don't get me wrong... as a business, I absolutley love their product and their service. It's more the business decisions that I don't agree with, and thus, CLCT does not interest me from an investor standpoint.

    As if the salary requirements, cost of living, operating expenses, etc. aren't high enough in California already... now an East Coast Office. Okay, I get it, it's the cool thing to do, it sounds big time. But as a stakeholder, and a potential shareholder, I don't want "big time", I want organizational stability, sound working capital management, continued growth, and sustainable products/services.

    Why don't they, instead of keeping a high operating cost location in California and opening another (likely) high operating cost location on the East Coast... relocate their California operation to a single location in a more totally-efficient-operations location somewhere in the midwest or central region of the country. Someone tossed out Lincoln, Nebraska... why not? What about Cedar Rapids, IA... Kansas City, MO... Memphis/Nashville, TN, somewhere in Northern Texas?

    To me, this just stinks of higher operating expenses... which will, in time, lead to higher service costs... and higher consumer costs...

    I don't know, maybe it's just me looking at this from a business perspective... and not as the collector that swears by PSA, which I am... but this isn't good news. If anything, it appears to be more cause for concern regarding the future of the company, industry, etc.
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