So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Adults would act calmly and rationally and not get all emotional. If you are in fact an adult, act like one for the first time in your life. I've had issues with companies. I don't get all postal on their public forums. I call them,
You sure talk out of both sides of your mouth. I just went and looked on the Yahoo CLCT board, and someone there copied your post before you deleted it.
You said:
After numerous attempts at email and calling the company with no one getting back to me, I have sold 90% of my holdings.
I welcome debates and opinions, but I do draw the line at Liars.
that is a stock board where such matters are discussed. I didn't air my issues with them during the timeframe and make it a public issue. I wrote on numerous occasions, called and left message on numerous occasions, acted rationally, then acted when they did not respond. When I did, I told others in a rational manner. See how that is different? I made one post and did not bash the company or threaten them.
You and others are acting like petulant children who didn't get their ice cream before dinner.
So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
Probably. He should look defamation and libel, my process server already knows who he is and Massachusetts isn't that far...Dana.
A regular order posted today from 9/2. (18 business days) I will discuss the grades after a couple more orders post. Let's hope they are not like this one!
Update. So I received my order today. Last week they told me it went out and online I didn't see any correction so I assumed that they just sent my coins back after my request. To my surprise, they did reholder the coin and what I saw was nothing short of amazing. They screwed up AGAIN!! The very reason I sent it back for the reholder was not fixed!! It's still a proof coin graded as MS. I am completely floored and speechless.
Update. So I received my order today. Last week they told me it went out and online I didn't see any correction so I assumed that they just sent my coins back after my request. To my surprise, they did reholder the coin and what I saw was nothing short of amazing. They screwed up AGAIN!! They very reason I sent it back for the reholder was not fixed!! It's still a proof coin graded as MS. I am completely floored and speechless.
Can't knock that fact they are consistent.
None of my coins I asked to be reholdered reverse side up were done in my last submission either
mark
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Originally posted by: RMLTM79 The very reason I sent it back for the reholder was not fixed!! It's still a proof coin graded as MS. I am completely floored and speechless.
This happened to me several years ago, The coin was misidentified on the holder. I sent the coin back to correct the mechanical error. The problem seems to be in the order entry. They use the coin number on the holder rather than looking it up. Customer Service was very nice about it. They suggested that I bring the coin to a show and they would fix it and refund my postage. The problem is I am on the east coast and there are not a lot of shows that PCGS attends. Just sold the coins as PCGS error coins as they weren't expensive coins.
So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
Yes as Casman than jglightbrigade and now ca5man He is not even a collector just a flipper. But than again it sounds like DB is not a collector either. This place is filled with non collectors anymore and more Alt's than you could image.
I as a collector am not worried about the time it takes them. I am more worried that the Quality of the service is going down. We have all experienced wrong labels and everytime our host has fixed mine. Last time I even got two free vouchers for all my trouble.
Now 6 of my economy were logged in on 8/1 and I had noticed last week someone said they graded over 14000 coins and I was just praying none were mine. Alas my 6 grades popped that afternoon and as a Specialist in ONE Series I was truly surprised by the grades. Not in 7 years have I experience such poor grades.
I now have those 6 back in hand and 3 will get cracked and sent back. There are so many other things in Life to Be worried about, this is not one of those. Relax folks this is a Hobby for most of us.
Enjoy
Here is one of the coins I am miffed about GTG,,,,,,
Thanks Tommy for sharing that. 67? I'm just glad I didn't ask for attribution or images, at a certain point patience goes from being a virtue to a vice of absurdity. I have a day or two left and in terms of numismatics I am all in; I do nothing with stocks, etc..
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Here is one of the coins I am miffed about GTG,,,,,,
Lustrous coins are tough in pictures.....
But there might be an issue inside the rim on the right-obverse? Almost looks rubbed, or scuffed by a machine?
Can't tell what's going on in the left-obverse either. Appears a little spotty. While it's well struck, those "visual" issues could have knocked it down a bit....
18,000 coins graded yesterday after 17,000 the previous day. Puts them over 600,000 for the quarter. Last 2 days of grading is as many coins as they graded in a week at some points this quarter and was the #1 and #2 coin grading days for the quarter.
I know Wabbit hates it so I'll purposely say it again, Skate to where the puck will be, not where it is.
The December quarter has historically been their slowest quarter. If you have coins, now would be the time to submit. Expect a price increase to be announced in November to take affect in January. That will cause a slew of coins to be submitted in December.
A price increase for what? Service is horrible!! This will not go over well with anyone
They have raised prices every other year now. Didn't raise them this year so ...
That's how I see it playing out. No one likes an increase, everyone will grumble, then they get used to it
Actually if you think about it, there was a "cut" this year as CoinFacts is now free. The $500K/yr in revenue they lost by doing that has to be made up somehow
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Thank goodness for the end of the quarter. One of my 8/16 submission popped today and shipped
M
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
I totally agree that transparency would be desirable for all concerned but perhaps you could give reasons why the competitor does not offer everything that PCGS does? I am a total novice in that area.
How does the money get distributed at NGC vs. PCGS? Do the tax rates in CA VS. FL affect how the businesses are run? What is your estimate of their respective shares of the marketplace for certified collectibles?
By the way, what's the advantage of being a "transparent" publicly traded company when you have an issue like this delay and no one has the guts to explain?
Two months ago we had one post promising things would improve. Crickets since and the delays grew longer.
Clueless?
If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
I totally agree that transparency would be desirable for all concerned but perhaps you could give reasons why the competitor does not offer everything that PCGS does? I am a total novice in that area.
How does the money get distributed at NGC vs. PCGS? Do the tax rates in CA VS. FL affect how the businesses are run? What is your estimate of their respective shares of the marketplace for certified collectibles?
It takes time and money to set up something like a statistics page. Probably more time and money than you think.
NGC has private owners and the money gets distributed to them. They can decide to keep the money for themselves or reinvest in the business. The only tax rate difference is there is no Florida income tax giving NGC a 5% advantage. Cost of living is lower so salaries can be lower there too. Being private they can save about $1M/yr in public company costs. They can also keep private their relationship with the auction houses and other various market makers.
CLCT has said they have 70% of the Vintage market and prior to this year they had 30% of the Modern market. With their new Modern initiative and looking at pop reports for both companies it appears Moderns are now 50/50. Submission costs are higher at PCGS and Vintage is more profitable so overall I would guess CLCT is much more profitable than NGC. NGC is certainly a greatly profitable company but if they were both public, CLCT would be the better play. As it is, no analyst even covers CLCT. Not a single one.
PSA has 90%-95% of the share of cards and autographs and is a virtual monopoly.
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Yup, I'm on BD 86 for the restoration. Welcome to the madhouse.
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Yup, I'm on BD 86 for the restoration. Welcome to the madhouse.
That's horrible, terrible service! Starting to wonder what's going on in Newport Beach......
Looks like Economy submissions may be posting from the 8/10-8/12 range, what's the latest date anyone has received grades on? I have one received on 8/11 that I'm hoping to have back for the weekend.
Today is Business Day 40 for my Economy Submission logged in on August 11. Is it true that PCGS now has a "Guaranteed to Grade" by the listed timeline or the grading service is free?
I've been trying to "read the tea leaves" too. But I'm convinced every submission has it's own path, and they aren't predictable.
Evidence:
- 2 Regular crossover submissions, received 8/23. One of 6 coins, one of 8 coins.
- The 6 coin submission posted on 9/20....19 business days.
- The 8 coin submission hasn't posted yet.....today is 10/4.....29 business days.
Just to close out this thought:
One was 19 business days...the other 31.
Lesson learned: Remove all stickers, notes, whatever from the old slabs. I neglected to remove my own stickers with variety designations on them, and that resulted in them pulling it from the "normal" flow in order to ask me if I wanted variety service.
I'm pretty sure that even after answering "No", the submission sat on someone's desk for 2 weeks. When I emailed to ask about the submission....they suddenly pushed it through before the end of the day.
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Day 76 now. Hope is fleeting.......Service is pathetically slow.....
Update on my 8/25 submission. I had both an economy and regular/voucher submission at the same time and interestingly my economy grades have posted but my regular submission has not. I think it's probably because I have TrueView imaging on my regular submission. I am quite happy with the grades and it seems that I was slightly conservative in my estimates on a couple.
On a side note, I thought economy submissions weren't eligible for "+" grades? I had a 1953 proof Washington that I thought was a shoe-in for CAM but instead went PR66+, guess I learned something today.
Slow turn-around times are just an urban myth,,,,,,,,,
Order #21116xxx Submission #152xxx
Account Home Order Details
Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. Description Grade Country
1 1 8198xxxx 598xxx 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
1 2 8198xxx 598xxxX 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
Total Items: 2
Date Received: 9/23/2016
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: In Process
These grades POPPED on Friday,,,,, will ship today or tomorrow, I read The Post Office is open in California on Columbus Day so hopefully it ships today.
15 days from receipt until grades posted,,,,11 business days,,, not bad IMHO,,,,,,
Slow turn-around times are just an urban myth,,,,,,,,,
Order #21116xxx Submission #152xxx
Account Home Order Details
Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. Description Grade Country
1 1 8198xxxx 598xxx 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
1 2 8198xxx 598xxxX 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
Total Items: 2
Date Received: 9/23/2016
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: In Process
These grades POPPED on Friday,,,,, will ship today or tomorrow, I read The Post Office is open in California on Columbus Day so hopefully it ships today.
15 days from receipt until grades posted,,,,11 business days,,, not bad IMHO,,,,,,
Modern orders are not the problem!! It's Economy, Regular and Restoration service!!!
I'm on Business Day 42 for my oldest Economy order at our hosts. I'v noticed on the shared orders page that Economy Orders are being graded that were logged in 5 to 10 days after mine.
I've observed thatPCGS doesn't work on the order of "First in, First Out"; anyone have insight as to how they prioritize what gets graded before others? Do I beed to staple a $50 to the Order Form before shipping?
Used my voucher for three 15w Buffalo proofs submitted regular secure - 3 days to online grades posted , true views up day 5 (Sunday!) and shipped day 6 ( these are calendar days not
business days)
@dbtunr said:
Latest estimates show Express at 7 days, Regular at 22, Economy at 37, and World at 20
Last year at the exact same time when there were NO complaints was 13 days for Express, 27 for Regular, 37 for Economy, and 38 for Modern
In other words, turnaround times are much faster than last year on 3 of 4 tiers and the same in the slowest tier.
Not sure where you get your info from but it is dead wrong. Last year at this time, looking at real orders of mine, they were WAY faster. You might be suffering from that blow to the head of selling 20000 shares of CLCT at $17 and watching it climb to $19.50
@dbtunr said:
Latest estimates show Express at 7 days, Regular at 22, Economy at 37, and World at 20
Last year at the exact same time when there were NO complaints was 13 days for Express, 27 for Regular, 37 for Economy, and 38 for Modern
In other words, turnaround times are much faster than last year on 3 of 4 tiers and the same in the slowest tier.
Not sure where you get your info from but it is dead wrong. Last year at this time, looking at real orders of mine, they were WAY faster. You might be suffering from that blow to the head of selling 20000 shares of CLCT at $17 and watching it climb to $19.50
I track it in a spreadsheet. Your anecdotal inference is unscientific, inaccurate, and wrong. And I sold 18000 at $18+. It never went to $17. The last time it went under $18 was May. Troll much? How can anyone trust a single thing you say when clearly almost everything you say is wrong all the time, everytime? Stick to coins. Maybe you know something about them.
Comments
So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Adults would act calmly and rationally and not get all emotional. If you are in fact an adult, act like one for the first time in your life. I've had issues with companies. I don't get all postal on their public forums. I call them,
You sure talk out of both sides of your mouth. I just went and looked on the Yahoo CLCT board, and someone there copied your post before you deleted it.
You said:
I welcome debates and opinions, but I do draw the line at Liars.
that is a stock board where such matters are discussed. I didn't air my issues with them during the timeframe and make it a public issue. I wrote on numerous occasions, called and left message on numerous occasions, acted rationally, then acted when they did not respond. When I did, I told others in a rational manner. See how that is different? I made one post and did not bash the company or threaten them.
You and others are acting like petulant children who didn't get their ice cream before dinner.
My Ebay Store
So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
Probably. He should look defamation and libel, my process server already knows who he is and Massachusetts isn't that far...Dana.
coming from a guy who joined 2 months before me
http://s172.photobucket.com/user/mikeabdouni/library/?sort=3&page=1
Update. So I received my order today. Last week they told me it went out and online I didn't see any correction so I assumed that they just sent my coins back after my request. To my surprise, they did reholder the coin and what I saw was nothing short of amazing. They screwed up AGAIN!! They very reason I sent it back for the reholder was not fixed!! It's still a proof coin graded as MS. I am completely floored and speechless.
Can't knock that fact they are consistent.
None of my coins I asked to be reholdered reverse side up were done in my last submission either
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
The very reason I sent it back for the reholder was not fixed!! It's still a proof coin graded as MS. I am completely floored and speechless.
This happened to me several years ago, The coin was misidentified on the holder. I sent the coin back to correct the mechanical error. The problem seems to be in the order entry. They use the coin number on the holder rather than looking it up. Customer Service was very nice about it. They suggested that I bring the coin to a show and they would fix it and refund my postage. The problem is I am on the east coast and there are not a lot of shows that PCGS attends. Just sold the coins as PCGS error coins as they weren't expensive coins.
8 Reales Madness Collection
So you deny being a 16 year old living in mamma's basement?
I take that as your admission to internet stalking me like a troll. I love it how your are getting heckled there. Careful, someone might put 2 and 2 together with you and neg you on eBay
Now you threaten me? You should be banned period.
Did he get bammed here before? I notice the new handle and July member date.
mark
I as a collector am not worried about the time it takes them. I am more worried that the Quality of the service is going down. We have all experienced wrong labels and everytime our host has fixed mine. Last time I even got two free vouchers for all my trouble.
Now 6 of my economy were logged in on 8/1 and I had noticed last week someone said they graded over 14000 coins and I was just praying none were mine. Alas my 6 grades popped that afternoon and as a Specialist in ONE Series I was truly surprised by the grades. Not in 7 years have I experience such poor grades.
I now have those 6 back in hand and 3 will get cracked and sent back. There are so many other things in Life to Be worried about, this is not one of those. Relax folks this is a Hobby for most of us.
Enjoy
Here is one of the coins I am miffed about GTG,,,,,,
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
Link to My Registry Set.
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469
Varieties Are The Spice Of LIFE and Thanks to Those who teach us what to search For.
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Here is one of the coins I am miffed about GTG,,,,,,
Lustrous coins are tough in pictures.....
But there might be an issue inside the rim on the right-obverse? Almost looks rubbed, or scuffed by a machine?
Can't tell what's going on in the left-obverse either. Appears a little spotty. While it's well struck, those "visual" issues could have knocked it down a bit....
But....could just be the pictures.
I know Wabbit hates it so I'll purposely say it again, Skate to where the puck will be, not where it is.
The December quarter has historically been their slowest quarter. If you have coins, now would be the time to submit. Expect a price increase to be announced in November to take affect in January. That will cause a slew of coins to be submitted in December.
A price increase for what? Service is horrible!! This will not go over well with anyone
They have raised prices every other year now. Didn't raise them this year so ...
That's how I see it playing out. No one likes an increase, everyone will grumble, then they get used to it
Actually if you think about it, there was a "cut" this year as CoinFacts is now free. The $500K/yr in revenue they lost by doing that has to be made up somehow
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
M
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
I totally agree that transparency would be desirable for all concerned but perhaps you could give reasons why the competitor does not offer everything that PCGS does? I am a total novice in that area.
How does the money get distributed at NGC vs. PCGS? Do the tax rates in CA VS. FL affect how the businesses are run? What is your estimate of their respective shares of the marketplace for certified collectibles?
By the way, what's the advantage of being a "transparent" publicly traded company when you have an issue like this delay and no one has the guts to explain?
Two months ago we had one post promising things would improve. Crickets since and the delays grew longer.
Clueless?
I had one of my economy submissions pop with grades today, definitely conservative, not giving anything away that's for sure. I was talking with a larger local dealer who spoke with Rick M. and asked about the delays at his old company, who said that NGC is getting the same level of submissions so why is one slow and the other fast? If they are getting record numbers of submissions why should they change their business practices?
One company is public, everything is out in the open, another company is not. There is no way to know anything about NGC other than rumor, innuendo, and guesswork. If they are doing so great, why aren't they public and seeing their stock skyrocket? Why don't they have a daily statistics page like PCGS?
Just an FYI - PCGs has 70% of the Vintage market. It takes more time to grade a Vintage coin than a Modern coin.
I totally agree that transparency would be desirable for all concerned but perhaps you could give reasons why the competitor does not offer everything that PCGS does? I am a total novice in that area.
How does the money get distributed at NGC vs. PCGS? Do the tax rates in CA VS. FL affect how the businesses are run? What is your estimate of their respective shares of the marketplace for certified collectibles?
It takes time and money to set up something like a statistics page. Probably more time and money than you think.
NGC has private owners and the money gets distributed to them. They can decide to keep the money for themselves or reinvest in the business. The only tax rate difference is there is no Florida income tax giving NGC a 5% advantage. Cost of living is lower so salaries can be lower there too. Being private they can save about $1M/yr in public company costs. They can also keep private their relationship with the auction houses and other various market makers.
CLCT has said they have 70% of the Vintage market and prior to this year they had 30% of the Modern market. With their new Modern initiative and looking at pop reports for both companies it appears Moderns are now 50/50. Submission costs are higher at PCGS and Vintage is more profitable so overall I would guess CLCT is much more profitable than NGC. NGC is certainly a greatly profitable company but if they were both public, CLCT would be the better play. As it is, no analyst even covers CLCT. Not a single one.
PSA has 90%-95% of the share of cards and autographs and is a virtual monopoly.
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Yup, I'm on BD 86 for the restoration. Welcome to the madhouse.
8 Reales Madness Collection
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Yup, I'm on BD 86 for the restoration. Welcome to the madhouse.
That's horrible, terrible service! Starting to wonder what's going on in Newport Beach......
Starting to wonder what's going on in Newport Beach......
Starting to wonder? You started this thread 2 months and more than 700 posts ago. You should be convinced at minimum!
Express order just posted. 5 business days. Grades were right where I thought they would be. No surprises up or down..
Evidence:
- 2 Regular crossover submissions, received 8/23. One of 6 coins, one of 8 coins.
- The 6 coin submission posted on 9/20....19 business days.
- The 8 coin submission hasn't posted yet.....today is 10/4.....29 business days.
*Sigh* Of course, the 8 coin submission is the one I'm most interested in.
(But if you check every 20 minutes, they go faster.....right?)
I've been trying to "read the tea leaves" too. But I'm convinced every submission has it's own path, and they aren't predictable.
Evidence:
- 2 Regular crossover submissions, received 8/23. One of 6 coins, one of 8 coins.
- The 6 coin submission posted on 9/20....19 business days.
- The 8 coin submission hasn't posted yet.....today is 10/4.....29 business days.
Just to close out this thought:
One was 19 business days...the other 31.
Lesson learned: Remove all stickers, notes, whatever from the old slabs. I neglected to remove my own stickers with variety designations on them, and that resulted in them pulling it from the "normal" flow in order to ask me if I wanted variety service.
I'm pretty sure that even after answering "No", the submission sat on someone's desk for 2 weeks. When I emailed to ask about the submission....they suddenly pushed it through before the end of the day.
Should be in my hands tomorrow!
Day 68 and no results from the Restoration dept. at PCGS and no improvement in sight. When will PCGS address the problems with service? 700 posts now........Houston we have a problem......
Day 76 now. Hope is fleeting.......Service is pathetically slow.....
On a side note, I thought economy submissions weren't eligible for "+" grades? I had a 1953 proof Washington that I thought was a shoe-in for CAM but instead went PR66+, guess I learned something today.
Collector, occasional seller
Order #21116xxx Submission #152xxx
Account Home Order Details
Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. Description Grade Country
1 1 8198xxxx 598xxx 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
1 2 8198xxx 598xxxX 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
Total Items: 2
Date Received: 9/23/2016
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: In Process
These grades POPPED on Friday,,,,, will ship today or tomorrow, I read The Post Office is open in California on Columbus Day so hopefully it ships today.
15 days from receipt until grades posted,,,,11 business days,,, not bad IMHO,,,,,,
Regular submission logged in 8/17. Still no word
Slow turn-around times are just an urban myth,,,,,,,,,
Order #21116xxx Submission #152xxx
Account Home Order Details
Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. Description Grade Country
1 1 8198xxxx 598xxx 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
1 2 8198xxx 598xxxX 2016-W 25C 100th Anniversary First Strike SP70 USA
Total Items: 2
Date Received: 9/23/2016
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: In Process
These grades POPPED on Friday,,,,, will ship today or tomorrow, I read The Post Office is open in California on Columbus Day so hopefully it ships today.
15 days from receipt until grades posted,,,,11 business days,,, not bad IMHO,,,,,,
Modern orders are not the problem!! It's Economy, Regular and Restoration service!!!
I've observed thatPCGS doesn't work on the order of "First in, First Out"; anyone have insight as to how they prioritize what gets graded before others? Do I beed to staple a $50 to the Order Form before shipping?
I should have a BD100 giveaway.
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Latest estimates show Express at 7 days, Regular at 22, and Economy at 37
Restoration estimates now set at a season and a half....
Just picked up these yesterday with a friend of mine... maybe now these are out of the way, PCGS turnaround times will pick back up
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World economy entered Sept 15th, grades posted today Oct 13th. Not too shabby.
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Latest estimates show Express at 7 days, Regular at 22, Economy at 37, and World at 20
Last year at the exact same time when there were NO complaints was 13 days for Express, 27 for Regular, 37 for Economy, and 38 for Modern
In other words, turnaround times are much faster than last year on 3 of 4 tiers and the same in the slowest tier.
Guaranteed re-submission - restoration @ business day 96. Just to remove a dip stain that developed in the holder after the previous restoration.
8 Reales Madness Collection
Used my voucher for three 15w Buffalo proofs submitted regular secure - 3 days to online grades posted , true views up day 5 (Sunday!) and shipped day 6 ( these are calendar days not
business days)
Not sure where you get your info from but it is dead wrong. Last year at this time, looking at real orders of mine, they were WAY faster. You might be suffering from that blow to the head of selling 20000 shares of CLCT at $17 and watching it climb to $19.50
I track it in a spreadsheet. Your anecdotal inference is unscientific, inaccurate, and wrong. And I sold 18000 at $18+. It never went to $17. The last time it went under $18 was May. Troll much? How can anyone trust a single thing you say when clearly almost everything you say is wrong all the time, everytime? Stick to coins. Maybe you know something about them.
It was probably 15 regular/20 econ this time last year, which is what it was for a good chunk of 2015 and 3 or 4 months in 2016.
Your spreadsheet can generate any number it wants to, just like your keyboard can generate stock buys & sells.
You should change your handle to dbcooper and just disappear.