@skyistumbling said:
More Poppage today from my July special that arrived on 7/14 and 7/21 respectively
28 Cards (Star Wars Chrome Galaxy, Pokemon Modern, Pop Century 2021)
10s: 16
9s: 12
22 Card (2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition)
Now this is where it gets weird
10s: 17!
4s?!?!?!: 5
I have no idea what the deal with this is considering they went all pack to sleeve to loader. The centering on these cards looked absolutely fine, not even close 4s, no idea what's going on here and I might call PSA once they come in.
Nice to see PSA 10s … especially on Star Wars… would love to see some pics when you get them in hand!!
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one. Live long, and prosper.
@skyistumbling said:
More Poppage today from my July special that arrived on 7/14 and 7/21 respectively
28 Cards (Star Wars Chrome Galaxy, Pokemon Modern, Pop Century 2021)
10s: 16
9s: 12
22 Card (2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition)
Now this is where it gets weird
10s: 17!
4s?!?!?!: 5
I have no idea what the deal with this is considering they went all pack to sleeve to loader. The centering on these cards looked absolutely fine, not even close 4s, no idea what's going on here and I might call PSA once they come in.
Nice to see PSA 10s … especially on Star Wars… would love to see some pics when you get them in hand!!
Will drop a gallery once everything gets in on Friday, very excited for them!
Any way I could get a scan of this when you get it, she's been one of my Crushes for 30+ years, ever since I saw her in the movie LINK (1986). And I met her years ago in Beaver Creek and she was as Nice as you would ever expect!
12 1 64676900 GEM MINT 10 2021 Leaf Metal Pop Century Stunning Starlets Autograph ES1 Elisabeth Shue Blue Card
Had a small 4 card order of 89/90 Basketball come back. I mainly sent these as a litmus test for how they grade the older stuff especially stickers. These were ALL pack fresh and honestly the best of the best. The results are once again bizarre because I felt the Jordan All star was a 10 and the base card was like a 9, LOL. Not gonna complain too much w the 10 on the Jordan base but good luck trying to figure PSA grading standards out.
GEM MINT 10 1990 Fleer 26 Michael Jordan
NEAR MINT 7 1990 Fleer All-Stars 5 Michael Jordan
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1989 Fleer Sticker 4 Charles Barkley
NEAR MINT 7 1989 Fleer Sticker 10 Larry Bird
Getting frustrated at the glacial pace of one of my orders. I submitted it as an economy back on 6/14/22 and it's still in Grading. I had two other orders that I already have received but this one is just not moving. It's only three cards that are being transferred from another grading service. Do these typically take a lot longer?
@vbacon it's a crossover sub? I haven't seen much on the pace of those but I think economy is the cheapest level for that service at the moment. My economy orders that are raw/grading have been running ~20 days lately and were averaging 31 total days from arrived to shipped between June and September.
@envoy982 said: @vbacon it's a crossover sub? I haven't seen much on the pace of those but I think economy is the cheapest level for that service at the moment. My economy orders that are raw/grading have been running ~20 days lately and were averaging 31 total days from arrived to shipped between June and September.
Yeah, I guess crossover is the correct term. Sorry, I'm pretty new to this. I had two other economy orders from June that each took about 90 days. I guess they figure I'm not a big player so they can take 120 days for an economy order with me.
PSA definitely seems to work on modern items as a priority: I sent five separate orders in during the July special. 3 were the 1996-present and 2 were the 1995 & earlier. All of the 1996-present ones went through grading and on to Q1 very quickly (though they've been stalled at Q1 for several weeks since). The other 2 are still in Research stage.
I don’t think it’s priority as much as resource availability. I would imagine the bulk of the backlog was modern era cards and so the bulk of training for new graders was on those. I did notice the bulk subs now are 1979 and older or 1980 and newer instead of the 1996 cutoff. They must be trying to ease some of these modern-trained graders into earlier year card expertise. Also, I have the exact same experience as you. 4 subs in $18 special - 2 modern both in qa2. 2 vintage just entered grading on Monday after 2 months.
@Soonerific said:
I have a 34 card economy order that arrived 3/18/22, entered 3/24/22, and has been stuck in QA2 since 6/23. Called today since it's been in QA2 for 3 weeks and asked if there was an issue, like a label or holder that needed to be addressed. Was told no issues in the notes for the order and everything was fine. Told the 3 week delay in QA2 was "normal" and happens from time to time. Told the rep I had another order sent at the same time at the same service level that was tracking behind this one, but zipped right passed it and shipped 2 weeks ago. I asked if the rep if they could highlight or flag the order number to be pushed through since 3 weeks in QA2 is entirely too long to review labels, holders, and ship out unless there was an issue. Was told to be patient and call back in a week if it still hadn't shipped and they would reach out to that department at that time to check on the order. I know it's not the customer service rep's fault, but they could at least make an inquiry instead of saying call back in a week if it doesn't ship. Maybe it pops today or tomorrow. If not I will be calling again Monday.
Trying to figure out why I have 2 economy orders sitting in R&ID that were delivered the same day as a bulk and a value sub are way ahead of econ. Econ orders are both R&ID (spec #'s available for every card, nothing new or tricky) and my value sub is in QA2 and Bulk sub is in Grading. Nice that value and buik are moving through quickly but I'd expect my $50/card sub to beat them out the door since they were all in the same box and delivered the same day.
…and my value sub just popped while my Econ sub that arrived the same day and has fewer cards is still in grading. No sense in sending Econ unless it’s to cover declared value. All cards had spec #’s so nothing tricky or easier about either sub. Unfortunately this value sub had some Javonte Williams and Mac Jones stuff. That’ll probably all go in a box for next off-season 😂
Edited to say: 14 days from delivered to grades. I love that turnaround time, just wish my econ orders would move that quick.
$18 July special "vintage" just popped. I am ecstatic with these grades and there are upgrades for my HOF set besides!
The 1983 were from a wax box I ripped last summer. Picked a few of the best ones
The 75's were from a guy on FB. Paid $15 or $18 shipped for the 3. The 84 Green came from a hand collated set I bought a couple years back. The 89 scores were from an opened factory set I bought from the same person as the 84. The 89 TT Sanders and John Randles I had sitting in a box from years ago and found last summer just waiting to sub them.
There's not much action in this thread lately. Is everyone getting their orders back in a timely fashion now?
I have a dual grade value order (1996-present) of 11 cards just getting ready to ship. The whole process took about 1 month for this one, so it's pretty snappy.
@Marshallfaulk28 I've had several orders pop over the last month.
Economy was 28-30 days
Value 13 days
July special 41 & 43 days for modern, 80's 64 days. 50's-80's is still in grading 75 days or so later
Bulk hit qa2 in 30 days but has sat there for the better part of a week
@envoy982 said: @Marshallfaulk28 I've had several orders pop over the last month.
Economy was 28-30 days
Value 13 days
July special 41 & 43 days for modern, 80's 64 days. 50's-80's is still in grading 75 days or so later
Bulk hit qa2 in 30 days but has sat there for the better part of a week
Nice. They are mostly zipping along then except for the older stuff. With my order, I sent in a dual grade value (1995-earlier) in the same package, and that one is still stuck in Research.
It's a good sign for their ability to handle large volumes, so that should drive prices down some more. I think I'll try the $15 special soon.
@dmg111 said:
Grades popped today for the $18 special, received in on 7/28.
Good to know. I have a Special order that landed about the same time that's still in Grading. Wondering what the timing will be since the other Special order I sent that was received about a week later has been back for almost 2 months.
Grades popped on a bulk order and I just realized they labeled my Gronk rookies as the autograph version. Any idea how long a reholder/fix will take? Assuming I need to pay both directions too?
@envoy982 said:
Grades popped on a bulk order and I just realized they labeled my Gronk rookies as the autograph version. Any idea how long a reholder/fix will take? Assuming I need to pay both directions too?
For the couple of label fixes I’ve done, they’ve paid shipping both ways. After you pay to have it shipped to them, they reimburse you either with a check or adding a credit to your account for a future order. I did the latter. Both of mine were very quick too. I had my cards back in a few weeks.
I need to do same actually as they put the wrong year on a label of mine despite me catching it during the grading phase. They also had the wrong player entirely, so at least they got that fixed but never caught that the year was wrong too.
I have one there from July. Called last Friday and they said it is still in the works. I have a bad feeling that it’s lost. We will see. I have another that I received back with the same incorrect Label that was sent back in March. Still haven’t rectified the issue in that either. I have several subs ready to send in but I’m trying to wait for the conclusion of those 2 cards.
I thought the 1996 and back service was slow. I sent 17 cards in just for auto verification no grade arrived 8/10. Entered 9/2. 11/21 still in research and Id. $30 a card level.
@rexvos said:
I thought the 1996 and back service was slow. I sent 17 cards in just for auto verification no grade arrived 8/10. Entered 9/2. 11/21 still in research and Id. $30 a card level.
I think their research department for autos must be slow. I also have one sitting in Research for over a month now. It's at the same $30 level. An order I shipped to them in same box has already been completed and returned to me.
Just submitted my very first item for grading, a Sidney Crosby debut ticket going through using Super Express. I hope it doesn't take forever to get back. Very curious about how it'll grade.
Anyone submit cards in person at the National under the National special ? Dropped off a bulk vintage order and it’s been stuck in grading for ages, anyone having a similar experience? Has been over 4 months now since these were handed over to PSA.
I didn’t sub at the national but did have 4 national specials. 2 vintage and 2 modern. Both modern and the smaller vintage are back. Last was early ivtiner. My large vintage order of 100+ cards is still in grading also.
I've been noticing that modern orders seem to get processed and returned very quickly but anything with cards pre 1980 seems to be stuck in grading. Maybe they are still working on training enough graders on vintage cards? I'm okay with waiting a little longer to make sure they are properly graded.
I agree with that! The “vintage” sub I had returned was graded very well. 1975-1991 results are posted a page or two earlier. I’m okay waiting if grades are consistent and accurate.
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Nice to see PSA 10s … especially on Star Wars… would love to see some pics when you get them in hand!!
Live long, and prosper.
Will drop a gallery once everything gets in on Friday, very excited for them!
Hey,
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What does something like that sell for?
YeeHaw!
Thanks
Neil
Neil … it did not set me back much at all … maybe 40ish. There are lots of color variations but I liked the blue one
Hey Halosfon (What is your Name?)........you are a Bad Bad Influence..........
I have started negotiations for this item, just fell in love with it, like the 1/1 of it!
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And This
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144468893017?hash=item21a3045d59:g:NQYAAOSwDqliNbbf&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8A4cr0J88O8I3ImESKyHjCy8P4VtvuLPWLp2s4eSdwjJL+yYqvrPvF2Q2xHxwGIOAZCv3pOE2+j429Hug6d7Qd8zgqrHS2wOz6Qei00g6YfdK0wiu/d8WLrCv6gYOp+W96vNrMiscsf2YeRVwIpRGMfYK6SLYeqpEvj+QMMhGhPa4mZ5eLFnQP7LcDy6+rrS2Z5nh1w0cJyCVV54UkC6LF5vUY7nijyhCIRMaR0MMi/FnNsW1sD1GWp9vQAjCnGrV+ilPHvwBlF/k+Og4/eBNkX2Jf74+cQSTBjvL6t1HogZ2kOYTBjPD4qlDErqJynrLQ==|tkp:Bk9SR9zwoIvyYA
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Neil
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Matt
Matt,
Now that you Tweaked my interest in these, Question, can these be regularly found Raw that can end up being 9's or 10's?
Thanks
YeeHaw!
Neil
Had a small 4 card order of 89/90 Basketball come back. I mainly sent these as a litmus test for how they grade the older stuff especially stickers. These were ALL pack fresh and honestly the best of the best. The results are once again bizarre because I felt the Jordan All star was a 10 and the base card was like a 9, LOL. Not gonna complain too much w the 10 on the Jordan base but good luck trying to figure PSA grading standards out.
GEM MINT 10 1990 Fleer 26 Michael Jordan
NEAR MINT 7 1990 Fleer All-Stars 5 Michael Jordan
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1989 Fleer Sticker 4 Charles Barkley
NEAR MINT 7 1989 Fleer Sticker 10 Larry Bird
Here are those graded Star Wars cards! https://imgur.com/a/ekOx6Ac
@skyistumbling Wow….loved seeing the scans!! The Padme, the Luke’s and x-wing, the jango…. All fabulous!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Live long, and prosper.
Getting frustrated at the glacial pace of one of my orders. I submitted it as an economy back on 6/14/22 and it's still in Grading. I had two other orders that I already have received but this one is just not moving. It's only three cards that are being transferred from another grading service. Do these typically take a lot longer?
@vbacon it's a crossover sub? I haven't seen much on the pace of those but I think economy is the cheapest level for that service at the moment. My economy orders that are raw/grading have been running ~20 days lately and were averaging 31 total days from arrived to shipped between June and September.
Yeah, I guess crossover is the correct term. Sorry, I'm pretty new to this.
I had two other economy orders from June that each took about 90 days. I guess they figure I'm not a big player so they can take 120 days for an economy order with me.
I have 4 subs in. 3 are at 7 and the other at 3. Weird that the one that hit 7 first has been like that for a week. Guess they don’t want my money.
PSA definitely seems to work on modern items as a priority: I sent five separate orders in during the July special. 3 were the 1996-present and 2 were the 1995 & earlier. All of the 1996-present ones went through grading and on to Q1 very quickly (though they've been stalled at Q1 for several weeks since). The other 2 are still in Research stage.
I don’t think it’s priority as much as resource availability. I would imagine the bulk of the backlog was modern era cards and so the bulk of training for new graders was on those. I did notice the bulk subs now are 1979 and older or 1980 and newer instead of the 1996 cutoff. They must be trying to ease some of these modern-trained graders into earlier year card expertise. Also, I have the exact same experience as you. 4 subs in $18 special - 2 modern both in qa2. 2 vintage just entered grading on Monday after 2 months.
QA2 for 2 months
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
Pretty damn sorry of them to hold cards at QC 7. All you have to do is ship the damn things!! Mines been 2 weeks sitting.
Trying to figure out why I have 2 economy orders sitting in R&ID that were delivered the same day as a bulk and a value sub are way ahead of econ. Econ orders are both R&ID (spec #'s available for every card, nothing new or tricky) and my value sub is in QA2 and Bulk sub is in Grading. Nice that value and buik are moving through quickly but I'd expect my $50/card sub to beat them out the door since they were all in the same box and delivered the same day.
A familiar refrain...you just gotta roll with it...
$50 8 card submission entered June 7 still hasn't popped. Day 140 now . . .
Late 60's and early to mid 70's non-sports
…and my value sub just popped while my Econ sub that arrived the same day and has fewer cards is still in grading. No sense in sending Econ unless it’s to cover declared value. All cards had spec #’s so nothing tricky or easier about either sub. Unfortunately this value sub had some Javonte Williams and Mac Jones stuff. That’ll probably all go in a box for next off-season 😂
Edited to say: 14 days from delivered to grades. I love that turnaround time, just wish my econ orders would move that quick.
$18 July special "vintage" just popped. I am ecstatic with these grades and there are upgrades for my HOF set besides!
The 1983 were from a wax box I ripped last summer. Picked a few of the best ones
The 75's were from a guy on FB. Paid $15 or $18 shipped for the 3. The 84 Green came from a hand collated set I bought a couple years back. The 89 scores were from an opened factory set I bought from the same person as the 84. The 89 TT Sanders and John Randles I had sitting in a box from years ago and found last summer just waiting to sub them.
There's not much action in this thread lately. Is everyone getting their orders back in a timely fashion now?
I have a dual grade value order (1996-present) of 11 cards just getting ready to ship. The whole process took about 1 month for this one, so it's pretty snappy.
@Marshallfaulk28 I've had several orders pop over the last month.
Economy was 28-30 days
Value 13 days
July special 41 & 43 days for modern, 80's 64 days. 50's-80's is still in grading 75 days or so later
Bulk hit qa2 in 30 days but has sat there for the better part of a week
Nice. They are mostly zipping along then except for the older stuff. With my order, I sent in a dual grade value (1995-earlier) in the same package, and that one is still stuck in Research.
It's a good sign for their ability to handle large volumes, so that should drive prices down some more. I think I'll try the $15 special soon.
Grades popped today for the $18 special, received in on 7/28.
Good to know. I have a Special order that landed about the same time that's still in Grading. Wondering what the timing will be since the other Special order I sent that was received about a week later has been back for almost 2 months.
Timing on these things has been weird.
@dmg111 were they mostly vintage or modern? How big was the order?
I have had an order sitting in Q-Check #2 for several weeks now. I thought that was the quickest one?
Most of my orders, that has been the case. Usually less than 5 days but I’m guessing on these specials and bulk subs that won’t be true.
Mostly junk era with a few vintage - 20 items:
1928 - 5
1988 - 1
1990 - 1
1991 - 1
1992 - 2
1993 - 3
1994 - 3
1995 - 4
My 2nd National special that arrived the first week of January hit Assembly today. I’d love it to be out by thanksgiving but more likely Christmas.
First week of January?! You got quite the jump on the National special!
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Grades popped on a bulk order and I just realized they labeled my Gronk rookies as the autograph version. Any idea how long a reholder/fix will take? Assuming I need to pay both directions too?
For the couple of label fixes I’ve done, they’ve paid shipping both ways. After you pay to have it shipped to them, they reimburse you either with a check or adding a credit to your account for a future order. I did the latter. Both of mine were very quick too. I had my cards back in a few weeks.
I need to do same actually as they put the wrong year on a label of mine despite me catching it during the grading phase. They also had the wrong player entirely, so at least they got that fixed but never caught that the year was wrong too.
Good to know! Thanks for that.
That was a weird auto correct from ‘August’.
I have one there from July. Called last Friday and they said it is still in the works. I have a bad feeling that it’s lost. We will see. I have another that I received back with the same incorrect Label that was sent back in March. Still haven’t rectified the issue in that either. I have several subs ready to send in but I’m trying to wait for the conclusion of those 2 cards.
I thought the 1996 and back service was slow. I sent 17 cards in just for auto verification no grade arrived 8/10. Entered 9/2. 11/21 still in research and Id. $30 a card level.
I think their research department for autos must be slow. I also have one sitting in Research for over a month now. It's at the same $30 level. An order I shipped to them in same box has already been completed and returned to me.
Just submitted my very first item for grading, a Sidney Crosby debut ticket going through using Super Express. I hope it doesn't take forever to get back. Very curious about how it'll grade.
Anyone submit cards in person at the National under the National special ? Dropped off a bulk vintage order and it’s been stuck in grading for ages, anyone having a similar experience? Has been over 4 months now since these were handed over to PSA.
I didn’t sub at the national but did have 4 national specials. 2 vintage and 2 modern. Both modern and the smaller vintage are back. Last was early ivtiner. My large vintage order of 100+ cards is still in grading also.
I've been noticing that modern orders seem to get processed and returned very quickly but anything with cards pre 1980 seems to be stuck in grading. Maybe they are still working on training enough graders on vintage cards? I'm okay with waiting a little longer to make sure they are properly graded.
I agree with that! The “vintage” sub I had returned was graded very well. 1975-1991 results are posted a page or two earlier. I’m okay waiting if grades are consistent and accurate.
I agree on the slow Vintage grading.
My National special submission that was received July 29 hit Q1 yesterday.
My Modern special submission that was received November 10 hit Q1 today.
I just had a quick and easy PSA/DNA experience. No problems and fast turnaround (for my standards anyway).
This slab is so huge!
Wow, giant slab! Very cool with all those signatures.
How long did yours take in the research phase?