PSA to open East Coast Office

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

to this day, i cant understand why people complain about a $100 membership fee...

they give it back in the form a grading voucher ..hello? THEY GIVE IT BACK!

not to mention access to POP reports which are very valuable and accurate..

also, the SMr makes for great light lunch reading (or bathroom reading if you do that)

and dont say the grading voucher wont get used, otherwise a person would never have signed up for thridparty grading anyway...

GEEZ people, its not like they take $100 and give you nothing...

As for the membership fee -- I agree there is value in that, the only problem for many collectors is to have to join to then submit their cards. Neither SGC nor BGS/BVG require membership to then submit the cards. For some collectors, all they want to do is send cards in without vouchers, etc. I can see why some collectors get upset at that layout of money

As for the SMR, I've not been a memeber and have subscribed to the SMR --- the pubication has gotten much better in the past year -- but the pricing still needs a ton of work -- and yes I've talked to Joe O about this. This is nothing private in anything as I've posted my opinions publcly (*even on the PSA boards*)

My biggest complaints with the SMR is that

1) I was a subscriber and NEVER recieved any renewal notices. Now I know the pub is designed for member, but throwing away money is never a good idea. There should be a person designated to sell a few subs -- this would make PSA extra money

2) The pricing in SMR needs to be improived. I think we can call agree on this. This is not a shot at SMR at all -- just a fact --- It is also frustrating when prices are listed for cards in conditions that PSA has never graded. I can live with the guesstimations on the lower condition side; but the higher condition side is a different issue.

3) the POP report is valuable but not as accurate as you think. I say that because not all of the people who pop out cards from holders remember to notify PSA of that. Some dealers/collectors do -- others don't. On a general level the report is accurate to give guidelines but some specifics may be very wrong.

Regards
Rich