If anyone wants to do sub with new PSA special, I can do SMALL one! Ad Adendum!

[raulus]

Seems like the good folks at PSA have slowed down of late. Modern stuff flies right through. But my vintage pieces are languishing. For example, my submission from October just recently landed at the assembly phase. I’m guessing I still have another month or two. So 6+ months seems like it could be par for the course for vintage pieces at the bulk submission level.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by raulus

Seems like the good folks at PSA have slowed down of late. Modern stuff flies right through. But my vintage pieces are languishing. For example, my submission from October just recently landed at the assembly phase. I’m guessing I still have another month or two. So 6+ months seems like it could be par for the course for vintage pieces at the bulk submission level.

ugg

[bobbyw8469]

Moved to grading today....that was fast.

[cubman1941]

Wow!! Sure was.

[Tyruscobb]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Moved to grading today....that was fast.

I’ve been buying, and am ready for the next sub group. Let’s go!

[Republicaninmass]

10 day bump! Let's goooo!

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

10 day bump! Let's goooo!

Let's see how long we can keep up that level of enthusiasm. Usually about the time you give up is when they finally get 'er done.

[bobbyw8469]

I have learned to have the patience of Job in dealing with PSA.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by raulus

Seems like the good folks at PSA have slowed down of late. Modern stuff flies right through. But my vintage pieces are languishing. For example, my submission from October just recently landed at the assembly phase. I’m guessing I still have another month or two. So 6+ months seems like it could be par for the course for vintage pieces at the bulk submission level.

I have heard this from other submitters as well. It begs the question if PSA is using different graders for different eras......

[raulus]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I have heard this from other submitters as well. It begs the question if PSA is using different graders for different eras......

My experience suggests that they are indeed. And they staffed up heavily to handle the huge volume on the modern side over the last couple of years. Now that modern submissions have dropped dramatically, modern submissions seem to be moving quickly.

For example, I had a modern submission at the economy level that was about a month door to door. Just sent it in January, so it’s pretty recent history.

[BioCRN]

Every time this post get bumped I get excited, then I get disappointed.

Also, popping onto websites at 3am on April Fools day leads to shame and disappointment.

I'm being straight up emotionally whipped by this thread.

[rackpack7272]

For what it's worth, I submitted around 30 cards (mostly 1952 Topps) per PSA's pre-1989 deal around the beginning of February and got them back the last week of April.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by rackpack7272

For what it's worth, I submitted around 30 cards (mostly 1952 Topps) per PSA's pre-1989 deal around the beginning of February and got them back the last week of April.

I sent in a submission around the same time frame and they came back about when yours did too. Hopefully you got better grades than I received.

Mine was a group of 20 1952 Topps cards that I thought would mostly grade as 6's; got back one 3.5, eleven 4's, one 4.5 and seven 5's. Pretty disappointing.

[rackpack7272]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

I sent in a submission around the same time frame and they came back about when yours did too. Hopefully you got better grades than I received.

Mine was a group of 20 1952 Topps cards that I thought would mostly grade as 6's; got back one 3.5, eleven 4's, one 4.5 and seven 5's. Pretty disappointing.

I had a similar experience. I'd say most of the cards were 1 to 2 grades below what I expected. And nothing did better.

[Republicaninmass]

My sub of 1954s and 52s was finished submitted a week after the group sub. Grades were horrible, just get us our cards graded PSA! we need something else to complain about aside from wait times

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

Every time this post get bumped I get excited, then I get disappointed.

Also, popping onto websites at 3am on April Fools day leads to shame and disappointment.

I'm being straight up emotionally whipped by this thread.

LOL.....I predict June. June is busting out all over.

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by raulus

Seems like the good folks at PSA have slowed down of late. Modern stuff flies right through. But my vintage pieces are languishing.

A little bit tin foil hat on my part, but nonetheless...

SGC has been making a huge move on later 2022 and recent 2023 releases to take advantage of PSA backlog and establish themselves more firmly in the ultra-modern market.

SGC has run some really consumer-friendly promos on the newer stuff lately. Their 2022 Bowman Chrome special was a huge run for $9/card.

PSA is still king of volume by a lot, but SGC wants a bigger piece.