Running PSA Order Tracker

[Casebreaker]

Order Type: Value Modern
# of Cards: 49
Arrived: 03/04/21
Entered: 04/09/21
Research: 04/09/21
Grading: 11/5/21
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Order Type: Value TCG
# of Cards: 72
Arrived: 03/04/21
Entered: 04/09/21
Research: 04/09/21
Grading: 11/5/21
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Order Type: Value Ultra Modern
# of Cards: 20
Arrived: 03/04/21
Entered: 04/09/21
Research: 04/09/21
Grading: 11/5/21
Assembly: 2/7/22
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Order Type: Value TCG
# of Cards: 50
Arrived: 12/22/20
Entered: 02/23/21
Research: 02/23/21
Grading: 08/16/21
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Order Type: Value TCG
# of Cards: 16
Arrived: 04/02/21
Entered:05/09/21
Research:05/09/21
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Order Type: Economy (5 cards)
# of Cards: 5
Arrived: 02/01/22
Entered:02/09/22
Research:02/09/22
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Order Type: Express (Jumbo Ticket)
# of Cards: 1
Arrived: 02/01/22
Entered: 02/08/22
Research: 02/08/22
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[panamamyers]

I think the value modern graders went on strike.
What's the most recent date for entered i to the system anyone has seen it go to assembly in that category?

[Chiwsox2005]

Originally Posted by Chiwsox2005

Sent an express order last week.

PSA marked as arrived on 2/2 and it hasn't moved from there... Has me a bit nervous seeing everybody else's orders move past that step in 2-3 days max.

And just like that we finally hit I&D today.

[redgem]

Originally Posted by panamamyers

I think the value modern graders went on strike.
What's the most recent date for entered i to the system anyone has seen it go to assembly in that category?

My Modern is entered 3/22/21 and still in grading, seems to be behind the Value as that entered 3/22/21 has been in assembly for a few weeks.

[redgem]

1500+- spots x 5 cards=7500 $50 subs twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday), lots of boxes to be received in the warehouse. That sounds like a bottleneck to me. Not really sure why they are doing these promotions when there is still a multi-million card backlog that was submitted a year ago or more.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by redgem

1500+- spots x 5 cards=7500 $50 subs twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday), lots of boxes to be received in the warehouse. That sounds like a bottleneck to me. Not really sure why they are doing these promotions when there is still a multi-million card backlog that was submitted a year ago or more.

Because they’re doing 90/10 split right now. Backlog is at 6 million.

PSA did 775k in January. That’s 700k toward the backlog and 50k toward new subs. At 700k/month, that’s 8.6 months to finish. At 775k/month, that’s 7.7 months to finish. So no new subs would get the very back of the line their cards back 4 weeks earlier. Less of an impact for the people near the front.

And even if PSA did dedicate everything toward the backlog, everyone would still be complaining.

[PSA2Pac]

Originally Posted by redgem

1500+- spots x 5 cards=7500 $50 subs twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday), lots of boxes to be received in the warehouse. That sounds like a bottleneck to me. Not really sure why they are doing these promotions when there is still a multi-million card backlog that was submitted a year ago or more.

I’m pretty sure (don’t quote me exactly) they’re devoting 80% of resources to backlog and 20% to new stuff.

From a business standpoint, I see it as the right decision. You obviously must prioritize the backlog but you have to get the wheels churning again, and even limited allocated submissions are better than being closed.




That said, they’ve definitely hit a bottleneck of sorts but we’ll have to wait and see how long it lasts. Might (hopefully) get things back on track rather quickly

[PSA2Pac]

90/10 - I stand corrected. That’s even more resources devoted to the backlog.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by PSA2Pac

I’m pretty sure (don’t quote me exactly) they’re devoting 80% of resources to backlog and 20% to new stuff.

From a business standpoint, I see it as the right decision. You obviously must prioritize the backlog but you have to get the wheels churning again, and even limited allocated submissions are better than being closed.




That said, they’ve definitely hit a bottleneck of sorts but we’ll have to wait and see how long it lasts. Might (hopefully) get things back on track rather quickly

Lenane said on the PSA podcast that they are at 90/10 right now. Maybe even closer to 95/5. But they will move toward 80/20 as time passes.

[Woodsy074]

Originally Posted by redgem

1500+- spots x 5 cards=7500 $50 subs twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday), lots of boxes to be received in the warehouse. That sounds like a bottleneck to me. Not really sure why they are doing these promotions when there is still a multi-million card backlog that was submitted a year ago or more.

Revenue management. I'm willing to bet that even if you take the Marx default out of the equation, PSA is seeing an uptick in non-payment of completed subs based on whatever metric they track (year over year, quarter over quarter, etc.) that is likely going to increase over the next few months. People subbing at $50 / card today with a 3 month turnaround are more likely to pay when the bill comes due which will help them navigate a period where they will likely have more payment defaults.

This may also explain why UM seems to be seeing more of a focus now when the other Value levels have essentially stalled. Those are more likely to default given the players are more volatile and have been there for 12 months. PSA is ramping up to start having these Economy subs pop simultaneously with these UM subs.

[Yanks23]

It is clear and simple they are doing the 10% on new subs since they needed the extra revenue. Since they already have all of the backlog and dont give a crap about getting it done because no one can do anything about it.

[PSA2Pac]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Lenane said on the PSA podcast that they are at 90/10 right now. Maybe even closer to 95/5. But they will move toward 80/20 as time passes.

Sheesh okay so even more than I thought. Thanks, I missed the podcast but I’ll make sure to run it back

Originally Posted by Woodsy074

Revenue management. I'm willing to bet that even if you take the Marx default out of the equation, PSA is seeing an uptick in non-payment of completed subs based on whatever metric they track (year over year, quarter over quarter, etc.) that is likely going to increase over the next few months. People subbing at $50 / card today with a 3 month turnaround are more likely to pay when the bill comes due which will help them navigate a period where they will likely have more payment defaults.

This may also explain why UM seems to be seeing more of a focus now when the other Value levels have essentially stalled. Those are more likely to default given the players are more volatile and have been there for 12 months. PSA is ramping up to start having these Economy subs pop simultaneously with these UM subs.

I can dig it

[The_Reverend]

Originally Posted by redgem

1500+- spots x 5 cards=7500 $50 subs twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday), lots of boxes to be received in the warehouse. That sounds like a bottleneck to me. Not really sure why they are doing these promotions when there is still a multi-million card backlog that was submitted a year ago or more.

You know the answer. They need to get the money flowing again. The backlog does not pay as quick and the price of those promotions make it profitable. It is not about customer service, but profits. IF it was about customer service, well people would not be waiting for over a year to get their cards back.

[slogue2]

Order Type: Regular
# of cards: 7
Order delivered: 1/26/2022
Order received per PSA: 1/27/2022
Research & ID: 2/1/2022
Grading: 2/2/2022
Assembly: 2/8/2022
QA1: 2/9/2022
QA2: 2/9/2022
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[f2tornado]

Originally Posted by panamamyers

I think the value modern graders went on strike.
What's the most recent date for entered i to the system anyone has seen it go to assembly in that category?

My 3/11 shipped and should arrive today, my 3/16 is grading.

Pure speculation on my part, but I'm guessing the rookie graders are starting with Ultra Modern. I've seen a lot of second week of April orders in Assembly including one of my own. I believe the last entry date for any order is 5/17, suggesting PSA might only have five weeks of entry date backlog left to grade the Ultra Modern queue. If my hunch is right, some UM graders will have to get reassigned pretty soon.

[CoachDave33]

Order Type: Economy (Member Allocation)
# of cards: 5
Order shipped: 1/21/22
Order delivered:1/24/22
Order received per PSA: 1/26/22
Research & ID: 1/28/22
Grading: 2/2/22
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Order Type: Economy (2nd Member Allocation)
# of cards: 5
Order shipped: 1/28/22
Order delivered:1/31/22
Order received per PSA: 1/31/22
Research & ID: 2/8/22
Grading: 2/10/22
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Order Type: Economy (3rd Member Allocation)
# of cards: 5
Order shipped: 2/1/22
Order delivered: 2/9/22
Order received per PSA: 2/9/22
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Order Type: Economy (4th Member Allocation)
# of cards: 5
Order shipped: 2/8/22
Order delivered: 2/10/22
Order received per PSA: 2/10/22
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[panamamyers]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

My 3/11 shipped and should arrive today, my 3/16 is grading.

Pure speculation on my part, but I'm guessing the rookie graders are starting with Ultra Modern. I've seen a lot of second week of April orders in Assembly including one of my own. I believe the last entry date for any order is 5/17, suggesting PSA might only have five weeks of entry date backlog left to grade the Ultra Modern queue. If my hunch is right, some UM graders will have to get reassigned pretty soon.

I posted this somewhere else but will mention it again here I don't think five weeks last May equals five weeks now. I think the amount being entered into the system each day last year just before and after they shut it down might be more equal to four or five days of grading this year.

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

My 3/11 shipped and should arrive today, my 3/16 is grading.

Pure speculation on my part, but I'm guessing the rookie graders are starting with Ultra Modern. I've seen a lot of second week of April orders in Assembly including one of my own. I believe the last entry date for any order is 5/17, suggesting PSA might only have five weeks of entry date backlog left to grade the Ultra Modern queue. If my hunch is right, some UM graders will have to get reassigned pretty soon.

Yes...the newly hired graders get put into UM grading to develop their grading skills. So it would be logical once the higher priced UM value backlogged orders (they were $15 when the shutdown occurred?) are done, they will shift over to value modern/vintage (these were $10 at shutdown?).

[redgem]

Well I was 7800th in line this morning so lots of people sending in those $50 subs...

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by redgem

Well I was 7800th in line this morning so lots of people sending in those $50 subs...

A lot of people trying for allocations...but they may have only allocated a total of 2000 allocations (10,000 cards)...and not everyone uses up the full 5. So two allocations a week...max 20,000 cards but again, not the full 20,000 allocated would be used...say maybe 15-18k? They're grading 200k cards a week. If they're devoting 10% of workforce to new submissions, that would be 20k to express and higher plus the new economy (5 cards per allocation)...so the numbers are plausible.

[Perfect JF]

Order Type: Value Ultra Modern
# of cards: 11
Order delivered: 3/15/2021
Order received per PSA: 3/18/2021
Entered Research & ID: 4/30/2021
Grading: 02/10/2022
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[Yanks23]

Something must have happened in the past 30 days between modern and ultra modern since orders that were received together were moving together but now modern is stuck in grading with ultra modern completed and shipped back. It is almost a month behind now.

[messier2]

Grades popped!

Order Type: TCG- Value
# of Cards: 66
Received per USPS: 12/10
Received per PSA: 2/17/21
Research: 2/17/21
Grading: Sometime between 7/15 and 7/30...did not receive an email!
Assembly: 2/1/22
QA1: 2/7/22
QA2: 2/8/22
Shipped: 2/10/22

47/66, not bad. These were my first big non-vintage pokemon sub. I didn't know what I was looking for. Happy to get them back.

Order Type: TCG- Value
# of Cards: 35
Received per USPS: 12/28
Received per PSA: 2/25/21
Research: 2/25/21
Grading: Sometime between 8/1 and 8/30!
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Order Type: Bulk Modern
# of Cards: 29
Received per USPS: 1/14/21
Received per PSA: 3/16/21
Research: 3/16/21
Grading: 9/30/21
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Order Type: Bulk Modern
# of Cards: 43
Received per USPS: 3/22/21
Received per PSA: 4/29/21
Research: 4/29/21
Grading: 2/3/22
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Order Type: Economy
# of Cards: 5
Received per USPS: 12/27/21
Received per PSA: 12/27/21
Research: 12/30/21
Grading: 12/30/21
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[griffan15]

Order Type: Ultra Modern Bulk (Personal order)
# of Cards: 378
Received per USPS: 01/19/2021
Received per PSA: 03/29/2021
Shipped: 02/11/2022

81.8% Gem Rate

[Springerj23]

Originally Posted by griffan15

Order Type: Ultra Modern Bulk (Personal order)
# of Cards: 378
Received per USPS: 01/19/2021
Received per PSA: 03/29/2021
Shipped: 02/11/2022

81.8% Gem Rate

Thats a bunch of GEM MT 10s