Running PSA Order Tracker

[Dltphan]

Value Bulk (1980 - Present)
# of cards: 20
Arrived: 3/31/2025
Assembly: 4/15/2025
Assembly (checked): 4/16/2025
Grades available: 5/2/2025

Sent this order with an express, so I guess why this moved pretty fast.

10's: 10
9's: 4
8's: 2
7's: 2
6: 1
5: 1

Big cards got 9s and a 7. They really hate 2024 Prizm football right now.

[towerymt]

CHANTILLY SHOW DROP OFF -- FRIDAY APRIL 4

On the 19th business day (apr 5 - may 1), I get the email notification and this pops up in my "Orders" section. (my other order dropped off at the same time is already done and back to me, a reholder)

Type: Value Oversized (1980-Present) • 45 Business Day Turnaround
Estimated Completion Date: 7/7/2025
# of cards: 2
In-person drop-off: 4/4/2025
Order Arrived: 5/1/2025
Order Prep: 5/1/2025
Research & ID: 5/1/2025 (images not available yet)
Grading: 6/16/2025 (images finally available)
Assembly: 6/23/2025
QA Checks: ~7/3/2025
Grades Ready: 7/14/2025
Shipped: 7/16/2025
Received: 7/18/2025 (out for delivery -- picked up 7/21/2025)

[Bauer816]

Type: TCG Bulk - Estimated Completion Date: 5/22
# of cards: 20
Shipped to PSA: 3/10
Delivered: 3/13
Order Prep: 3/20
Research & ID: 3/20
Grading: 5/6
Assembly:
Green Check Assembly:
Grades Ready:

[izlo]

Madness! Now entering week 8 of R&ID.

TCG Bulk
# of cards: 38+18 (56 Total between 2 people) (all modern)
Delivered per USPS: 18 Feb 2025
"Arrived" per website. "Order Prep" per mobile app. Order received per PSA "Find My Package": 18 Feb 2025
Research & ID:17 March 2025 (emailed at about 2030 Pacific time, order number assigned)
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped date:

Modern: 38
10 Gem Mint:
9 Mint:
8 Near Mint-Mint:
7 Near Mint:

Gem Rate:
Goal: 50%

Modern: 18
10 Gem Mint:
9 Mint:
8 Near Mint-Mint:
7 Near Mint:


Gem Rate:
Goal: 80%

Vintage: 0
10 Gem Mint:
9 Mint:
8 Near Mint-Mint:
7 Near Mint:

Gem Rate:
Goal: 0%

[duynamo]

Comical how much faster it is at Gamestop. Once it hits "arrived," it blazes through the remaining steps. My last GS order went from R&ID to Picked up in 11 calendar days. Expecting my GS to be back in my hands before my direct submission goes into grading.

Type: Gamestop PSA TCG Bulk
# of cards: 20
Dropped off at Gamestop: 4/19
Shipped to PSA: 4/21
Arrived: 4/25
Research & ID: 5/5
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
Picked Up:

Type: TCG Bulk Value
# of cards: 20
Shipped to PSA: 3/8
Received per PSA: 3/10
Order Prep: 4/7
Research & ID: 4/7
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

[OneTonPunch]

Can anyone help explain what the monthly special is for Autographed Card Encspsulation Special?

I click the link and it takes me to a page with a manual form to fill out.

A) there isn’t a more automatic process for this, similar to getting cards graded?

B) if not, if a player has an authentication fee of $35, would I then manually put in $17.99 in Column A of the form?

Reason I’m asking is I have a bunch of cards hand signed by players, would love to get these authenticated and encased

[Haigo]

Love seeing orders that were delivered quite a bit after mine getting done and shipped back while mine still sits in Research and ID lol! What can you do just patiently wait I guess.

[bojesphob]

Originally Posted by Haigo

Love seeing orders that were delivered quite a bit after mine getting done and shipped back while mine still sits in Research and ID lol! What can you do just patiently wait I guess.

Yeah, I agree. Seems that if you send a higher level service along sub with the bulk sub, it goes faster for the bulk sub. Definitely one of those things I wish I would have known before sending two separate bulk subs in.....

[90skid]

Value Plus Order

Arrived 4/14/25
Order Prep 4/16/25
Grades Popped 5/5/25
(Estimate completion 5/14/25)

6 cards. Went 2 for 6 on PSA 10's. The remaining 4 PSA 9.

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by duynamo

Comical how much faster it is at Gamestop. Once it hits "arrived," it blazes through the remaining steps. My last GS order went from R&ID to Picked up in 11 calendar days. Expecting my GS to be back in my hands before my direct submission goes into grading.

Type: Gamestop PSA TCG Bulk
# of cards: 20
Dropped off at Gamestop: 4/19
Shipped to PSA: 4/21
Arrived: 4/25
Research & ID: 5/5
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
Picked Up:

Type: TCG Bulk Value
# of cards: 20
Shipped to PSA: 3/8
Received per PSA: 3/10
Order Prep: 4/7
Research & ID: 4/7
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

My guess is that PSA can tell right away when a package gets to their receiving department whether it's from a Gamestop or a personal one. The Gamestop packages go into a different pile that should be smaller than the everything else pile. For non Gamestop sent packages, they go into that everything else pile.

Also, TCG cards in general require less time overall in the grading process as well. So TCG cards submitted through Gamestop will get through the whole process much faster vs say sports cards submitted on an individual basis. TCG is easy money for PSA timewise vs grading sports cards...that's why PSA is removing as many obstacles as possible to get any/all TCG cards submitted to them in case that market takes a down turn somewhere down the road.

[thenightman]

Type: Value Bulk (1980-Present)
# of cards: 27
Estimated Completion Date: TBD

Shipped: 3/5/2025
Delivered: 3/10/2025
Received per PSA: 3/10/2025
Research & ID: 4/4/2025
Grading: ???????
Assembly:
Assembly Green Check:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

This is crazy....

[bojesphob]

Originally Posted by thenightman

Type: Value Bulk (1980-Present)
# of cards: 27
Estimated Completion Date: TBD

Shipped: 3/5/2025
Delivered: 3/10/2025
Received per PSA: 3/10/2025
Research & ID: 4/4/2025
Grading: ???????
Assembly:
Assembly Green Check:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

This is crazy....

I'm still waiting on my sub to get into grading too. In my sub, I have a number of cards that haven't had comp sales in over 10 years, or only one sale, and I'm wondering if there aren't a lot of comps to compare prices to and the card could possibly sell for more than 500 if they are sitting on it trying to decide if they're going to upcharge or not. I'm dreading seeing an upcharge email, since if one of the cards is going to be upcharged, then they'll probably upcharge at least 3 others in my sub. Just hope that the dearth of comps works in my favor and if I get an upcharge it's only the one that I'm fairly certain will be bumped up at least one level.

[bub838]

Type: Value Plus
# of cards: 35
Estimated Completion Date: 5/22

Shipped: 4/18
Delivered: 4/22
Received per PSA: 4/23
Research & ID: 4/24
Grading:
Assembly:
Assembly Green Check:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

[mredsox89]

Type: Value Bulk 1980+
# of cards: 10
Estimated Completion Date: 6/11
Shipped to PSA: 2/26
Delivered: 3/10 (hallelujah, was pretty sure it got lost)
Research & ID: 4/9 (a month to go from delivered to R&D...)
Grading: 5/5 (about a month from R&D to Grading...)
Assembly:
Green Check Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:
Delivered:

[bojesphob]

Originally Posted by mredsox89

Type: Value Bulk 1980+
# of cards: 10
Estimated Completion Date: 6/11
Shipped to PSA: 2/26
Delivered: 3/10 (hallelujah, was pretty sure it got lost)
Research & ID: 4/9 (a month to go from delivered to R&D...)
Grading: 5/5 (about a month from R&D to Grading...)
Assembly:
Green Check Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:
Delivered:

There's hope for mine, then! Although, mine was accepted and in R&ID days before yours... Hopefully that means that they'll grading in the next day or so.

[Bauer816]

Type: TCG Bulk - Estimated Completion Date: 5/22
# of cards: 20
Shipped to PSA: 3/10
Delivered: 3/13
Order Prep: 3/20
Research & ID: 3/20
Grading: 5/5
Assembly: 5/6
Green Check Assembly:
Grades Ready:

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by bojesphob

I'm still waiting on my sub to get into grading too. In my sub, I have a number of cards that haven't had comp sales in over 10 years, or only one sale, and I'm wondering if there aren't a lot of comps to compare prices to and the card could possibly sell for more than 500 if they are sitting on it trying to decide if they're going to upcharge or not. I'm dreading seeing an upcharge email, since if one of the cards is going to be upcharged, then they'll probably upcharge at least 3 others in my sub. Just hope that the dearth of comps works in my favor and if I get an upcharge it's only the one that I'm fairly certain will be bumped up at least one level.

Honestly, I think it’s just as simple as they haven’t got to it yet. I don’t think the consider up charges unless it’s blatantly obvious, like throwing in a Caitlin Clark auto in a bulk sub.

[Haigo]

Originally Posted by bojesphob

Yeah, I agree. Seems that if you send a higher level service along sub with the bulk sub, it goes faster for the bulk sub. Definitely one of those things I wish I would have known before sending two separate bulk subs in.....

Yup simple trick to get your orders processed and taken care of quicker. I've never done it but now wishing I had.

[bojesphob]

Originally Posted by thenightman

Honestly, I think it’s just as simple as they haven’t got to it yet. I don’t think the consider up charges unless it’s blatantly obvious, like throwing in a Caitlin Clark auto in a bulk sub.

LOL, that's true, just ready for that sub to actually move to the next stage, which I'm sure you are for yours as well. I hate the "hurry up and wait" game, and it seems that everything I have going on personally right now is like that at the moment!

[CorndogWasp]

Cards are now graded but one came back "N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT"

I bought this card last month on ebay, it went through the Authentication and then was sent to me, a few weeks later I sent it into grading.

What should I do here?

The photos on the original ebay listing and the preview photos on PSA's website look the same. Its the same dang card. PSA must have missed something during the original raw authentication (over $250) process?

[RealDocStrange]

Originally Posted by CorndogWasp

Cards are now graded but one came back "N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT"

I bought this card last month on ebay, it went through the Authentication and then was sent to me, a few weeks later I sent it into grading.

What should I do here?

The photos on the original ebay listing and the preview photos on PSA's website look the same. Its the same dang card. PSA must have missed something during the original raw authentication (over $250) process?

By chance is it serial numbered?


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[CorndogWasp]

No it was this card.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/13552501884...Bk9SR6bvqvnUZQ

the best offer was below $250 but since the original price was above $250 it still sends it to the authenticator.

Not a 10 but not a bad card or beat up, a normal looking card, there are many like that with the same off-centering. That off-centering is common and others currently on ebay have similar off-centering. I mention that because I don't think its trimmed.

[bojesphob]

Originally Posted by CorndogWasp

No it was this card.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/13552501884...Bk9SR6bvqvnUZQ

the best offer was below $250 but since the original price was above $250 it still sends it to the authenticator.

Not a 10 but not a bad card or beat up, a normal looking card, there are many like that with the same off-centering. That off-centering is common and others currently on ebay have similar off-centering. I mention that because I don't think its trimmed.

You should be able to contact them and explain the situation. I would make a fuss that either they grade it this time for free, or give you some compensation for authenticating it and then turning around and saying it was altered. Whichever way it goes, they're at fault for the situation.

[Satan]

Type: Value Bulk (mostly hockey)
# of cards: 52
Shipped to PSA: 2/26
Delivered: 3/5
Order Prep: 3/31
Research & ID: 3/31
Grading: 5/2
Assembly: 5/6
Green Check Assembly: TBD
Grades Ready: TBD
QA: TBD
Shipped: TBD
Delivered: TBD

[JetLagger55]

Originally Posted by JetLagger55

Order Type: Value Bulk
Qty - 25 Cards
Est. Completion Date: 6/5/25
Order Delivered: 3/6/25
Order Prep per PSA: 4/02/25
Research & ID: 4/2/25
Grading: 5/5/25
Assembly:5/6/25
Green Check:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Moved from grading to assembly in less than a day.