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Old 05-19-2025, 11:50 AM   #23751
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Going on 2 weeks in assembly, should pop any day........hopefully.
I will try to make you feel better, mine has been sitting in assembly for 4 weeks. Hopefully not a sign but as others can contest, PSA is moving very slow.
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Old 05-19-2025, 11:55 AM   #23752
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I will try to make you feel better, mine has been sitting in assembly for 4 weeks. Hopefully not a sign but as others can contest, PSA is moving very slow.
This isn't making anyone feel better
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Old 05-19-2025, 12:39 PM   #23753
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It was a pretty crazy Friday, 16 May, lol. Got lucky on the SPC drop and got my grades finally! Just 3 months lol

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: 6 May 2025
Assembly: 10 or 11 May 2025 (Saturday or Sunday!?!)
Grades Ready: 16 May 2025
QA: 16 May 2025
Shipped date: 27 May. Received 29 May 2025.

Modern: 38. 35 Con-10-ders
10 Gem Mint: 19
9 Mint: 18
8 Near Mint-Mint: 1
7 Near Mint:

Gem Rate Considering "Con-10-ders": 55%
Goal: 50%

Modern: 18. 16 Con-10-ders:
10 Gem Mint: 11
9 Mint: 7
8 Near Mint-Mint:
7 Near Mint:


Gem Rate: 69%
Goal: 80%

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

Gem Rate:
Goal: 0%

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Old 05-20-2025, 08:41 AM   #23754
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TCG Bulk
# of cards: 23
Order Arrived: March 31, 2025
Order Prep: April 1, 2025
Research & ID: April 1, 2025
Grading: May 15, 2025
Assembly: May 19, 2025
Assembly Complete: May 20, 2025
Grades Ready:
QA Checks:
Complete: (Estimated June 4, 2025)
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Old 05-20-2025, 08:46 AM   #23755
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TCG Bulk
# of cards: 23
Order Arrived: March 31, 2025
Order Prep: April 1, 2025
Research & ID: April 1, 2025
Grading: May 15, 2025
Assembly: May 19, 2025
Assembly Complete: May 20, 2025
Grades Ready:
QA Checks:
Complete: (Estimated June 4, 2025)
We're in the same line of cards

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: 5/15
Assembly: 5/16
Green Check Assembly: 5/20
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

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Old 05-20-2025, 08:59 AM   #23756
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We're in the same line of cards

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: 5/15
Assembly: 5/16
Green Check Assembly: 5/20
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:
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Old 05-20-2025, 09:53 AM   #23757
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QA checks are done, and populations have been updated. Now just waiting on auctions to be listed, cards coming back to me to be shipped, and second order to finally get into grading... ETA: lol right after I post this, first sub went into Complete and Shipped.

Type: Value Bulk 1980+
# of cards: 29
Estimated Completion Date: Jun 9, 2025
Shipped to PSA: 3/5
Delivered: 3/7
Order Prep: 3/7
Research & ID: 4/4
Grading: 5/7
Assembly: 5/9
Green Check Assembly: 5/12
Grades Ready: 5/16
QA: 5/19
Shipped: 5/20
Delivered:

Type: Value Bulk 1980+
# of cards: 26
Estimated Completion Date: June 23, 2025
Shipped to PSA: 3/17
Delivered: 3/19
Order Prep: 3/19
Research & ID: 4/17
Grading:
Assembly:
Green Check Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:
Delivered:

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Old 05-20-2025, 01:56 PM   #23758
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If it helps anyone get an idea of how things are moving:

I sat in green check assembly for about 10 days. 20 card 1980 Present value order. Got grades ready and QA around 10am last Friday the 16th. Status changed to "completing" and is still in that status. Has not shipped as of today the 20th.
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Old 05-20-2025, 02:40 PM   #23759
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Got the up-charge email today, they actually did miss one they could have tagged me more for so I'll take that as a small W.

Overall, can't complain on this one, pretty much all 80s/90 BKB with some tough cards in here:

26 total cards:
10: 9
9: 8
8.5: 1
8:7
N6: A cheapie 1989 Jordan UNC card (That I am pretty sure was from a pack I opened, oh well. I always throw in a few things like this for fun. Just need one to hit.)

Order has been in green check assembly for a couple of weeks. Estimated due date is 5/27 so I'm curious if they will have these shipped by the end of the week.
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Old 05-20-2025, 05:29 PM   #23760
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The quality of cards from these new sets has to be some of the worst in years. 2024 Prizm and Optic football are so bad.
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Old 05-20-2025, 06:40 PM   #23761
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The quality of cards from these new sets has to be some of the worst in years. 2024 Prizm and Optic football are so bad.
Hoping Select will be better. Topps stuff has been nice, but I did have to send in a Adrian Peterson Superfractor
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Old 05-20-2025, 10:04 PM   #23762
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Wednesday will mark 8 weeks in assembly for a 47 card pre 1980 order with 9 different card sizes. I imagine everyday the assembly guys come in and say “nope, not today”.
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Old 05-21-2025, 12:02 PM   #23763
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We're in the same line of cards

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: 5/15
Assembly: 5/16
Green Check Assembly: 5/20
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:
I'm still stuck in Research & ID on a very similar order

Type: TCG Bulk Value
# of cards: 29
Received per PSA: 3/12
Order Prep: 4/9
Research & ID: 4/9
Grading:
Assembly:
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Old 05-21-2025, 02:39 PM   #23764
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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
Grades Ready: 5/21
QA: 5/22
Shipped: TBD
Delivered: TBD
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Old 05-21-2025, 03:21 PM   #23765
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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: 5/8 (and now only about 48 hours from grading to assembly)
Green Check Assembly: 5/21/25 (jumped from blue check assembly to QA between last night and today)
Grades Ready: 5/21/25
QA: 5/21/25
Shipped:
Delivered:
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Old 05-21-2025, 04:42 PM   #23766
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TCG Bulk
# of cards: 23
Order Arrived: March 31, 2025
Order Prep: April 1, 2025
Research & ID: April 1, 2025
Grading: May 15, 2025
Assembly: May 19, 2025
Assembly Complete: May 20, 2025
Grades Ready:
QA Checks:
Complete: (Estimated June 4, 2025)
I'm not worked up about it since it's a smaller order but mine Arrived 3/17 (with 6/20 ETA) and is still hanging out in R/ID.
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Old 05-21-2025, 06:20 PM   #23767
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Sitting on green check for over a week. Just send me my upcharge email and be done with it, PSA.
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Old 05-22-2025, 09:10 AM   #23768
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I have a 3-card Value Plus order that has been in Grading for a week now. It's such an outlier from my 20 submissions this year & last. Grading has always been the fastest step for me, with half the orders moving to Assembly in just a day or two, max 3 days.
Today marks 2 weeks in Grading with one week left before the 20 business day estimated date. So strange. What I wouldn't give to see in that room and understand this workflow.

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Est Date: 05/29/25
shipped 04/25/25
delivered 04/26/25
marked arrived 04/28/25
order prep 04/28/25
r & id 04/30/25
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Old 05-22-2025, 10:10 AM   #23769
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My two card order at Value Plus jut had grades available early this morning, they had been on green check asm since 5/8 my eta finish date was yesterday 5/21 so very close. Seems from what I am reading in mist cases green check asms to QA Checks are taking about 10 days.
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Old 05-22-2025, 10:18 AM   #23770
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Wednesday will mark 8 weeks in assembly for a 47 card pre 1980 order with 9 different card sizes. I imagine everyday the assembly guys come in and say “nope, not today”.
Yes, too much work for them. Ugh.

At this point really, with most everyone just sitting stagnant in the stages, PSA should just abolish the tracker system. It's that or they should go one step further and put notes in the stage on what the hold up is, even if it a general message (should be different for each issue). I can't imagine the stages help out the customer service team at all, even though they almost always send a canned response to the first message.
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Old 05-22-2025, 10:36 AM   #23771
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2 card Regular order has been in grading for a week now. Expected completion date is tomorrow. I've seen some others here with orders in grading for a long time. Seems like the one stage that wasn't taking long might be now..
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Old 05-22-2025, 11:05 AM   #23772
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Yes, too much work for them. Ugh.

At this point really, with most everyone just sitting stagnant in the stages, PSA should just abolish the tracker system. It's that or they should go one step further and put notes in the stage on what the hold up is, even if it a general message (should be different for each issue). I can't imagine the stages help out the customer service team at all, even though they almost always send a canned response to the first message.
I would imagine that most of the notes would end up being "sitting in a stack waiting for someone in the next area to get to it". My first sub went into Grading a month and 2 business days after going into R&ID. Second sub that arrived 2 weeks later is still in R&ID and it's been a month and 4 business days.... Just probably sitting in a stack, probably at the very bottom, waiting for a grader to get down that far...
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Old 05-22-2025, 12:24 PM   #23773
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Hmm, so my status page shows complete (blue clock) and grades ready but I haven’t been charged and the grades aren’t ready lol.

Do upcharge emails come at this time?
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Old 05-22-2025, 12:34 PM   #23774
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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: 5/15
Assembly: 5/16
Green Check Assembly: 5/20
Grades Ready: 5/22
QA: 5/22
Shipped:

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Old 05-22-2025, 01:09 PM   #23775
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Another 33% gem rate on value bulk yippppeeeeeee
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