Running PSA Order Tracker

[mredsox89]

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #2
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/27/24
Grading: 12/5/24
Assembly: 12/6/24
Grades Ready: 12/11/24
QA: 12/11/24
Shipped: 12/12/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #3
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/4/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/20/24
Grading: 12/16/24
Assembly: 12/17/24
Grades Ready: 12/20/24
QA: 12/27/24
Shipped: 12/27/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #4
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/5/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/21/24
Grading: 12/26/24
Assembly: 12/27/24
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #5
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/5/24

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/22/24
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #6
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/11/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/27/24
Grading: 12/18/24
Assembly: 12/19/24
Grades Ready: 12/26/24
QA: 12/27/24
Shipped: 12/27/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #7
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/24

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/26/24
Grading: 12/16/24
Assembly: 12/17/24
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Type: October Value Bulk #8
# of cards: 28
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/25

Received per PSA: 11/19/24
Research & ID: 12/4/24
Grading: 12/13/24
Assembly: 12/26/24
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Some updates today. One order popped, 10/20 gems, blah. No disasters but certainly need to be better than 50%

[mjecollects]

Type: December 1-15 2020-Present Special service
# of cards: 11
Estimated Completion Date: 3/10/25

Received per PSA: 12/11/24
Research & ID: 12/26/24
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

[thenightman]

Never mind.

[Noble87]

Originally Posted by mjecollects

Type: December 1-15 2020-Present Special service
# of cards: 11
Estimated Completion Date: 3/10/25

Received per PSA: 12/11/24
Research & ID: 12/26/24
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

When was your arrived date?
because my arrive date is your received date

[Noble87]

Originally Posted by thenightman

Type: December 1-15 Value Bulk Holiday Special (2020-Present)
# of cards: 11
Estimated Completion Date: TBD

Shipped: 12/16/24
Delivered:- 12/20/24
Received per PSA: 12/20/24
Research & ID:
Grading:
Assembly:
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Dang my arrival date was 12/11 and they still have not touched my submissions yet

[inaka]

Originally Posted by inaka

My 1980-1999 Special (10 card order) arrived on the exact same day as yours (November 27th).

Typical PSA for me, it's not even entered into the system yet. Not sure how you got them completed so quickly, but I probably won't get my cards back until February of 2025 at this rate.

My cards finally got entered into the system. It took one month for my cards to eventually even be entered into the system after arriving at PSA, and the clock doesn't start until they're entered in. Ridiculous.

10 Items (Nov 16-30 1980-1999 Special service)

Order Arrived: Nov 27, 2024

Order Prep: Dec 26, 2024

Estimated Completion Date: March 10, 2025

Wow.

[Noble87]

Originally Posted by inaka

My cards finally got entered into the system. It took one month for my cards to eventually even be entered into the system after arriving at PSA, and the clock doesn't start until they're entered in. Ridiculous.

10 Items (Nov 16-30 1980-1999 Special service)

Order Arrived: Nov 27, 2024

Order Prep: Dec 26, 2024

Estimated Completion Date: March 10, 2025

Wow.

Looks like I need to wait next month for something to pop up if your November just started to get prepped

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by Noble87

Dang my arrival date was 12/11 and they still have not touched my submissions yet

If it’s any consolation, it’s still just sitting there.

[mnvikingstwins]

Bad string of orders from New Jersey - 30 something % gem rate, then 2 needing crc for recases, then 4 cracked down the front from poor shipping

[anusinha]

Originally Posted by mnvikingstwins

Bad string of orders from New Jersey - 30 something % gem rate, then 2 needing crc for recases, then 4 cracked down the front from poor shipping

i never get orders from NJ, but the ones from CA suck just as hard usually

[FT35]

Originally Posted by anusinha

i never get orders from NJ, but the ones from CA suck just as hard usually

I think this new strategy to not allow 10’s on cards that should be 10’s will backfire on PSA. For lower-end cards, 9’s often lose value (if they even sell at all!!) and that model isn’t really worth it anymore if those sellers and/or collectors are seeing 70%+ of their cards lose value by grading—even at $16-17/card grading “special” pricing.

Also—lower-end grading, while I admit, clogs the system a bit, is good for PSA’s $$ and lower-end card collectors. I’m not saying they should give out undeserved 10’s—but if a card is a 10–put a 10 on the slab instead of playing some sort of snob-nosed game and assigning 9’s just because they’ve already given a couple of 10’s on that card that day. We aren’t subbing to have PSA control the market, we are subbing to have them accurately assess the condition of the cards ONLY. Be accurate—even if that inflates pop counts on certain cards.

PSA wants these low-end cards. We get 10 emails a week telling us to sub these types of cards and registry cards. But if they aren’t willing to grade them accurately, those orders will go away soon.

[elektrokuter]

Got an order back and unfortunately I was on vacation so it seems I'm SOL with regards to CRC

One card got an 8, and I was surprised b/c I thought it was a 10 candidate. On further inspection I found a dent on the back that was not there before. It also doesnt show in PSA's pre-grading scan image.

The other has a hair in it lol

[OneTonPunch]

Ugh, Oct TCG & Non-Sport 1990-Present Special still in research after arriving on 10/31. Definitely the longest wait thus far.

[SLGSports]

Did my first in-person dropoff at my local LCS. Entered into the system fairly quickly, grading was also pretty quick... then 2 months sitting in Assembly stage. Almost a month with the checkmark checked. I see a lot of orders going through Assembly quickly, so I assume they've been busy trying to justify upcharges

I miss the days when Assembly only took a couple days.

[f2tornado]

Originally Posted by OneTonPunch

Ugh, Oct TCG & Non-Sport 1990-Present Special still in research after arriving on 10/31. Definitely the longest wait thus far.

My October 1980-Present Bulk Special service arrived on 11/15, went to Prep on 12/2, and has been stuck in grading for several weeks. It's not technically due until 2/14 but they're still running slower than they were earlier in the year.

Graded cards per week on Gemrate has been falling since late September going from around 340k to around 310k. We may have achieved "peak grading", at least in the near term. There's usually a spike in March, presumably as people prepare for the baseball season. It will be interesting to see if we can match the 1.34M from last March.

[newcokeandtaco]

Originally Posted by SLGSports

Did my first in-person dropoff at my local LCS. Entered into the system fairly quickly, grading was also pretty quick... then 2 months sitting in Assembly stage. Almost a month with the checkmark checked. I see a lot of orders going through Assembly quickly, so I assume they've been busy trying to justify upcharges

I miss the days when Assembly only took a couple days.

2 months does seem like a long time. Could be issues with the order (specialty slabs, damage, upcharges, or payment problem etc.). Maybe your LCS can offer guidance?

[evileddie]

Originally Posted by evileddie

October 1980-Present Bulk Special

Shipped to PSA on 10/15
Arrived on 10/17
Moved to Order Prep on 11/01
Still in Research ID and no card images yet

This is my slowest order in the last 2 years, hoping for some movement soon.

My grades popped on 12/23 and also had the green check mark for QA checks, but it is still in completing status and hasn't been shipped yet.

[mredsox89]

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #2
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/27/24
Grading: 12/5/24
Assembly: 12/6/24
Grades Ready: 12/11/24
QA: 12/11/24
Shipped: 12/12/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #3
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/4/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/20/24
Grading: 12/16/24
Assembly: 12/17/24
Grades Ready: 12/20/24
QA: 12/27/24
Shipped: 12/27/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #4
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/5/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/21/24
Grading: 12/26/24
Assembly: 12/27/24
Grades Ready: 12/30/24
QA: 12/31/24
Shipped: 12/31/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #5
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/5/24

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/22/24
Grading: 12/28/24
Assembly: 12/31/24
Grades Ready:
QA:
Shipped:

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #6
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/11/25

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/27/24
Grading: 12/18/24
Assembly: 12/19/24
Grades Ready: 12/26/24
QA: 12/27/24
Shipped: 12/27/24

Type: October Value Bulk Special (1980-Present) #7
# of cards: 20
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/24

Received per PSA: 11/4/24
Research & ID: 11/26/24
Grading: 12/16/24
Assembly: 12/17/24
Grades Ready: 12/30/24
QA: 12/31/24
Shipped: 12/31/24

Type: October Value Bulk #8
# of cards: 28
Estimated Completion Date: 2/10/25

Received per PSA: 11/19/24
Research & ID: 12/4/24
Grading: 12/13/24
Assembly: 12/26/24
Grades Ready: 12/31/24
QA:
Shipped:

Couple more orders popped tonight. One meh, one pretty decent.

[jpcz]

Wow...no rhyme or reason to PSA considering I have a October bulk special received by PSA weeks to a month earlier than all these and just went into assembly yesterday. Guess it isn't FIFO!

[metsandweezer]

41/54 gems on a bulk order. Finally a great order coming back from their NJ office. Not sure how it’s possible to go from 40% gems to 75%. But I’ll take it.

[KGD54]

I have some cards i would like to send in for dual grading. Does PSA ever do any dual grading specials? Seems like dual is taking a very long time so i doubt they do, but wanted to ask before i decide to send them in.

[Wolf359]

Originally Posted by OneTonPunch

Ugh, Oct TCG & Non-Sport 1990-Present Special still in research after arriving on 10/31. Definitely the longest wait thus far.

Mine is stuck there with yours in the October TCG & Non-Sport 1990-Present Special Order. Arrived on 11/1 and still in Research & ID.

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by metsandweezer

41/54 gems on a bulk order. Finally a great order coming back from their NJ office. Not sure how it’s possible to go from 40% gems to 75%. But I’ll take it.

There's no uniformity among graders, there's no double checking accuracy of grades. It's get them in and get them out and the last thing PSA is concerned about is consistency in grading.

What SHOULD be happening is that gem% in subs should be checked against a company average and outliers should be flagged. If the average gem% is, say, 60% and one shows up at 35%, it should be double checked by an experience grader on staff. If the original grader is too tough, or wrong, then they should be retrained. Obviously, the same should be true for gem% significantly above the average. If the grader is too lenient, or wrong, then they too should be retrained.

That's a dream world, though.

[mredsox89]

Got smoked on my only recent order that seems to have run through NJ.

Sent in 7 different bulk orders (all similar stuff, just spread out), easily the lowest gem rate. 6/7 gems on Topps Now stuff, 8/21 on other modern (including a 7 and five 8's).

[messier2]

Originally Posted by mredsox89

Got smoked on my only recent order that seems to have run through NJ.

Sent in 7 different bulk orders (all similar stuff, just spread out), easily the lowest gem rate. 6/7 gems on Topps Now stuff, 8/21 on other modern (including a 7 and five 8's).

NJ has a bunch of newbies looking to impress. By impress, they feel like being strict with the grades does the trick with the supervisors. CA is filled with a mix of vet graders and some newbies. If you are lucky to hit one of the vets with nothing to prove, you will get more "favorable" grades, in general.