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Originally Posted by epatmythes
The more I think about this today, the more I think this was actually GENIUS on PSA's part. Not the whole scope of changes, that's still TBD in my mind... but, rather the suspension of Economy service, but leaving it available to authorized dealers for $25/per, instead of $20/per!
The vast majority of organization and research falls on the dealers. People are forced to go the dealer route if they want that service, so that's exponentially less individual packages being delivered to PSA. Now, for $5 more, they can still get the same number of Economy cards submitted but have to process somewhere, roughly, between 10x-25x fewer packages. That, and their authorized dealers, if marketed correctly, get more business.
If you, and other dealers/group submitters, pull this off well... I could see where Economy never comes back... but rather, going through an authorized dealer for that level of service just becomes the new normal.
Not saying I'm in favor of it... but not saying I'd hate it, either!
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This is key for PSA. Along with less packages comes in, dealers actually follow PSA's preferred standards, so PSA isn't spending time dealing with erroneous submissions or things that slow down their process.
I think this is the first time I've seen a third party grader openly advocate to use group submitters, but makes sense for what PSA is trying to do.