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Old 08-14-2023, 09:56 PM   #19201
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I'm a little nervous about my 90s sub because there are a few hard to grade 90s in there - 1993 Stadium Club, etc.
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Old 08-15-2023, 09:49 AM   #19202
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Seems like the 90s specials are coming back, how are you guys doing with gem rates on the 90s stuff?
I'm curious as well. A lot of the "90s Special" results people are posting are for ultra-modern (2018 and newer) cards so it's confusing.

PSA never really slowed down giving out 10s on Ultra-modern - still pretty easy to get 70% or more Gem Rate on that stuff.

Curious if the "90s Special" results are still around 20% and under Gem Rate for 1990s cards - as has been the normal results lately.
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Old 08-15-2023, 09:51 AM   #19203
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Order Type: Value Plus $40
# of cards: 10
Order delivered: 7/25/2023
Order received per PSA: 7/25/2023 (Arrived - My Orders page)
Research & ID: 7/26/2023
Grading: 7/28/2023
Assembly: 8/8/2023
QA1: 8/8/2023
QA2: 8/9/2023
Grades/Shipped: 8/15/2023
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Old 08-15-2023, 10:47 AM   #19204
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Order Type: Value Plus $40
# of cards: 10
Order delivered: 7/25/2023
Order received per PSA: 7/25/2023 (Arrived - My Orders page)
Research & ID: 7/26/2023
Grading: 7/28/2023
Assembly: 8/8/2023
QA1: 8/8/2023
QA2: 8/9/2023
Grades/Shipped: 8/15/2023
How did you do
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Old 08-15-2023, 10:51 AM   #19205
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How did you do
6/10 PSA 10. 4 PSA 9. All 4 were 2023 Finest autos that I didn't think had much of a shot at gemming due to those darn print lines that, in my experience, were very common on those Finest refractor autos.

Elly Bowman Mega Blue Refractor /150 did gem, so I'm quite happy with that.
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Old 08-15-2023, 11:17 AM   #19206
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Just had my final 90s+ pop and ship the same day. Either they are getting more lenient or I am just getting better. 8 of 10 Gem, and the 2 that didn't gem I was expecting 9, hoping for 10.
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Old 08-15-2023, 11:31 AM   #19207
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90+ days and counting……..for 2 cards. Is this normal?



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Order Type:Value (1980-present) Dual Grading 2022 Donruss Optic Spencer Strider Auto
# of Cards: 1
Order Arrived: 5/18/2023
Order Prep: 5/22/2023
Research & ID: 5/24/2023
Grading: 7/11/2023
Assembly:
QA1:
QA2:
Grades:
Shipped:


Order Type: Value (1979-older) 1979 Topps Nolan Ryan
# of Cards: 1
Order Arrived: 5/18/2023
Order Prep: 5/22/2023
Research & ID: 5/24/2023
Grading: 5/26/2023
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Creeping along.

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Old 08-15-2023, 12:31 PM   #19208
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More movement

90s special-

# of cards: 24
Order mailed: 6/26
Order delivered: 6/28
Order Prep:7/15
Research & ID: 7/15
Grading: 7/25
Assembly: 8/10
QA1: 8/14
QA2: 8/15
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And more movement
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Old 08-15-2023, 12:32 PM   #19209
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90+ days and counting……..for 2 cards. Is this normal?
That’s ruff
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Old 08-15-2023, 02:08 PM   #19210
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90+ days and counting……..for 2 cards. Is this normal?
I was around 90 business days on a recent 5 card dual value submission.... so I guess its normal, yes.


Arrived: 3/27/2023
Entered: 4/3/2023
Research & ID: 4/3/2023
Grading: 7/8/2023
Assembly: 7/14/2023
QA1: 7/17/2023
QA2: 7/19/2023
Grades: 7/25/2023
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Old 08-15-2023, 02:46 PM   #19211
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Order Type: 90s+ Sports Special
# of cards: 68
Order Arrived: 6/12/23
Order Entered: 7/7/23
Research & ID: 7/7/23
Grading: 7/11/23
Assembly: 7/26/23
QA1: 7/28/23
QA2: 8/7/23
Grades: 8/15/23
Shipped: 8/15/23

Finally completed!

Edit: When do the certs activate so I can add them to my registry?
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Old 08-15-2023, 03:37 PM   #19212
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My 90's+ Sports Special received on 07/03 is still in grading. Hoping for some movement soon.
Moved to QA2 today.
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Old 08-15-2023, 05:14 PM   #19213
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Just had a 90’s special pop today. They checked it in on July 3rd..so took a little longer than the last couple… but well worth the wait.
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Old 08-15-2023, 05:15 PM   #19214
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PSA is being so slow. Bulk order arrived June 23 is still in grading.
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Old 08-15-2023, 08:00 PM   #19215
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Old 08-16-2023, 06:00 AM   #19216
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7 days since pop and still no shipping. They are in serious need of a systems engineer to fix all of their processing problems.
Finally shipped yesterday, 8 days later.
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Old 08-16-2023, 09:03 AM   #19217
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Edit: When do the certs activate so I can add them to my registry?
Usually within 24 hours at most. Often a few hours.
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Old 08-16-2023, 09:08 AM   #19218
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Vintage special from March, been in assembly for over a month. Coming up on 6 months total , anyone else waiting this long on one of these?


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Old 08-16-2023, 09:33 AM   #19219
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Vintage special from March, been in assembly for over a month. Coming up on 6 months total , anyone else waiting this long on one of these?


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For vintage orders, it is a sloooooow turnaround. It really does seem that they have one person, who may be vintage himself, grading all vintage submissions. I have given up on sending vintage to PSA.
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Old 08-16-2023, 09:55 AM   #19220
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(not order related) just needed some info….I had a Promo card in grading but it is inside a plastic wrapper like a cello pack. PSA send me an email for authorization to unwrap or they will charge it as a pack. I needed to unwrap it anyways so it would fit in slab, so I authorized it. Upon unwrapping there is 3 identical base card inside and those 3 card was added into my order and was graded without asking. Is that normal?


I dont think many of us send packs and ask them to open and grade the cards.
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Vintage special from March, been in assembly for over a month. Coming up on 6 months total , anyone else waiting this long on one of these?


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Any irregular sized cards?
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Old 08-16-2023, 11:13 AM   #19222
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Any irregular sized cards?

I believe one is. A 1971 milk duds complete box


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Old 08-16-2023, 11:22 AM   #19223
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I dont think many of us send packs and ask them to open and grade the cards.
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Old 08-16-2023, 12:37 PM   #19224
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I feel like a goober paying for Express, and then having my order sit in QA2 for four days. I probably had to due to the value but in hindsight I should have just done Regular and seen if they did an upcharge. I know of course the turnaround times are very very loose estimates but it somehow feels worse when the step it gets stuck in the longest is the final step.
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Old 08-16-2023, 12:56 PM   #19225
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4 card value order arrived and entered 7/13. Went into grading a few days later and hasn't moved for a month.

Regular order arrived 8/8, entered 8/10 , grading like the day after and also no movement.

Value bulk arrived 8/8, entered 8/10, still in research and id.

So slow these days
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