PSA Grading price increase

[Rjcollings1973]

Anyone heard about a new price increase coming Thursday?

Hearing it’s “significant”.

[ThoseBackPages]

i have not

[Boredlawyer]

Between them and SGC charging $25 shipping for a $8.30 flat rate priority box, Im over all of it.

[NoleinJax]

Didn't they just have a price increase? How about a price decrease for once or maybe upgrade their technology for a more consistent service while weeding out the fraudsters inside their company?

[noaskiecards]

For cards graded often, topps flagship soto tatis acuna etc they should create technology to grade it

Only manual grades for the more rare stuff

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[SupermanBrandon]

I hope its really significant.

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by Boredlawyer

Between them and SGC charging $25 shipping for a $8.30 flat rate priority box, Im over all of it.

Doesn't their return shipping include insurance; whereas, the flat rate box only covers $50 with the flat fee?

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by rngrdanny22

Doesn't their return shipping include insurance; whereas, the flat rate box only covers $50 with the flat fee?

Yes, it does. Hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of insurance. Some people are just complainers.

[speedyjg13]

If BGS can raise the price as they'd like, why can't PSA?

I hope its a huge hike to stop these nerds from sending 100 of the same card

[coachnip13]

A price increase is the only thing that makes sense considering the volume they are getting these days.

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by speedyjg13

If BGS can raise the price as they'd like, why can't PSA?

I hope its a huge hike to stop these nerds from sending 100 of the same card

Absolutely. Not everything needs to be graded.

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by speedyjg13

If BGS can raise the price as they'd like, why can't PSA?

I hope its a huge hike to stop these nerds from sending 100 of the same card

Originally Posted by coachnip13

Absolutely. Not everything needs to be graded.

I assure you, unless it goes to like $25/card for bulk, they are still going to be submitted in mass quantities.

[yanksfan1]

As long as people can take $5 cards and bulk grade and get $75-100 for them, the bulk subs won't stop imo

[Rjcollings1973]

Originally Posted by rngrdanny22

I assure you, unless it goes to like $25/card for bulk, they are still going to be submitted in mass quantities.

That’s my guess bulk is probably going to be 20$, and I don’t think that will slow it up much either!

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by Rjcollings1973

That’s my guess bulk is probably going to be 20$, and I don’t think that will slow it up much either!

That would be a pretty big bump.

I would be a little surprised if they bumped up the ultra modern again, but anything is possible. I'd place my bets on a nice bump for the Modern bracket.

[TMQ]

So from what I gather no one besides the OP has even heard anything about an upcoming price increase?

[Cards and 401K]

Good thing I have 3 Values logged.

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by TMQ

So from what I gather no one besides the OP has even heard anything about an upcoming price increase?

Pretty much. I did a quick Twitter search and didn't see anyone talking about it either.

[brios8]

when Express $65 (5 days) is taking 20.. something is really wrong

[JWBlue]

Makes sense considering the explosion in prices.

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

Makes sense considering the explosion in prices.

If they go up in price, they will probably follow BGS' footsteps.

BGS was in extreme backlog a couple years ago, raised prices (presumably to reduce incoming volumes while they caught up), and then PSA took tons of business. Has BGS even recovered? I know they tried to open a lower price point with the no-subgrades, but they were damaged pretty good how they handled that situation.

Let's hope this isn't the case with PSA. I'd like to think they would use the money to increase controls and pay graders more money, but who am I kidding?

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by brios8

when Express $65 (5 days) is taking 20.. something is really wrong

It's pretty simple.....PSA has no way to hire/train enough graders to deal with the current level of demand (and they haven't for quite a while).

This is why grading is a joke....most cards are being graded by rushed, overworked, under-qualified, under-trained graders....

[Rjcollings1973]

Originally Posted by brios8

when Express $65 (5 days) is taking 20.. something is really wrong

Did you have a 5 day order take 20 days?? Man that’s crazy we have had a few take 6 or 7 days but never longer than that.

[djolley86]

Not surprising. Every company that has anything to do with cards is riding the wave while they can. Can't say I blame them.

I've offloaded about 90% of my stuff this year. There is no way this hobby can continue in its current form.

[BBases31]

Good. Charge whatever it takes to be able to guarantee a turnaround window. There's more than enough free money to be made even if they double their prices