Just for comparison. I sent in 5 orders 2 weeks after PSA doubled it price in March 2021 on a generic account (Paid $10 before the price jumped). They arrived mid march & were entered late April 2021 but 4/5 came back already and the last order is in QA2.
BGS had my May 2021 $35 Economy orders done ahead of my Feb 2021 $15 Economy Orders for reference sake.
can we trust the ludkins tracker now? or are people still getting orders back while it says it’s still in grading
My tracker updated from grading to QA check 1 a few days ago so it does seem to be operating.
My 4 orders still shows grading on the tracker, but I am not sure if it is accurate
They say 1 million cards left in the queue. a few comments were from submitters who used middleman have stuck orders
Where did it say they were down to 1m in backlog?
in the comments
October and November 2020 checking in 
I have 6 outstanding orders with Ludkins. 3 from Jan 21 and 3 from March 21.
all from March in grading hell.
1 from Jan is in Grading, one is in QA1 
and the oldest sub I have is still in R&ID LOL
it’s all happening at random I think at this point. Just feeling lucky that I got my October 2020 sub back already, I know many are still waiting.
Might stroll over to their Instagram and leave a comment criticizing them. They could likely rally and get this stuff out the door but my assumption is that there is very little political will at the management level to do so - for whatever reason.
I think everyone that has an outstanding order with ludkins should post on that thread
My issue with Ludkins at this point is solely their communication on the matter. They know all their customers are wondering what the heck is going on? So why not email bi-weekly and state how many outstanding orders they have from each month of 2020 or 2021, and how many they’ve received back since the last email so customers at least know some orders are being processed? Everyone dogged on GradedGem, but at least the UK guys are providing this info.
Rough times. I have like 10 cards to grade but I’m definitely paying the $30 tier over the “$18 special” special like I’ll get it back years from now for $120 cheaper? I’m good I’ll pay the difference
I don’t really know what more they could do to be honest. We have the tracker, which is probably all the easily accessible information they have as well. I’d much rather them focus on shipping orders back than calculating data like that. It would be nice, but it wouldn’t make our orders move any faster.
The orders will get processed, it’s just taking forever.
I agree they should be more proactive and transparent. There was a strong pivot away from middlemen when ownership changed at PSA. Hence the whole GG situation. Anyone working with competitors was forced out or strongly deprioritized. Which tbh makes sense business wise.
I don’t know what the future of middlemen will look like at PSA. They feel like a vestige of the past, and an inefficacy that PSA is rectifying = PSA UK & PSA Japan.
Are there any updates on the rumored plastic shortage? I assume if that is true middlemen orders are affected even more
I mean there are some people who have apparently already gotten their $18 special subs back. It was only a month’s worth of orders and PSA has expanded exponentially since 2020, so they will be able to handle the volume of the $18 special orders pretty easily.
Not to mention the fact that literally no one who sent directly to PSA has been waiting “years” for their subs to come back. That’s only for people who went through middlemen.
Plus, you wouldn’t have been able to send 10 cards in at $18, anyway. There was a 20-card minimum.
If they can take the time…
maybe send ludkins an email and ask? I know where you’re commin from
i cant imagine having orders outstanding for multiple years. i really hope you guys start to see these come back soon!
