You can google “psa order tracker” and there are multiple sports cards forums that actively update their orders and movement to get a good idea of psa as they move through the back log. Quite interesting.
My current experience with turn around times
BGS Premium - 2 days
PSA
Regular - 4 weeks
Express - 3 weeks
Super Express - 2 days
Value - 6 months
From the time they receive the package
and it’s been consistently that over the past 2 months. Hope this helps!
Also worth noting that my huge value submission almost immediately went into “entered” state while I have several others <100 cards from October that have yet to get there. I am not sure if volume helps move it faster or not, but this seems to imply this
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What is the stuff on the right edge?
Looks like a crack
Looks like pretty significant silvering. I know that PSA is lenient on silvering for some of the sets more notorious for it (LC being one of them). Still, that silvering definitely detracts from the eye appeal, IMO.
It looks black though, and there seems to be some at the top of the front as well.
I think it’s cause of the camera
Has anyone done a PSA reholder service recently? How long does the $10 service take?
If you’ve done it previously at all, does the expedited option work similar to express service, where you pay for more and get it back sooner even if the card’s value is nowhere near the maximum limit?
$10 will likely be treated as “value” submission with a comparable turnaround time. I recently got a card re-holdered using the “Express” service and the turnaround time was almost a month.
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What do you guys think my Mew could get? I just shipped it off to Ludkins for a CGC sub and it’s the first time I’ve ever graded anything myself so I’m extremely nervous. The whitening on the back edges are by far the worst thing about this card that I could see
Great, thanks again!
Front looks clean, back has little bit of whitening on the edges. I’d say its looking like an 8, maybe 7.5 on a bad day.
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I guess I gotta dice roll and hope for the best… I’m praying for a 9 but it’s a dream
@nish, I think it is an easy 8. I think you have a fair shot at a 9. No way that’s getting a 7.5 unless we are missing some crucial holo scratch or border scratching. I would say 50/50 shot at a 9.
(Copied from my original thread)
[Question: If you had the perfect card, where do you grade?]
Hey! So this was something that I’ve had on my mind because it made me consider all grading services and what I thought I knew before, so here’s the question.
If I believed I had the most perfect card there is, where would be the best place to get that graded? I saw that smpratte had got this SGC 10 Charizard, and that was in phenomenal condition. There’s also Beckett with the whole “black label” thing going on, but they’ve been questionable at times.
PSA is nice, but when you get 10, that’s the end of the line, no special things in addition to that.
So say that I want to maximize the amount of… I guess profit I’d say? Like, the best and most official way that shows the greatness that is this “perfect card”.
I understand that grades are opinions from others and opinions can vary on the person, and how they’re feeling, so I guess the idea is who would be the best for this type of situation?
You know how PSA upcharges, do they also downcharge if you put the card through as too high?
My friend is submitting a Base 1st Charizard. I’ve looked at it, it’s solidly a strong 9 to me, and he thinks it could have a shot at a 10.
If he submits the $5000 100k+ value tier and the card is a 9, will they refund the $3k back to the $2k tier?
He is worried if he only submits at the $2k tier, they will be more likely to grade it lower because you haven’t paid the 10 price.
Just spend $30 with CGC where you can get subgrades and actually get the card graded in a reasonable amount of time. See if it gets a 9.5 or a 10 with them first. If it does, then you can see if it will cross over with PSA and if you should both spending 5 stacks of green on that rather than just buying something else cool with it that might triple in value in the next few months.
It’s hard to take this post seriously.
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The graders don’t know what grading tier you have submit your cards at. They don’t know you’ve submit your 1st Ed Zard at bulk.
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Have you ever heard of people being refunded grading costs for anything other than compensation? There’s no way they’re going to refund part cost because the card is worth less as a 9 than a 10.
I don’t want to sound rude, but c’mon man.
There’s some good advice above though submitting it through CGC to get a quick taste on how it will grade for a quicker turn around and cheaper cost. I’d do that personally.
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I’ve never used a grading service, how am I meant to know if the grader can or can’t tell what service you paid for? That doesn’t seem to me like something that would be hidden to them.
But I guess I am just a fool 
If that’s the case, if you don’t care about wait times, you should send everything through as bulk and pay upcharges so you pay the absolute minimum you need to.
I’ll tell him to send to CGC regardless
Thankyou for your post.
It’s just common sense mate.
How unbiased would grading he considered if people who spent more on grading for better results?
Sounds like paying for a grade, which would make those grades worthless.
Graders can’t see who sent cards, what tier they’ve been submit at or any personal details. They’re job is just to judge card condition.