Hi guys! Two questions regarding PSA
If I send 10 cards for example, does PSA grade it order so the numbers will be sequential? Or it just purely random?
It’s ok If I share a video showing some of the cards that Id like to grade? I need advice to know if they are well enough to be graded as I never sent anything to PSA yet (I tried other companies from Europe, but purely to have the cards slabbed and on display)
Hi,
1.Yes they will have sequential cert numbers.
It’s tough to pinpoint exactly when their standards changed. But from what I can tell it’s somewhere in the 3.9x cert range.
Does anyone have a recent timeframe for Economy tier subs through Polaris?
You can always email Peter and ask
In a similar vein, does anyone else here still have economy subs ($30) through Ludkins from 2021? I had estimated maybe an 8-month turnaround for that tier (which is about how long it took for my December 2020/January 2021 economy subs to come back), but it’s been nearly 17 months since my February 2021 economy sub and it’s still in R&ID according to the tracker. My bulk $10 sub that I submitted at the same time appears to be further along (at the grading stage) which is also a little strange.
my feb 2021 ludkins economy sub came back in december
I do have $30 subs through ludkins at PSA. There was that month where PSA tried to stem the tide by raising prices but kept the vendor prices at the old low prices. I think the trade off for that was that ALL vendor subs got deprioritized.
I’ve only heard bad things in regards to middleman customer service so I assumed they wouldn’t be able to tell me haha, I’ll shoot him an email thanks!
Same here, noticed my first Value sub hit Assembly today.
| Shipped | 6-10 |
|---|---|
| Arrived | 6-13 |
| Research | 6-14 |
| Grading | 6-17 |
| Assembly | 7-23 |
I have a 2nd one that arrived 8 days later, still in grading. Most all of these are super modern and pack fresh, not sure if that’s gonna impact timing on any of these.
Also sent a 67 card $18 Special yesterday, got my grading pile down from 100+ cards this month to like 10, and those are just the ones that aren’t even worth grading at $18 a card. Wild to think I might even get all these back by a year from now! Still waiting on cards I sent to Ludkins in Feb 2021 though…
Damn that was fast…how many cards were in the sub that hit assembly?
20 cards, all 2018-2022 except a couple of Base Set cards.
Value is the $30 tier right? I can never keep the names straight 
That bodes really well tho. Looking like ~ 60 day turn around
Still haven’t received my Feb 2021 Ludkins submission.
For the $30 dollar tier?
I can confirm I also had a $30 dollar ludkins from feb 2021 order that I got back in December 2021.
Would this be an auto PSA 6?
Depending on the rest of the card’s shape, this could easily be a PSA 8. I would be shocked if PSA equated this card to binder dents and creases. Small corner “curling” has often received a PSA 8 in my experience.
thank you that is great to hear!
I’d echo @Dyl. In my experience docking the damage from that image to a 6 would be harsher than normal.
I still have a Oct. 2020 out there! Should be in my hand within a month now though. 