The Giant Professional Grading Thread

[fiery]

@roilty

Hey guys, first time posting here. I got back a regular submission of 10 cards today, 7 of which had these weird white squares all over then, Luckily, my 2 10s and a 9 are okay, but I’ve submitted a request with PSA to see what’s up. Have any of you seen this before? Link to pictures

How I Crack a PSA Case

Thought I would show a few things in this video in case others are interested: How I crack cards out of a PSA case How I clean cards Show that those little white squares on some PSA cases are on the cases and not on the cards (some have questioned this) Disclaimer: no cards were harmed in the making of this video and do this at your own risk! vimeo.com/441885241/65439150aa PS - I say in the video that maybe the card can get a 10… I will probably never re-grade it anyways but the card is hon…

The link above will answer all your questions.

[andrewr23]

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

[parkermrparker]

@andrewr23

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

Ive had recent subs linger in QA 2 for a few weeks. Most sports guys on a sports forum were saying its slowed down, weeks or maybe a month, aside from the extremely fast services

[cardstockpile]

@parkermrparker

@andrewr23

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

Ive had recent subs linger in QA 2 for a few weeks. Most sports guys on a sports forum were saying its slowed down, weeks or maybe a month, aside from the extremely fast services

Yes my last order was in qa2 for 3 weeks regular tier. I think I only have 2 orders left that have not been entered into the system. Sometime soon psa should be able to complete entering the backlog and focus solely on grading and pumping out orders. Does anyone still have a bunch of orders not entered into the system? The two of mine that aren’t are value at the end of March

[pokecollectoramy]

Off topic a bit but I tried out PSAs funko grading and it took 30 calendar days from my door to them shipping it back. Pretty cool service actually

[admiral]

Do they only do authentic or will they actually give it a grade?

[alakazamthat]

@andrewr23

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

About 3 weeks for me. Mine was express also

[iisanaggie]

@admiral they grade, but only the auto, not the figure itself

www.psacard.com/services/autographencapsulation/funkopop

[chok]

@andrewr23

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

It took 2 weeks for one of order which has upcharges while another order which doesnt have upcharges took 2 days between QA1 to order completed, I didn’t even notice it went into QA2.

This might just be speculation, but longer QA2s might mean theres an upcharge.

[andrewr23]

@chok

@andrewr23

How long does QA check 2 usually take? One of my orders has been in that stage longer than grading. Lol. Express Btw

It took 2 weeks for one of order which has upcharges while another order which doesnt have upcharges took 2 days between QA1 to order completed, I didn’t even notice it went into QA2.

This might just be speculation, but longer QA2s might mean theres an upcharge.

How was the process of upcharge? Yeah tomorrow is officially 2 weeks, 10 business days in QA 2

[chok]

@andrewr23

@chok

It took 2 weeks for one of order which has upcharges while another order which doesnt have upcharges took 2 days between QA1 to order completed, I didn’t even notice it went into QA2.

This might just be speculation, but longer QA2s might mean theres an upcharge.

How was the process of upcharge? Yeah tomorrow is officially 2 weeks, 10 business days in QA 2

Theyll send you a generic email stating how many cards do not qualify for the original grading cost and require your authorization for the upcharges to proceed. In that email they’ll also attach of all the cards you sent in with their grade and which card gets upcharged and how much total.

[pokecollectoramy]

@admiral

Do they only do authentic or will they actually give it a grade?

They will give the auto a grade if you pay extra. The don’t grade the box though, just the auto.

[GymLeaderTaylor]

Forgot to add this but I did an Express through CGC
Received 4/6/21
Shipped 4/23/21

[kingboo64]

My walkthrough (CGC) no subs which was received on the 14th still isn’t done

[maverick23]

Has anyone done a Regular Order through PSA back in March before they shut down this submission type? I am still on part 4/8 ( been like this for a month)

Received: 3/2/21

[surgenius]

@maverick23

Has anyone done a Regular Order through PSA back in March before they shut down this submission type? I am still on part 4/8 ( been like this for a month)

Received: 3/2/21

I sent in 9 orders that were received 3/8/21. 6 were bulk (all input into PSA’s system), 2 were Regular and 1 Express (not input into their system).

I would guess that far more express and regular orders were sent in before the price increase than bulk. It seems that my case is not special.

[treasuretown]

Received 7/30/20 Value TCG submission still in grading - PSA rep says “There is not an issue with the order. I am not sure why it is running behind, but I will reach out to our operations team and see if we can get it moving for you.” I’m not too concerned about it, just want to let other people know if they are waiting that it just seems to be what is happening on PSA’s end (and that the dates don’t really mean much).

[maverick23]

@surgenius

@maverick23

Has anyone done a Regular Order through PSA back in March before they shut down this submission type? I am still on part 4/8 ( been like this for a month)

Received: 3/2/21

I sent in 9 orders that were received 3/8/21. 6 were bulk (all input into PSA’s system), 2 were Regular and 1 Express (not input into their system).

I would guess that far more express and regular orders were sent in before the price increase than bulk. It seems that my case is not special.

Thanks for response! So your regular are still on 1/8 level wise? The thing with mine is that I sent them Feb 25th which they got it in before the 3 day catastrophe they had around March 1st.

[maverick23]

@treasuretown

Received 7/30/20 Value TCG submission still in grading - PSA rep says “There is not an issue with the order. I am not sure why it is running behind, but I will reach out to our operations team and see if we can get it moving for you.” I’m not too concerned about it, just want to let other people know if they are waiting that it just seems to be what is happening on PSA’s end (and that the dates don’t really mean much).

What level out of 8 are yours on? My bulk TCG received 3/2/21 are on 3/8

[cardstockpile]

@maverick23

@surgenius

I sent in 9 orders that were received 3/8/21. 6 were bulk (all input into PSA’s system), 2 were Regular and 1 Express (not input into their system).

I would guess that far more express and regular orders were sent in before the price increase than bulk. It seems that my case is not special.

Thanks for response! So your regular are still on 1/8 level wise? The thing with mine is that I sent them Feb 25th which they got it in before the 3 day catastrophe they had around March 1st.

Per their CTD’s they are finished through 2/4/21 for the regular tier. This is the date entered into the system not the date they received them. You may have another month or so to wait.