59 days after submitting two Ichiro RCs and two Ohtani RCs to PSA through my local GameStop, I got an email notifying me that they were ready to be picked up. I was a little surprised they arrived so quickly—PSA had only sent me their grades a week ago, and I figured it’d take a couple weeks for them to be shipped.

Overall, I’ve been really happy with the experience for a few reasons:

• my local GameStop does a ton of TCG subs, so their staff is really on top of things

• $20 bucks a card is a great deal, especially since I don’t have to pay anything for shipping

• drop-off and pick-up is very easy…just prep the card at home, put it in a penny-sleeve and semi-rigid, then drop it off at the store

• you can track your order and view your grades via the GameStop app, and once you get the cert numbers you can view them in the PSA app and add them to your set registry

• my Ohtani’s both got 10s, and who’d be upset with that

• flexibility…you can drop of one or as many cards as you want, any time you want, and as long as your a member, GameStop covers the cost of shipping

Downsides:

• you can’t take advantage of PSA’s full offering of services (expedited grading, reports, and selling through PSA Vault)

• someone else is handling your cards, so you gotta trust GameStop to do the right thing

• PSA slabs aren’t nearly as attractive as SGC’s IMO

Overall, I think this is a great option if you don’t have a local card shop that offers bulk submissions.