PCGS Submissions

trout · June 12, 2016, 10:05:07 AM

If everyone else's submissions are delayed because of this insane amount of coins in one order bogging the system then those submissions affected should in all fairness be charged at a discounted rate.
Also there should have been at least an email from PCGS alerting us of this event.
This is why I call BS on this, NO warning NO apology or even an explanation from PGCS as to why the long delay.
When I sent my coins over there was a 20 day wait listed on the website for world economy ,which I thought was reasonable .
All of a sudden it has jumped 30 days and is now 50 days.

stevo1962 · June 12, 2016, 10:23:56 AM

I can say that someone has submitted quite a few coins

trout · June 12, 2016, 10:55:53 AM

I have sent an email requesting a discount on my submissions affected by this humongous lot of coins sent by Michael and the more than doubling of the turnaround times because of it.
I'm Not holding my breath, but I do think a discount is in order for those of us affected.
It will be interesting to see how PCGS replies ( If at all) to my request :angel:

echidna · June 12, 2016, 08:17:52 PM

If someone has submitted 20000 world coins at once then they will go to the front of the queue I reckon.
Wouldn't be surprised if ACTUAL turnaround times blow out to 6 months for everyone else.

r9453 · June 13, 2016, 04:27:45 AM

For some reason I thought they were 20,000 Aussie coins (which would be extraordinary) but in any case it will slow them down a bit. I'm guessing these are multiples of modern coins ex mint.

trout · June 13, 2016, 07:34:04 AM

Quote from: 'r9453' pid='90505' dateline='1465757865'For some reason I thought they were 20,000 Aussie coins (which would be extraordinary) but in any case it will slow them down a bit. I'm guessing these are multiples of modern coins ex mint.

As far as the Yanks are concerned Aussie coins are World coins.
Many of these "Super" orders are bullion coins that get flogged off on tv and magazines.
If this is the case then 20,000 bullion coins plus grading fees is a huge gamble that the spot price on silver is going to peak again.

trout · June 14, 2016, 07:20:44 AM

Finally after 50 working days or 2 1/2 Months one of my submissions has been graded :yahoo:
There is a 1835 Rupee that was graded "Counterfeit" and that is probably why it took so long, The coin looked Kosher to me as is was the correct weight/dimensions and I could see nothing wrong with it.
However the 4 Captain Cook Specimen coins in the submission came back graded as MS :dash1:

I just got an email back from PCGS regarding the Cooks and they are going to look in to it for me.
All of a sudden I am getting good customer service from PCGS, this is a rather pleasant change :good:

trout · June 15, 2016, 01:00:46 AM

PCGS is back online for me , NO 522 error now :yahoo:

r9453 · June 15, 2016, 04:07:01 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='90677' dateline='1465918246'PCGS is back online for me , NO 522 error now :yahoo:

I'm glad that it got sorted, if indeed it has been sorted.

Until it came up in this thread I never heard of CloudFlare and out of the blue it popped up the other day while I was browsing. Something about CloudFlare was re-directing me to the site I was requesting.

trout · June 15, 2016, 08:10:11 AM

False alarm, That mongrel cloudflare 522 is still there :cray:

markn · June 21, 2016, 01:42:24 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='90689' dateline='1465944011'False alarm, That mongrel cloudflare 522 is still there :cray:

Another member has managed to get to the bottom of this issue and it's neither the fault of PCGS or Cloudflare. Please let everyone know if everything is working ok.

trout · June 21, 2016, 02:12:35 PM

Quote from: 'markn' pid='91154' dateline='1466482344'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='90689' dateline='1465944011'False alarm, That mongrel cloudflare 522 is still there :cray:

Another member has managed to get to the bottom of this issue and it's neither the fault of PCGS or Cloudflare. Please let everyone know if everything is working ok.

Working fine now :yahoo:

Incused · June 22, 2016, 09:07:22 AM

World economy turnaround time increased yesterday 40>>>43 days.

trout · June 22, 2016, 09:22:46 AM

Quote from: 'Incused' pid='91220' dateline='1466552242'World economy turnaround time increased yesterday 40>>>43 days.

At least it is better than the 50 days it was earlier.
As my "Express" submission that is supposed to take 11 days at the moment is still Not finalised yet after 28 working days or nearly 6 weeks I view the PCGS turnaround times as irrelevant and misleading :ok:

Incused · July 24, 2016, 03:16:35 PM

By the way yesterday got my grades for modern submission, which arrived at USA on 01/06/2016. Overall results are not as expected, but got myself a dream - Incused MS64.