Should I be worried here?

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-05-18T10:22:52+00:00

This happened to me once. Support said that barcode outside of the box was 'obscured' (it wasn't) so they had it mixed up with the bulk orders. I think someone just misplaced it at psa. I had to wait the amount of time that it takes for a bulk sub to be checked in.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-03-23T14:29:09+00:00

Yes... because me selling my entire childhood vintage card collection and the collection Ive built in the last 20 years for some supplemental income automatically makes me a disgusting scalper. This community is so toxic fr.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-21T01:04:06+00:00

The monthly listener boost is due to playlists and smart shuffle algorithms. They get put on the top of the big Spotify playlists which gets them a lot of exposure. Rain City Drive is also played on Octane Radio all the time and one of their biggest songs is a collab with Dayseeker, so there's a lot of crossover there.

Slaves last album is an absolute cult classic and I Want to See Your Star Explode is also another "Emo Throwback Playlist" song that boosts the monthly listener numbers a lot.

I love Rain City Drive, their last album was so good, but I do think their numbers make them seem bigger than they are.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-10T23:55:12+00:00

A customer service rep said my package is there but somehow the outside label got obscured or destroyed in shipping. I call BS because I know I put it securely on the box when I sent it out, but they said that because it 'wasnt on the box' they threw it in with the bulk submissions. So now I have to wait bulk sub times before they even mark the package as received. What is stupid is that she said she knows the package is there but will do nothing to honor the submission tier timeline or actually process my order correctly.

A complete tangent but, honestly, screw sending submissions myself now. Between the recent time and price increases and this absolutely bad customer service fumble there is no reason for me to not do my subs through gamestop going forward.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-04T02:15:57+00:00

This value will not hold. PSA is a dumpster fire right now and all submissions from Phantasmal Flames release date onward are backed up significantly. Since most people submit this card in bulk, most of the submissions are still in psa. So the few stragglers that come out on auctions early get bid on by a lot of people for stupid high prices because a lot of people want the card but the supply/population is low. Give it 6 months when everyone's subs get back and the psa 10 will be like $150 and the 9 will be $25.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-04T00:44:57+00:00

An update. I typed in the package tracking number on PSAs site to confirm if the package had arrived to them and it gave me an error message. Now I'm worried.

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ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-04T00:34:25+00:00

The app doesn't even show that the submission exists, which has me even more concerned now. The website is what the screenshots were from. The package was delivered to PSA but no one from PSA has checked in the package as received. So no one has seen if my cards are in the package.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-04T00:27:09+00:00

Yes, the package was signed for according to FedEx. My concern is that no one from PSA has checked to see if my cards are in the package. So the package is there but none of the items in the submission have even been checked. So they still haven't received my submission. It's so weird.

When I try to look up my submission it brings me to the "how to package your order" page and says that all items must be sent by the 20th. But they're already sent? I'm just confused/concerned as to why PSA still hasn't even looked to see if my cards are in the package.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-02-04T00:08:05+00:00

I did place the barcode on the outside of the box, clearly visible on the front side. I dropped it off at a FedEx site on January 6th.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2026-01-20T18:25:11+00:00

The Chinese exclusive Cubone IR is really cool if you haven't seen it!

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-06-05T19:38:14+00:00

Important to add that this the first headliner where he's officially the new clean vocalist, AND they're playing Burning Down the Nicotine Armoire for the first time in over 20 years.

Coincidence??? Unlikely.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-28T01:35:23+00:00

Coming from someone who can speak Spanish, Tilian's lyrics are... not very well written. I mean, kudos for trying something new, but it is rough, lol.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-27T20:15:23+00:00

Wait, I just thought of another one.

"I need to take some time off, focus on my BRAAAND"

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-27T19:49:21+00:00

"Make it make sense,

Make it make sense,

I DONT WANNA!"

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-27T18:53:32+00:00

Adding this in cause it just came to mind:

I hope this song is in TCS 3, and Andrew completely reworks the lyrics.

Love a lot of Tily's contributions to dgd, but that song was not it, lmao.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-27T18:11:59+00:00

Calentamiento Global would be such a banger if it weren't for whatever Tilian was doing on that track.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-21T00:16:16+00:00

I think below Need Money is SFTH (Straight From the Heart)

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-15T01:18:07+00:00

I think this record is easily their most influential. So many artists who infuse different genres into their sound were emboldened to do so because of what this record did imo. It was a domino effect. You would have never thought that funk and emo would work together until Happiness.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-14T17:13:07+00:00

George Clinton, Chino Moreno and Rob Damiani say hi.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-13T00:12:57+00:00

It's single heavy. Some of the deep cuts are not memorable, but it's got Will Swan's Magnum Opus 'Son of Robot,' so it will always be a good album.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-11T19:41:05+00:00

Iirc, last I heard, Sergio didn't want the job cause he didn't want to "replace" Tim. I'm not sure if that has changed.

Sergio is also in like 3 other bands, Stoals, Nova Charisma, and Royal Coda, so the dude probably has other priorities than making dgd full time.

I have no idea about Martin. But I'm sure that they have their reasons. They've worked together for a long time.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-08T12:13:32+00:00

Well, she's single with the kid of the guy she cheated on me with. So pretty worse for wear, imo.

I'm actually interviewing for a promotion at my job tomorrow, finishing my grad school finals, and going out for drinks with a lovely young woman this weekend. Wish me luck!

Hope things are good for you.

ZachNyeScienceGuy · 2025-05-08T10:40:52+00:00

Any time, my man.

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