I get it. 40 day's is a long time especially when it's business day's...shoot that's 2 months. But if you send Economy you know what your getting...slow and cheap. You can always pay for faster if that's too slow.
Why do you think regular turn around time increases and decreases ? The more people there are who pay for speeded up service increases the regular turn around time. When they have fewer people paying to speedy service then the regular time decreases. There's a message in there, but few will ever heed it
I was being charged via CC as soon as my invoices arrived at the NGC plant. I have now gone to being billed. I wonder if it will affect the grades.... Seriously, Early Bird is way too long considering the 12 day guideline. But PCGS has no "goldrush" category.