Gambling with my membership bonus

Right. I used my coupon for 3 Express gradings for a kind of gamble. It took a bit longer than the advertised lead times, but I was not in a hurry. I submitted 3 FF books (issues 8, 30 and 50).

FF # 8 came back with a 1.5 grade. Not because it's not a beautiful copy, but (I forgot to check), there was a coupon missing. Not one detrimental to the story, but still.

FF # 30 came back with a 5.0. I really expected more of it.

FF 50 came back with a 7.0 which was right on what I expected.

These 3 will go up for sale to generate funds to purchase higher grade copies.

Now the long wait for the other 11 FF books that I submitted begins. If 3 days for Express becomes close to 3 weeks than I suppose that I will have to be very patient.