The thrill is gone.

I guess this all began last year right before CGC announced it's price increases for grading and everyone rushed in their orders to avoid the price increase which subsequently overloaded their work load which doesn't look like there is a bottom to the wait time it just seems like the wait just isn't worth it for me anymore, aside from Marvel totally screwing up their numbering system yet again where I just threw up my hands and said enough is enough. My money and my time is worth a lot to me and I'm not going to be subjected to waiting for a submission that used to take on average 20 business days to a quarter of a year if not more unless you shell out for the fast track services but it can get very expensive as you all may know. So the thrill of the wait is slowly dying and even though I still love comics and growing up with my spider-man and DareDevils and Batman in the 80's I think I'm just going to hang up the gloves and just concentrate on getting those last 8 issues of Amazing spiderman I need to finish the run from #1 to #700. I have 5 modern books still only verified since December and I just don't even care anymore when I get them back because the thrill is just gone. It's sad to have to say it but at this point I'm not sure I can even go back. I think just purchasing books graded might be a better alternative than just submitting on my own. I'm not going to write on how or what Cgc should do to improve their services because we've all heard it before and it's like preaching to the Quire but all in all it's a business like another and that's how they run it not for the love of preserving our beloved books but to make a dollar and a cent in the comics industry. I spoke to a CGC employee at the NYCC this past year and asked her if she works for CGC because she likes comics and he reply was "no" so right then and there I started to pull away emotionally from this hobby.

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