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Nah, I wasn’t on vacay mode. Just double-checked to be sure I didn’t do it accidentally. Oh well…I eventually ignored them and they then contacted me again under a different account so I’m inclined to think there was something fishy going on….

Judging from all the listings that just hit eBay, looks like it's a common theme...

Anyone know why a potential buyer wouldn't be able to make an offer on a listing that has Best Offer enabled (with no minimum)? Is it because they've got strikes against them or fall under my buyer requirement stipulations (e.g., x number of cancellations within x months, locations, etc.)? Someone supposedly says they can't put in an offer and want me to do it on my end by lowering the price on a listing...is it a scam?

There are a lot of different opinions on in-house vs third-party pressing. From my own experience, I get my comics pressed by a third-party before sending them in. However, I figured the comics get handled by a lot of folks for signature events and pressing in-house gets done after the signing and before the grading. I factored that in as well as worried about getting it back from a third-party to make it in time for the event, so for my first (and so far only) signature event, I had it pressed in-house by CCS. The caveat of course is the delay in getting things back and the risk of a bad press. Probably didn’t really answer your question, but just things to consider… And as for holos, I’ve seen plenty of SS signed holo covers available online/ebay, so I don’t think it’d be an issue…

If you go to your account and click on your submissions, you should be able to view/print your packing slip. Without a packing slip included with the books you send in, they'd have no way of tracking the books they receive....

I know with comics sealed in a polybag, they open the bag and grade the comic (and they may end up tossing everything else). I think you also have to give explicit permission to open the bag. Most folks will open the bag themselves and send in just the book.

I think I saw someone mentioned before that you couldn’t submit more than one tier at a time on the form. If that’s the case, maybe it auto-bumped everything to the higher tier because of the ones valued over $400?

He's doing it in batches. In one of the videos that he or CGC posted, he mentioned he would be taking a break for the holidays and come back afterwards.

Looks like a miscut...happens from time to time. I think I read somewhere that it typically doesn't affect how CGC would grade it.

But you got a 9.4...nice!

I've never submitted standard or economy so that might just be what it appears as in their system. Others who have submitted those tiers might chime in? Did they downgrade your Ghost Rider to Economy (comics before 1975 and valued at 400 or less)? Or did it stay at Standard?

Sounds like you had a comic submitted under the Standard tier with a max value of $1000 but CGC decided it belongs in the Modern tier (comics 1975 to current) and valued at $400 or less. It's cheaper to submit to Modern than Standard. Edit: I don't think it changes how it's graded or slabbed. I've read it's more about the value and insurance...

You got me curious, so I tried doing a quick search. Wikipedia shows Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes as the creators. Brian Pulido seems to have some credits (on IMDb) but it doesn't go back farther than the early 2000s. Couldn't find much on Hughes other than he passed away in 2000. May have been Pulido that you met/talked to?

Is it a crack or the inner sleeve?

@Plvnet

In my own similar experience, they usually eventually corrected it themselves and sent to the correct address if the last digit or two in the zip was off (they figured out it was the correct city, just wrong zip/USPS branch). In a couple of cases, they just returned it back to me (the sender) as undeliverable. In both cases, it took them forever to do either...very frustrating...

and isn't that a box of gloves right there (but it could be a box of tissues)?

@ak47po, did you get a response? Just curious if you got an update on it...

My McFarlane submissions were in G/I/E late last week, in QC 12/8, and just marked for shipping 12/10. Mine were part of the NYCC batch but I opted to get them pressed. (I think I saw some folks who got theirs signed this week are starting to hit QC and shipping as well.)

What are you planning to do?

my initial thought as well...that sucks, @ak47po..sorry, dude...hopefully, it won't be a horrible smudge, and you did get a free TM signing?

Did you mean you submitted to this event and it got logged into the system 11/22, or did it actually arrive at CGC on 11/22? If yours arrived by the 11/11 deadline, you should be good. I think a lot of folks are still waiting for their submissions to be logged. Not sure if you're asking when the next McFarlane event or when this upcoming one is starting, but people are speculating this signing will be done in batches or over multiple days (which makes sense with the high number of submissions) some time in December. A lot of people who submitted early were able to get theirs signed in October when he was at NYCC.

No kidding! Nice haul!

Ah, thanks, Mike and Matt. When it went to scheduled for grading, I assumed it was still waiting to be signed but sounds like I got into the early/NYCC batch. Nice little surprise...

I use backing boards as well. Usually have a lot of extras lying around...