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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...

My McFarlane submission (2 books) was received by CCS around 9/23 and eventually moved to Scheduled for Grading 11/1. Just looked and saw it's now marked as G/E/I. I thought mine didn't make the NYCC batch. Maybe it did? Does CCS typically press before or after a book is signed?

thanks, @CGC Mike!

Yeah, I know are understandably delayed. But thanks for the info!

Earlier in the year CGC indicated the "opening packages the week of..." dates on your turnaround/prices page. Seeing as how it's been backed up from the cons lately, any chance of bringing that back? (I do have a submission I sent that arrived at CGC a couple of weeks ago...just trying to get an idea of when it would be put into the system and subsequently trying to figure out when to send in my next submission or hold off.)

Did they post a date somewhere?

What I thought too, but I think OP was wanting CGC to suggest which comics to submit for grading based on values (at least I think that's how I understood it). I suppose prescreening a grade technically could achieve the goal, though?

Haven't used it myself and to add on to @toro's note, I think if you set up an account with FedEx, you can have your packages forwarded to a nearby FedEx location (e.g., a local Walgreens or Kinkos/FedEx), so allegedly, despite where CGC sends it to, your package would go to the designated FedEx location.

I suppose CGC could “protect” themselves by refusing to grade any raw copies. On a side note, it’d be kinda funny if someone took it to another company to grade as a “rare” version.

Didn't they say there would be no raw copies and any outside of the 300 graded would be destroyed? Death of Superman 30th Anniversary GOLD Ultra Rare, Silver Foil, And 1:25 Foil | eBay