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I don't know why c r a p shoot keeps getting switched to spoon shoot, but I'm leavin it

I'm fairly sure in the fine print of the invoice it says it could take up to 3 weeks for orders to get shipped out. It really just depends on where the book is coming from and how long it takes to get to Heritage for them to start their process. It's a bit of a spoon shoot. Sometimes mine get sent out the day after I'm invoiced. Sometimes a couple weeks. Kinda sucks, but it is what it is

Is there any way to find out what the page quality breakdown is on the census? For example, if I'm looking at a 9.6 bronze age book with 20 on the census, can I find out how many of those 20 are white page, off-white/white, off-white, etc?

Update: Metropolis got back in touch with me to offer full credit for House of Secrets 100 (that was the big one), but felt HoS 110 was graded too harshly by CGC, which I can agree with. They also offered to personally inspect any raw books that I would like to purchase to make sure their grade is bang on with what it should be at CGC. And to offset the cost I incurred from pressing, they also offered to clean and press any of those books they feel could benefit from it for a grade bump (I thought this was an especially nice gesture as they really aren't responsible for what I do with a comicbook after I purchase from them). I gotta say, that is fantastic customer service. I'm still bummed I couldn't get that high grade HoS 100 into my collection, but I'm left feeling that Comic Connect value me as a customer and the interaction with them was very positive. Their Customer Service reps are good people.

I contacted ComicConnect/Metropolis and they responded positively offering to work something out. I figure it's only fair that if I'm going to criticize their grading, I'll also post and give them credit where it's due. I'll update when it's sorted out

I thought it seemed a bit off too. But again, being my first submission, I wasn't really sure if my perception of what a 7.0 should look like is inaccurate. The page color is cream to off white. Is page color not independent of the overall grade though? I attached the original scan from Metropolis for reference (that isn't a chunk out of the back cover. It's just a misalignment that I assume was corrected in the press) Judging from the scan alone, would you guys say it was a bad estimate by Metropolis or a harsh grade by CGC?

I thought the 9.2 looked pretty good. A few minor imperfections, but I thought I'd get a 9 at the very least, especially after the press. I figured worse case an 8.5. There was a *very* small nick on the back that I figured might knock it down a bit, but didn't expect to get nailed so badly. This was the first time I've sent anything in for pressing and grading, so my eye isn't the best trained to estimate grades. I should've had someone else look at them before submitting Here are the notes: very light spine stress lines breaks colorvery small crease right bottom of front cover breaks colorvery small tear right top of back cover I just figured it would be within a reasonable range of what Metropolis listed it as. That HoS 100 was near the top of my list, so I'm fairly disappointed. Ah well, back on the hunt

Resurrecting an old thread instead of starting a new one. I recently got absolutely hosed on 2 raw books I bought from Metropolis: House of Secrets 100 - sold as a 9.2 by Metropolis House of Secrets 110 - sold as an 8.5 by Metropolis Just got them back from CGC after a press and clean. Both graded at 7.0... ouch. Don't think I'll be buying any more raw comics from Metropolis