smarkjobber

Bummer situation, no doubt. Hopefully it will last as your worst CGC experience. After my very first submission turned clusterf--- my mindset is "my luck can't get this bad again!" If it's any consolation, I dig that cover with the solid yellow label more than any of the customs.

5 SLOW MODERN PRESCREEN Delivered: 6/12 Shipped: 7/10

The sellers know immediately whether a payment goes through after every auction. The buyer is hit with the payment as soon as they win. I suspect (but am not positive) that with ebay live you still have to go through checkout which would probably result in higher amount of non-payments.

I get what you're saying, but it's been a year and that's a bunch of books (assuming you listed your pre-orders), I wouldn't hesitate to fire off an email. Squeaky wheel and all that. The dude who runs the Whatnot is like the AC lead in the states. You can ask on one of their lives.

Did you reach out to customer service? What did they tell you? I got two signed books from them off the Artgerm Collective Whatnot channel and paid for CGC and they were shipped to me within 6 weeks.

That's cover A pretty sure

Wait, is this topic "Post 1st Time Artist Ever Signed a Particular Book (and notated it)"? Is that a thing that a lot of artists normally do?

Hope this question is thread-appropriate -- is there a particular type of cover that is better suited for a remark? I've thought about submitting DC cardstock and foil covers before but don't know if those are ill-suited for ink or troublesome for artists. Anyone have an opinion?

@StillOnly25Cents@Chaz G.Did you guys have your Ross books pressed?

Total nightmare pos ebayer. Dude has left 14 negative reviews in the last 6 months. Either they somehow have the worst judgment/luck with sellers or they are a shameless grifter/psychopath.

Got my SS submissions back today, stoked! (Also, looks like CGC just started uploading HQ scans to every verification page -- neat! That's where I snagged these from)

This, and I'd prob lean toward negative review (neutral at minimum) for the packaging. Totally unacceptable and I would be thankful to see that feedback as a potential buyer.

Very fortunate with this one, I've seen some pretty...not pretty SNIKT remarks floating around from this signing. Man I wish my 173 was good enough to grade! Since we're sharing Claremonts...I probably wouldn't classify them as "perfect placement," but better than leaving the signer to do "whatever." I always liked this Simonson even though I have never figured out what he was going for with the rush lines and the orange orb. Thought boxing Claremont in on the side was the only way to not busy up the rest of the cover. Same thing here. I didn't want the sig across their feet or crossing out the title, and I don't know -- silver sig/adamantium seemed kinda cool.

My ASM 361 (not graded) has the exact same lower staple tear. Wonder if it's one of those common defects for this particular book that they overlook. Ping me once you get it back, if you remember!

Thanks! I read your answer out loud and my wallet groaned.

I promise I tried to search the answer to the following question, but I could not find one and it sort of relates to this topic so I'm asking here: I am sending an ME back -- can I also include a new submission so to with it? (I suspect the answer is not the one that I want.)

There are like seven of these FF slabs on ebay in 7.0 and only two are priced below $850 (a CBCS and restored label). Did this dude also dm all the other listings to complain? If I wasted time on every book that I saw on ebay that was overpriced I'd have no time at all. Wouldn't block this buyer, but their behavior is not commendable in the slightest.

Just found this post. I'd block user alpe-6626 if I were you. When I first started selling on ebay last fall this dude try to shake me down for partial refund after receiving his books. My listing had plenty of photos of the defects, and I went out of my way in the description to detail the condition. I told him to return and he immediately filed a INAD complaint with ebay. They ruled I did nothing wrong, but they still refunded him and let him keep the books. Dude has pattern of leaving negative reviews and his positive feedback was like, "book came damaged but seller did the right thing."

Yeah, they will charge you like $5 for cracking the slab, but they will have it signed and re-slabbed/labeled. I don't believe there is an option to have a signature on top of the case.

MODERN PRESCREEN Received: 5/11 Quality Control: 5/19 Shipped: 5/22 Received: 5/26 First prescreen order, besides newtons on half of the slabs couldn't be happier with experience.

Recent return...

Yeah, they sold out at $200 a pop -- so $40k gross. Let's say Marvel charges $3-6k (?) for 3,000 trade dress. Artist gets a $3-5k for the cover. CGC slabs 200 moderns for around $5k plus whatever surcharge for the numbered label and disposal. Net 20+ grand?

What's the thought process on max declared value here? (Not judging, just wondering if I/everyone should be doing this)

Still just trying to figure out how exactly this service is offered. Do retailers pitch this kind of "project" to them and CGC quotes a price? Does CGC get somethin besides the fees for grading the one book plus custom labels (eg promise of x number of submissions/business from that retailer)? Or is there a secret menu for all retailers and they could have all been requesting this service but it is considered too cost prohibitive so we rarely see it? This just feels like a weird step beyond Signature Series in terms of participating in the hobby themselves.

So I have never seen this, from the retailer page: "INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED ON CGC LABEL # of 200...CGC will take possession of the entire print run and permanently dispose of any and all Overage." Any idea what CGC's premium on this is? Custom labels and "disposing" of less than 9.8s?