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Black_Adam
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6 hours ago, lou_fine said:
What gives you the idea that CGC is trying to reduce the volume of books that customers are submitting to them?
Especially when CGC is a business and like any other business, their goal is to come up with different strategies to increase both their top and bottom lines. Just take a look at all of the different
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they are coming up with and it's pretty clear that they are trying to get increased submissions from their customers, not less submissions from their customers. 
If they really wanted to reduce the volume of books that's heading their way, they can simply say no books accepted unless they are at least 25 years old, because seriously, anything more recent than that is probably 99.9% worthless drek from a true vintage collectible point of view. Or they could shut down their whole pressing and CPR game as that would surely reduce the volumes of books heading their way. So, from what they are actually doing, they are clearly trying to increase the volume of books heading their way, not to reduce it.
My comment you quoted was aimed more at the previous posters who felt these changes were going to hurt CGC's business (with the balance of my post being of the opinion it wouldn't).
But based on the Law of Demand, it is hard to imagine changes like the 60% cost increase on prescreens won't, at least temporarily, reduce the number of comics being submitted for this service. However, any drop in submissions will easily be counterbalanced by the extra $3 charged (and the other sweeping price increases) making sure CGC's bottom line is the one number that does keep heading in the right direction.
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Honestly, I seriously doubt these price increases are going to reduce at all the volume of books being submitted to CGC. Comic investing (as opposed to collecting) has reached a fever pitch during the Instagram Age and for any and all investors/sellers CGC is seen as a necessary evil and I fully expect the number of comics being submitted to keep increasing exponentially.
PSA (the card grading company) has been going through similar throes. Despite hiring a ton of extra graders and literally doubling the price of grading across all tiers the flood of submissions they were receiving would not abate. One report had the company with a backlog of 9 MILLION cards waiting to be graded and PSA themselves said they had received in one three day period the same number of submissions they would previously have expected to receive in three months. The only way they were to able stop the firestorm of subs (the previously-mentioned firewall of a price increase having failed) was to essentially close their doors with a two-month freeze on any and all new submissions. This should help them chew up some of the backlog, but I bet the second they reopen they will see a tsunami of new subs.
CGC will be busier than ever.
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3 hours ago, Cruzin' Thru Comics said:
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1 hour ago, ender said:
I will take the six million Dallas man set at 25% off. Thanks!
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o No Probies or Hall of Shame members.
o Payment via Paypal.
o Shipping: media mail at cost in USA. Parcel post at cost in Canada. I normally ship in 2-3 days.
o No returns
o References: Have bought a ton of stuff (probably too much) on the boards if that counts for anything. Also have a Kudos thread:
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Just one lot for this thread:
Action Comics #1 (Loot Crate variant - no cover price reprint - 2017) Still in polybag - looks NM to me $20 shipped
Brave and the Bold #28 (Loot Crate variant - facsimile reprint with original ads - 2017) - NM $15 shipped
Take both for only $25 shipped
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Wait until they pull a PSA and, to help deal with the backlog, stop accepting new submissions.
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One last discount- 30% offCLOSED
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27 minutes ago, Roo_Phillip said:at 20% off
Nukla 1
Sword of Sorcery 1
Beowulf 1
Haunt of Fear 2
HOM 186
x5!
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In an attempt to keep up with the unexpected demand I have decided to add more comics! Same price as the others.
Weird War #1 (2010) - NM
Nukla #1 - FN+Sold!Weird War #29 - FN-
Star Wars #1 (Loot Crate Variant) - NM
Rocket Raccoon #1 (Loot Crate Variant) - NM
House of Mystery #186 - VG+Sold!
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23 minutes ago, lizards2 said:
Purchased as a lot from a boardie many years ago - The mothball smell was so bad it tainted nearby boxes.
I interleaved them with micro-chamber paper, and put them in a box with cat litter with no results. I then put them in micro-chamber trimmings for years.
Luckily, I had the Covid, so I can't smell them any more. At Jimmers direction, I threw a few dryer sheets in the box a couple weeks ago.
I probably should have thrown these books out, but I'm glad I didn't, as there are some gems in that there stinky Charlton box.
I had some mildewy westerns a few years back. I placed a tupperware container in the center of a storage tote and then stacked the comics on top of the container to elevate them, surrounded the container with a moat of baking soda and then put the lid on the tote and left the comics for a month. Cracked open the tote and the mildewy odor was gone!
It's also refreshing to see a thread where "stinky Charltons" refers to their actual odor and not the writing and art.
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27 minutes ago, PopKulture said:
Sounds like a decent read -
These stories were the inspiration for Planet Hulk. You're gonna love 'em!
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Final offer before dumping these on eBay- $50 shipped.
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Fixed shipping charges (cut and pasted from previous thread). Shipping in USA and Canada is $5 flat. Load up!
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o No Probies or Hall of Shame members.
o Payment via Paypal.
o Canadian and USA Shipping will be $5 for shipping (any number of comics- media mail in usa). Anywhere else will be extra. I normally ship in 2-3 days.
o Returns? No
o References: Have bought a ton of stuff (probably too much) on the boards if that counts for anything. Also have a Kudos thread:
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Just a dozen comics for this Small Spring Cleaning sale - $5 each
Beowulf #1 – VF/NMSold!Brave and the Bold #90 – VFSOLD!Conan (2004) #1 – NM
DC Comics Presents Shazam! #2 – NM
Fightin’ Army #134 – VF+
Fightin’ Marines #144 – VF+
Flashpoint #5 – NM
Haunt of Fear (1991) #2 – NMSold!Super Friends #2 – VF-
Thor #216 – VF/NM
X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1 – FN
Sword of Sorcery #1 – VF+Sold!
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume 3 (1947 - 1950) - $200 shipped
Very rare and HTF collection. Tin is in excellent condition as are the DVDs and all of the inserts!
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The 25% discount still applies to the previous listings but not to the next two...
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Now 25% off everything!
Even if you recycled your DVD player years ago, this is too good a deal to pass up!!!
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New low, low, low price - $55 shipped!
When you factor in the cost of shipping, that's less than $3 each for comics from the last century!
they are coming up with and it's pretty clear that they are trying to get increased submissions from their customers, not less submissions from their customers. 
[CLOSED] Punisher Max by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon - complete 22 issue run - $33 shipped
in Copper / Modern Age Only
Posted · Edited by Black_Adam
o No Probies or Hall of Shame members.
o Payment via Paypal.
o Shipping: media mail at cost in USA. Parcel post at cost in Canada. I normally ship in 2-3 days.
o No returns
o References: Have bought a ton of stuff (probably too much) on the boards if that counts for anything. Also have a Kudos thread:
Black_Adam's Feedback Thread
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Just one lot for this thread:
Punisher Max complete series by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon. The complete classic run in the form of x2 TPB (Kingpin SC - Bullseye HC) and the balance of the 22 issue series in individual comics (all NM). One of the best Punisher tales ever printed. "A tour de force whirlwind of violence, crime, insanity and more violence!"
Why buy the omnibus when you can have all this for only
$39$33 shipped!