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I'm getting the impression that GEI is the new purgatory. I have had two individual books from signings sitting in GEI a couple of days shy of a calendar month now. Recently it seems that if a sub hits GEI it either moves to shipped like instantaneously, or you need to get ready to wait for a looooong time. No inbetween.

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Always a really fun show we look forward to to end our con year. We will be set up again, check it out if you're local or even semi-local!

On 10/20/2021 at 11:45 AM, Kevin Boyd said:

Yup! Fan Expo Chicago - July 7-10, 2022! 

That is a beautiful date for the show. Gets it back into the time frame of the original Chicago Comicon back in the day.

8 short months to go!

On 10/18/2021 at 12:12 PM, graffix13 said:

I think a little transparency wouldn't hurt. If CGC could just put up a post explaining why some new Modern subs are getting done super fast while others are stagnant, it would do a lot for Customer Service. I mean, it's not like some big secret that some lucky few are getting their books back while others continue to wait. 

It would literally take 5 minutes or less to just put up a post/announcement regarding details on the how and why. 

They may have decided that it would open a bigger can of worms to acknowledge it.

On 10/17/2021 at 3:21 PM, Chazgee said:

Wow. 50 books Received, SFG, and Graded . . . ON THE SAME DAY.

We had two subs do that on Friday, meanwhile we have plenty of other books from June that have been in GEI for weeks. Literally weeks. Single books from signings. For weeks.

On 10/12/2021 at 3:24 PM, skybolt said:

My MST received on 6/23 finally went into G/E/I. Let's see how long it'll take to go into grading/QC.

That is good news for me, that is about when my two MSTs hit the invoice list.

More tales of woe...

I have two different in house signings that have been GEI for 2-3 weeks. These are single books, so I am mystified why they haven't moved in that time.

Then I have two 25 book modern subs that were put on the invoice list the third week of June that are still SFG. 

On 10/8/2021 at 2:56 PM, bc said:

From what I've been watching, pretty stable, maybe a slight uptick for ST & JIM.

-bc

EDIT: On the flip side, haven't seen any real "deals" either - seems to be a steady demand for anything that comes to market.

Definitely no "deals" being had on any books in a decent grade.

On 10/4/2021 at 10:40 AM, SSkufan said:

Was a great show and I picked up some great things.

Thanks to @mysteriofor working with me on this and allowing me to add this to my PC as even a 1.0 Captain America Comics #1 is beyond my price range now. 



  

Happy to send it to a good home!

On 9/22/2021 at 10:43 AM, Kevin Boyd said:

Summer starts June 20th according to my calendar. So between June 20 and Mid-August. 

That is actually even better (as an academic I always think of "summer" in terms of the school year). Thanks!

On 9/21/2021 at 3:33 PM, Kevin Boyd said:

No the 2022 date for Fan Expo Chicago will definitely be in the summer. I can't share publicly yet as the 2022 schedule is not public. Not late August though. 

So between mid-May and mid-August? 

On 9/22/2021 at 4:53 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Fan Expo Dallas shared this pic on social media and I thought I'd share!

 

I saw them as well, and it was such an odd combo I had to take a photo.

On 9/21/2021 at 8:10 AM, Kevin Boyd said:

October 15-17 is definitely happening. I’m turning over images and bios to marketing today for the comic guests.

I meant for 2022 when y'all take it over. Please don't tell me that it will be in October next year... 

On 9/21/2021 at 8:31 AM, Wolverinex said:

What did u get?

I bought an Amazing Spider-man #311 CGC 9.8 McFarlane signature series that walked up to the table. Keeping that one.

On 9/21/2021 at 12:45 PM, Smushi said:

My daughter got her first rat catcher app from ya all. We were the Batgirl and Flash in steampunk on Saturday

Yep, I remember helping you guys! Thanks for stopping by!

On 9/19/2021 at 6:33 AM, Crops068 said:

Yep it was awesome.
 

@Kevin Boyd the staff/volunteers were absolutely amazing.  Everyone was friendly and happy to be there that I interacted with. FED is the highlight of cons for us at this point.

The United in Fandom design I LOVE. Made sure to pickup a shirt and the con bag with it.

@Kevin Boyd, I agree. Staff was great, and load in and out went incredibly smoothly. Just a pleasure to do this show. 

On 9/20/2021 at 10:44 PM, Crops068 said:

Just in time for someone to be a parent. 😂

And hopefully enough time to refill my wallet!

On 9/20/2021 at 3:39 PM, bronze_rules said:

Thanks for posting. Looking at the prices, I almost thought they were gauging -- then, I saw various dealers all had sky high prices. 100 to 500+ to buy a minor key now, what was maybe 20 dollars a decade a go.  

I'm sure glad I cleaned up then. Haven't looked much at prices in a few years. Like others, kicking myself, for so many I passed on over the years. Then again, who knew we would be in a 20 year inflationary FED fueled mega boom, that hasn't ended yet (that and comics in movies exploding).

We always try to price off either GPA or eBay, or some combination thereof. Those tend to help dial in market pricing at that time, at least the eBay prices tend to estimate what people would pay if we put the book on the site (adjusting for fees of course).

There are always different motivations for pricing a book a certain way. Acquisition cost, geography, expenses, and personal biases towards what we think are cool all come into it. As for us, we like to move product while insuring we can afford to stay in business. 

I’m still not convinced that a lot of these prices are sustainable long-term (especially in the variant market) but for now this is the sandbox we all get to play in. 

On 9/9/2021 at 1:57 PM, Kevin Boyd said:

This is the last Wizard show, they sold their live events to Fan Expo HQ.

I was just assigned comic creator bookings for it last week, and should have some news around the 21st. 

Any idea when you will have firm dates? 

Already looking forward to it, and we only have to wait 9 months!

On 9/20/2021 at 2:23 PM, Crops068 said:

Also didn't see you.  Sorry bout that!

No worries, I assumed that you and Adamantium would be there and I was sorry to have missed y'all. Good intentions to say hi to everyone often get lost in the shuffle of a huge show, unfortunately, and we were pretty slammed all weekend (fortunately). I don't think I saw half the booths in the room over the three + days I was there. The only book I bought was from a guy who walked up to the table...

On 9/20/2021 at 2:21 PM, Crops068 said:

I didn't see it.

Ok, two of us.