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September Modern Slow Boat Shipment Shipped to CGC 9/7 Delivered to CGC 9/10 ‘Received’ by CGC 10/6 (18 business days later / 18 days so far) Scheduled for Grading 10/6 (0 days later / 18 days so far) Grading / Encapsulation 10/6 (0 days later / 18 days so far) Credit Card Charged 1/18 (66 business days later / 84 days so far) Grading / Quality Control 2/23 (25 business days later / 109 days so far) Shipped 2/28 (3 business days later / 112 business days total)

I have done this. Set about defining exactly what and why to collect right now. This part will be hard....and will shift over time. What worked for me was setting a firm number of total books to keep because I kept finding a reason to 'keep' each comic. (even the number grew from 25 comics to 50 comics to keep) Go through your books and let go of the books that don't matter to you by donating / selling / recycling. Use the monies to reinvest into your focus. The goal should be to sell more than you buy...aka sell XX books buy 1.

These are my 'copper' McFarlane CGC'd books. I've got a 'modern' one that I am equally appreciative of, but I wanted I didn't want to derail the thread. To me (at the time) Todd McFarlane was the best artist working during my formative comic reading / collecting years.

Great question. 'It varies' is the only answer to provide. Below is a comparison between my September and October slow boat modern with no pressing submissions. In September my card was charged and then a month later it moved into 'grading / quality control'. In October my card was charged the same day it moved into 'grading / quality control'. September Shipped to CGC 9/7 Delivered to CGC 9/10 ‘Received’ by CGC 10/6 (18 business days later / 18 days so far) Scheduled for Grading 10/6 (0 days later / 18 days so far) Grading / Encapsulation 10/6 (0 days later / 18 days so far) Credit Card Charged 1/18 (66 business days later / 84 days so far) Grading / Quality Control 2/23 (25 business days later / 109 days so far) Shipped October Shipped to CGC 9/25 Delivered to CGC 9/27 ‘Received’ by CGC 10/13 (12 business days later / 12 days so far) Scheduled for Grading 10/13 (0 business days later / 12 days so far) Grading / Encapsulation 10/13 (0 business days later / 12 days so far) Credit Card Charged 1/18 (62 business days later / 84 days so far) Grading / Quality Control 1/18 (0 business days later / 84 days so far) Shipped

Batman #181 Purchased raw in 2012. Not much of a story here. Purchased raw via a VCC as GD/VG (3.0). Came back a 4.0 (VG) once submitted. This was purchased because at the time I was working on a Harley Quinn / Poison Ivy classic covers collection. Eventually, I sold almost all of them (only kept my Signature Series Harley covers) because I figured Harley would be at her peak with the release of Suicide Squad. My plan was to eventually repurchase them cheaper after the movie buzz was gone. I was wrong. I've been thinking (A LOT) about how I'd like to get a Batman Adventures #12 again...

You raise some very valid points. Yes, Bad Idea profited the largest on these. I cannot 'see' the damage to the books posted on eBay as the photos are blurry. Truthfully, the lack of grader's notes on ANY of the slabbed copies (that span EVERY grade except 1.8) leads me to believe that the grades do not match any defect. CGC asked Bad Idea to cease sales on all remaining copies around January 25th. AFTER the first concerns / inquiries were published on this site on December 30th. 27 days later. The thread below is what I consider a PR nightmare. It will slowly fade away in the news cycle / memory of fans but if we were being honest...if any of the grading competitors did the same thing they'd be roasted on these boards for grading 'invisible' comics.

Too bad CGC has no 'real' competition to call them out on this. Imagine if this was a graded 'invisible' trading card. This is a PR nightmare that they have refused to address.

a [noun] and their [noun] are quickly parted... I see they tagged CGC. They should have asked the question that CGC have refused to answer on these boards: Was this the first time a company and / or person paid CGC® (Certified Guaranty Company®) for the exact grades they wanted / received OR is this the first time CGC® was caught?

AVENGERS #4 1.0 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION. (told you it would happen)

Continued tracking of my Top 50 aka The Personal Collection value for collectible insurance. I am utilizing eBay sold items (with auctions taking priority over buy-it-now) to determine FMV. January to February .74% increase

Just got an email from DCBS that my order of #2 DLX w/ vinyl has been cancelled due to allocation...

Atom Tan #1 - Top 10 Book Purchased raw in 2019. Preface: This book and only one other book (Star Wars #1) were purchases based purely on 'in the moment' emotion. This is the only book in my collection that is not graded. If CGC ever decides to encapsulate treasury sized books then this will be sent in for express pressing and grading. Atom Tan #1 features the first appearance of Tank Girl. There were only 150 total copies of Atom Tan #1 printed. Most are long gone... Below is a quote from Alan Martin (co-creator of Tank Girl) regarding it: "In June 1987, whilst still studying at Worthing Art College, Jamie Hewlett, Phil Bond, and I launched our first published work. - Atom Tan issue #1 - The first print run of around 50 copies was printed on the staff photocopier at Worthing with a cover price of 50p and sold amongst fellow students. We then took the proceeds and went into town to a copy-shop and got a second print run of 100 more printed with a £1 cover price. Since then, the comic has become a minor legend, having been the birth place of Tank Girl in her own one-page advert. Original copies are very rare, fetching high prices when they come up at auctions." I bought this book the day I realized I no longer held the top spot in the Tank Girl CGC registry. (after having held the top spot in the registry for 6 years from 2014 - 2019) This is what happened - The current top registry holder added a beautiful 9.6 copy of Deadline #1 which awarded them so many registry points (5597 points) that made it mathematically impossible for me to compete.* Unless...I decided to spend thousands of dollars to try and match / beat their 9.6 copy of Deadline #1. I already owned an 8.0 of Deadline #1 (you'll find the post further down) and didn't want to start burning through money... So, I impulsively purchased this copy of Atom Tan #1 via eBay. My rationale was "I will get it graded and reclaim the top spot. Heck, I will once again own the top spot! Most likely in perpetuity due to its scarceness." Bought it. Received it. Shipped it to CGC immediately. CGC e-mailed to let me know that is doesn't fit into any of the inner wells they possess. They offered to press and clean it for me, which I accepted. CGC shipped it back once completed. Feeling deflated, I deleted my Tank Girl registry. In all honesty, it has been freeing not having to worry about competing...and...it has turned Atom Tan #1 into a prized possession. Because it truly is VERY hard to track down. (None have come up for sale since I purchased this copy in 2019) *IF every other book in the 17 issue "Tank Girl" registry set (besides Deadline #1) was graded a 10.0 Signature Series that would total only 2625 points. FYI: This is a 'Life Magazine' top loader, MyLite 4, and MyLite backing board with a sheet of archive paper behind the front cover & before the back cover.

Called CGC again today as there hadn't been any follow-up to my inquiries from last week Tuesday or this Monday. Current thought process is that the 2 missing books from my modern comic submission got shifted to a magazine submission due to not fitting inside the inner well. At this point it is still all speculation BECAUSE the books listed in the 'surprise' magazine invoice are not the books that are missing from my modern submission (or ones I have ever owned). Kim in customer service is / was understanding about the situation and my concerns. They stated that they can send out the other 8 comics right now if I wanted. I declined as I wanted the full order to ship together because I want this issue to be completely resolved, not partially. They also explained that customer service has to email everything to CGC and wait until someone addresses the various concerns. To me this is a flawed system and not putting the customer first when things go wrong / missing. Now, I wait some more and hope someone finds time to read the email and act on it.

Only had it happen once. Book went from 9.6 with SIX signatures and TWO sketches to 9.8 after adding a SEVENTH signature. It was not pressed. Honestly, the 9.8 is weak and should have remained a 9.6

Just got off the phone with Kim in customer service. They had to send an email to CGC because there is nothing in the notes on my account about a discrepancy between packing slip and received. Now I wait for a team member at CGC to research this situation. Kim did confirm that the other 8 books on the invoice are graded but they have not shipped yet.

Unsure why they would be rejected... I know there is at least one copy of the book (I sent two) that has been graded. No overhang and no xxx rated images on the cover. It is just odd that they dropped off the submission tracker without warning / communication.

This exactly! No email or phone call from CGC about the variance between the two. Edited to add photos of: packing slip from CGC website w/ 10 comics, email from CGC when books were received with 10 comics, and submission tracker with 8 comics...

Agreed. Consistency (and integrity) is key. Especially for a company valued at approximately half a BILLION dollars.

Going to call on Monday, but just realized two (of the ten) books that I submitted in October are not showing as received (with all the other books) in the invoice using the submission tracker. I have a physical copy of my packing slip and it matches the packing slip I can review on-line. Has this happened to anyone else?

To my best knowledge, Jhonen Vasquez hasn't sold any of his original artwork.

Bump as this hit the third page with still no response from CGC regarding the simple question: Was this the first time a company and / or person paid CGC® (Certified Guaranty Company®) for the exact grades they wanted / received OR is this the first time CGC® was caught?

Amazing Spider-Man #300 signed by Stan Lee, Todd McFarlane, and David Michelinie - Top 10 Book Purchased raw in 2011. Preface: When I came back to collecting comics / discovered CGC in 2010 (after MANY years away) there were two comics that were at the top of my priority list for getting CGC Signature Series. Those two books were Amazing Spider-Man #300 & Incredible Hulk #340 Why? To make middle school me happy, of course. I never owned either book growing up. They were almost immediately outside my price range. I had an opportunity at one point to buy a #300 for $7 after receiving $10 for my birthday, but I chose New Mutants Special #1 instead due to the amazing Art Adams artwork and the fact the special was double-sized. Fast forward MANY years and I eventually found one on Craiglist for a great price. Yes, it was purchased raw via Craigslist. It was part of a box of 100 comics for $90. I honestly didn’t believe it was real as the Spider-Man #300 was the top comic in the photo. The seller wanted to meet at a public place so they chose a train station. Ended up it was an older gentleman that got comics as part of winning a storage auction. (Again, 2011, so that was all the rage…) The book was sent to CCS (this was before they joined CGC) to be pressed and have a grading assessment. It came back after some time with a certified prescreen of 9.6 At this time I messaged with Desert Wind Comics about getting Todd McFarlane to sign it for Signature Series. Everything went smoothly and it came back to my possession as a 9.6. Then two years later I had a chance to add David Michelinie (it had been a while since he did a signing) and decided I wanted to go for it. Desert Wind then let me know they could roll the book over to their next Stan Lee signing which was the month following. I’d honestly never thought about adding Stan to this book as he didn’t work on it, but I figured the cost of signing would be offset by the increase in value, as long as it stayed a 9.6. Everything went smoothly and the book arrived back as a 9.6...after three separate signings. I’d be lying if I hadn’t thought about purchasing a McFarlane / Michelline Signature Series 9.6 and then selling this copy with Stan’s signature and spending the difference on another book. I have two other Stan Lee signatures (one you've already read about...) and after all these years this one just seems odd to have signed by him. Honestly, the only reason I haven't followed through with that plan is because I like having a ‘Craigslist’ story much more than a ‘bought on eBay' story.

Received a delivery last Friday. One of the items arrived damaged...not from DCBS but inside the manufacturer packaging. Send an email to them on Monday and didn't get a response. Send another email today and they quickly responded and sent me a fedex shipping label to send the item back for replacement. Now I have to box it up and find a FedEx drop off. Irks me as the item is only $5.99 and would prefer a refund / toss it out or donate instead. (Guess I'm spoiled by larger corporations realizing it's not worth the shipping to handle such a small customer concern)

LOL I mean, they had at least one good idea... They made hella profit off CGC for grading 'invisible comics'. I mean, manufactured collectible + greater fool theory.

In first after a decade submitting books...I have a new submission in my account that is NOT mine. AND a pending charge for this new submission that is not mine. So...that's a thing to call about tomorrow. Anyone else ever have this happen?