Imbo

Can I ask a general question about CFP? I love their reputation and fully grasp the industry backlog. So I took the leap of faith and submitted a handful of books mid-July 2021. His website mentions that he's currently working on books rec'd/paid in Oct 2021 but when I log into CFP it shows my order status as "Books received at CFP". My question: does CFP not update the status or does this mean CFP hasn't pressed/cleaned my books yet? I sent an email to CFP but haven't heard back so thought I'd see what your experience has been. Since it's my 1st time submitting books, I'm anxious. Especially since these books were my most of my big keys...

I sorta lucked into my main run of 1-544 for Uncanny X-Men, with buying someone's run of 2-150 + GSX1 to complement my sporadic collection of 200 to 300. Picking up that run spurred me into wanting the complete series which I managed to do over 2-3 years, with me lucking into an inexpensive copy of #1 early on. Did the X-Men (1991 series) at the same time, mostly due to my love of Jim Lee's art which pulled me into serious comic buying. So I wanted the challenge of picking up the variants (Canadian price, UK price, direct vs newsstand, etc) and got very deep into that as well, though I started getting stuck on a couple of the $0.30 and $0.35 variants. What's funny is the massive influx of cover variants late in the run (500 onward) started ticking me off and it spoiled my appetite for completing all the variants and having a perfectly complete set, and I stopped at that point. Off the top of my head I'd say I have ~75% of the variants. I really enjoyed the challenge of collecting the initial run, though not sure if I'd do it again. Actually debating selling off the run, as I change up my collecting goals now. We'll see.