Gemma

OK, but only if you throw in some Smarties... (thumbs u

Now, how to get all of this through customs??? Would being a dual-citizen help?

Zombie sausages

 

OK, first the Fish n' Chips and now Bangers n' Mash? NOT FAIR!

Just a guess...Miracleman? (though I agree it's a tough one...)

Yes, any book with a value of over $4000 would have to be submitted using our WalkThru Service. The term "WalkThru" is used to describe the speed of the service; since the books are completed in one day, it is as if they were "walked through" our facility. You can mail us a walk-thru as well as bring it to us. The minimum charge per book for a walk-thru is $110 and the maximum is $1000, but it is otherwise calculated at 2.5% of the Fair Market value of the book (whichever is greater but does not exceed the maximum). What this means is if you send us a book valued at $10, you will still get charged the minimum price of $110.

Internet was available in the 80's? I must have been studying too hard. I first heard about it in the early/mid-90's.

 

AOL was not the internet. It was an umbrella organization with their own banks of servers that covered a huge number of topics from Computers to cooking to cars to whatever. Kind of like a small, self-contained internet. I believe it WAS in the very late 80's or early 90's that AOL introduced the internet to its users. It began not as www but as less graphical tools such as Gopher. Not very friendly. Soon thw WWW concept caught on and we are where we are today.

 

Even in the early 80's the big message board systems would exchange their message board databases, updating them nightly, so someone from Boston would be able to communicate via messages with someone on a different BBS in another city/state.

:cloud9:gopher

bbs

I miss those days....now you have to have MySpace, LiveJournal, Facebook, Tribe, Flickr and Photobucket (I'm sure I missed several) just to be in the "general" crowd....or so it seems at times.

television....This is a bit of a stretch, but on an older episode of "MTV's Cribs" I clearly remember that Jon Leguizamo had a bathroom in his house that he had wallpapered using comic books. He said this way you can just sit and read them without handling them...I thought it was mentioned on the boards before, but it is not in this thread.

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You would want to select the lower tier and value your books accordingly. If we determine the book is much more valuable at the end of the grading process, we will call you to "bump" the book to its appropriate value. But, this way you won't be paying extra for a borderline book unless it is necessary.

You should value your comics as you would for insurance purposes, as this is the true reason for you providing a value. You should determine your assessment of the condition of the book as well as take into account your personal investment thus far. Some good references are the Overstreet Price Guide, Comics Buyers Guide, Wizard Magazine and internet sites where comics are sold. You would then use this value to determine the appropriate tier for your comic submission.

I have had many phone calls with Famous First Editions that are mistaken for the real deal because the outer wrapper has been removed. Some people are realistic because it is in nice condition or they bought it cheap, but some are sure they have a secret treasure! One time I had an international customer and he claimed to have called DC directly in reguards to his "Action #1" and they couldn't tell him anything about it, I just asked him to measure it and we knew. What was really funny was his boss then called me a few minutes later and wanted me to explain it to him as he didn't believe he had a reprint! Oops!

To the best of my knowledge you need the document for temporary exportation. The copy I have seen is a green card-like document. If you find that there is a different document that is preferred by customs, please let me know.

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As a Canadian submitter to CGC the burden of proof that the books came from Canada falls to you. The best way to prevent this being called into question is to visit your local customs office before shipping your submission and explain your intentions for these comics, that they are yours and are being sent to the US for evaluation only. They will provide you with a form that should accompany your comic submission and when the books are returned with this form the package will not be called into question. If we are to receive a Canadian submission without this form we will send back the books with any claim stickers that were affixed to the original box. This has sometimes worked as proof that the books came from Canada. The value that we will declare on the package is the amount paid for the grading of the books and they will be noted as "Canadian goods being returned, shipped to US for evaluation only."

It is updated before most major comic conventions and at least once every three months. There is a date in the top left corner of the census search page that indicates when the census was last updated.

We do indeed see turnaround times getting better. If you check our latest update, you will see we are gaining ground every day and, with the new hires we have made, we hope to have all our tiers running on time in the near future. We really appreciate everyone's patience as we go through more "growing pains".