Drew Stair

4 hours ago, Drew Stair said:

2 Modern FT

Delivered 8/17

Recieved 8/21

SFG 8/27

Grading/QC 8/27

2 Modern FT

Delivered 8/17

Recieved 8/21

SFG 8/27

Gah! My package just made it to my city today but of course I won't get it till Thursday

20 hours ago, NebraskaGuy said:

How often does CGC check their POBox? I have a box delivered Saturday trying to get a final order in for those new labels before the end of the year. Crossing my fingers as its several Venom books.

I wonder how many packages they get per day. How much packing material do they go through in a day? Its got to be a dumpster full every day. 

They check towards the end of the day every business day. But that doesn’t mean they open it right away. Hopefully they honor it for you. 

41 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said:

I've been curious what others think now that they've had a couple more weeks to live with it. Anyone else have an updated opinion?

Have gotten used to it in the same way one can get used to living with a persistent dull headache. It's still slow, mobile clicking is sometimes unresponsive, and getting the same amount of data takes twice as long.

15 books FT Economy

11/25 Received

12/26 Grading/QC
12/27 Finalized/Shipped

All grades either as expected or higher with the exception of 2 which were .5 lower. One book was trimmed in addition to the CT that I knew about. Overall much happy dancing!

12/26 Grading/QC!

2 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Depends on if you want to know all the details  I got some low grade Newsstand/ 30 cent price editions, that I knew where low grade, one fro $1 raw, the other for $10 raw, came back 6.5 and 5.5....  they're just place holders though  

2 =9.8's, 2=9.6's, a 9.4 that was a raw I got for "free" in a contest on the boards, a 9.2 that I thought was 9.8 but also is coincidentally the only one with graders notes  

A 7.0 Marvel Premiere #28 1st Legion of Monsters

and an 8.5 ASM #316..... that I got tired of owning raw hahaha  

I'm happy! But there are reasons I'm happy, I knew what I sent in, and it was about right! Except that ASM #798 in 9.2....

Any time things can fall within expectations it's a win. Bummer on the 9.2 though.

Still sitting at SFG for me...

1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

12/23 Finalized/shipped  !!!! @Deadpoolica

How'd you do?

10 minutes ago, punksdropdirtysrh said:

My 1 book Value sub received 8/14 was marked Finalized/ shipped today.

interestingly enough, it kept its same grade as before. To repeat this story, I originally subbed it for reholder as it had been dropped and cracked. CGC told me the grade given did not match CGC standards and it needed to be regraded. So I paid for the value tier and had to wait a few extra months and voila...same grade as before: 9.6.  

Im glad it stayed the same but feel like I had to pay and wait extra for nothing. 

I'd call and complain to a manager on that one. They can't really argue that they didn't take advantage of you there.

2 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'm happy for the both of you I really AM!  

I'll probably have the holidays affecting mine shipping enroute, but  I'll have the holidays to enjoy!  

I was all prepared for mine to ship after Xmas but then they moved it to SFG and now I'm obsessively checking again.

1 hour ago, 1Cool said:

??  Did they make you upgrade to a different category?

No sorry just meant the category fields on the invoice modern, universal etc. They had populated those fields when it went to SFG but had either missed the resto I know to be there or just hadn’t checked. That book was updated as C-2. Though one other on there I think is trimmed still shows as modern so I dunno. Maybe it’s just a factory miscut. 

30 minutes ago, Dale Roberts said:

Adventures into Weird Worlds #24   G/VG   $90     classic Man torn in half cover

 

Take

51 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Ah no worries

https://www.cgccomics.com/grading-process/

Here's where its marked as restoration.... in the process, I think it's right before grading, during "received" if I'm reading it correctly......

So cgc may give you blue label...

I mean I won't fight them but I'm sure they'll catch it somewhere along the line

1 minute ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Could it have something that doesn't count in cgc terms toward restoration?  Such as tape?

One book is trimmed no doubt. The other I believe to be color touched, though it's a weird one that hard to explain.

On 11/25/2019 at 1:51 PM, Drew Stair said:

Fast Track Economy:

Delivered: 11/25/19

Received:  11/25/19

Must not be a lot of subs this week

SFG: 12/12/19

Interestingly they updated the category info today which I thought didn't happen until later in the process. I know 2 books are restored and they didn't note that. They are just listed as Universal/Modern thus far so I assume they will update those later.

16 hours ago, walclark said:

I have no clue how this happened.  This value submission sat at "received" from 11/7 to 12/6 when it went to "scheduled for grading."  On 12/9, it goes to "graded/quality control" and today (12/11), it's marked as shipped.  Props to CGC for working overtime on getting this one out.

Wow was that fast track? I'm confused why value FT is faster than economy FT right now.

I will say that a few days later the site is responding faster so there's that. I do like the filtering, but the added clicks and inability to quickly compare multiple grades on the same screen is a big negative for me. I think given time we'll probably get used to it and it sounds like George is working on some of the more irritating design elements. I do appreciate his efforts.

Love GPA but the new design is horrible. Adding multiple clicks to get less data on one screen is just ridiculous. I’ve slowed down my buying and selling to a crawl this year, but maintained my account because it was still fun checking prices on my books if I was bored. Still used it almost every day. But now it’s so cumbersome I think I’ll just cancel my sub and maybe reactivate when I actually need the info. 
 

I hope George takes the feedback here to heart makes some major design changes. I know web design can be a challenging process, but this is exactly what beta testing is for. 

I need to stop obsessively checking my latest batch for updates. Not being able to click on them and read the list is driving me nuts and I know nothing is realistically happening until after Xmas. 

2 hours ago, NebraskaGuy said:

My Modern Fast Track were checked in on 11/21 and has not moved to SFG yet. I should have waited until after Thanksgiving. I bet they have people out on vacations this week so things are a little different than normal. Which is perfectly acceptable and expected.

Yeah I think they count the day proceeding, the day of and the day following a major holiday as non-business days so there will definitely be extra delays this time of year. But then again when aren't there?

3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

called cgc, about my submission, not being clickable...

They said sometimes it freezes on what " i can see", so it's in the grading room and has been SFG this whole frickin time 

they said 2nd week in Dec, but it still might not be clickable to get my grades?

 

Damn hope mine doesn't do that. It was checked in today but also not clickable yet.

Fast Track Economy:

Delivered: 11/25/19

Received:  11/25/19

Must not be a lot of subs this week