skybolt

On 2/10/2022 at 8:12 AM, skybolt said:

2 of my 4/11 CCS received submissions have now shipped. One is still in G/E/I and the other one is still with CCS.

I was hoping for 80% of the 50 books to come back as 9.8's, but only 60% got that grade. Oh well.

Just a quick update on this submission. As I had noted previously on these boards, for the most part I've been pleased with CCS pressing, except for my last submission received back in June. That being said, I carefully inspected each of the 21 books not receiving a 9.8 grade and was pleased with the pressing effort. I would say half the books receiving lower grades were wishful thinking on my part, since they clearly had some color breaking creases. The other 10 were either due to tough grading by CGC or something I missed (e.g. light fingerprints or interior cover defects). All in all I thought CCS pressing was good and CGC grading was fair, but somewhat tight.

I also wanted to add that I got grader notes for the 2 - 9.0 books I received, but nothing for the 6 or 7 9.2/9.4's. Getting the grader notes would be really beneficial to see what I missed.

On 2/10/2022 at 3:39 PM, eastriver31400 said:

Do you recall when those submissions moved to CCS in Process?   I have submissions still at Received at CCS since 6/21.

 

Honestly I would be happy just to have them returned to me unpressed and ungraded at this point. 

They actually didn't go into CCS in process. They were marked as received on 4/11 and stayed that way until scheduled for grading on 2/4. My credit card was charged by CCS on 1/6.

On 2/10/2022 at 10:20 AM, dikran1 said:

Were they modern tier? My 4/17 Value CCS is still in the abyss...

Yes, modern slow track.

On 2/9/2022 at 12:23 PM, eddly said:

My 9/15 received modern batch just finished, happy with the results:

- I didn't think asm annual 21 would be 9.8, just wanted to get them graded as I bought them off the rack when they came out when I was kid. They had bindery tears.

- The xmen 164s are a little disappointing. Expected 9.2/9.4 with an outside shot at 9.6.

- Really pleased with the xmen 4s, figured they were 9.4/9.6

Thanks for sharing. 

On 2/4/2022 at 4:19 PM, skybolt said:

These two have now moved to G/E/I

2 of my 4/11 CCS received submissions have now shipped. One is still in G/E/I and the other one is still with CCS.

I was hoping for 80% of the 50 books to come back as 9.8's, but only 60% got that grade. Oh well.

On 2/9/2022 at 6:40 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

Everyone else is, so I'm gonna!

2nd top 5 is just as awesome as your first top 5.

Some amazing covers posted on this thread! 

On 2/8/2022 at 4:16 PM, Willbert said:

Anyone ever go backwards? Went from G/E/I to G/QC back to G/E/I 10 minutes later. 

Maybe they found a mechanical error? 

My 10/14 received moderns just went into G/E/I.

On 2/8/2022 at 8:02 AM, Smushi said:

So those other miserable sobs like me don’t feel so alone lol.

Maybe May or June the waves of ccs will start making it back to me? I have about 200 more in normal/fast track from Impressive Comics pressing obviously using outside pressers is about 6 months faster then CCS at this point, however anyone else notice that CCS pressed books seem to get weird grade bumps? I had a Ms. Marvel 18 come back 9.8 and I would have sworn 9.4, but a bunch of modern stuff is coming back 9.4-9.6 with no noticeable issue and no notes if using outside pressers…..

Really wish we had a more reliable grading rubric at CGC and some competitive competition for service….

anyways back to my bridge to troll for a few more months… 

Honestly, I think it has more to do with the specific graders (or time of year) than which presser you used. I've had CCS submissions that have been extremely inconsistent from month to month as well. For example, I got back one 16 book CCS submission where I was expecting 9 - 9.8's and 7 - 9.6's, but came back as 15 - 9.8's and 1 - 9.6. A few months later, I got back a submission with 10 - 9.8's and 15 - 9.4 / 9.6's, and was expecting 18 or 19 9.8's.

On 2/7/2022 at 11:13 PM, eddly said:

My 9/14 received moderns are still at gei. 

Unfortunately, G/E/I is nothing to jump out of bed for these days.

On 2/7/2022 at 9:18 AM, Troy Division said:

 

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.

Hope you had the 2 books fully insured just in case.

On 2/6/2022 at 3:54 PM, Troy Division said:

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.

That's very odd. Is it possible that 2 the books graded higher than expected and CGC will contact you soon about moving them to Standard or Walkthru service?

On 2/4/2022 at 11:22 AM, skybolt said:

Two more of my four 4/11 CCS received submissions just went into SFG. I have one more left at CCS from that submission.

These two have now moved to G/E/I

Two more of my four 4/11 CCS received submissions just went into SFG. I have one more left at CCS from that submission.

On 1/31/2022 at 5:01 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

I got all 100 of my regular moderns back and already sold from received date 8/26.

You should call them. 

That's pretty impressive. It usually takes me a full year to sell everything from a single submission.

On 2/1/2022 at 10:00 AM, skybolt said:

One of my 4 slow modern submissions received by CCS on 4/11 just went into SFG. Finally some movement.

The one submission just moved to Grading/Encapsulation. CGC also just charged my credit card.

On 2/2/2022 at 11:53 AM, greggy said:

I've missed greggy's updates. His posts always tell me how much longer I need to wait for my books.

On 2/2/2022 at 11:11 AM, Wheresmymarvelvaluestamp said:

I would honestly be careful with the "these will go to my son". Just about every collector says that. However, unless he knows comics like you do then it would be better to give them to a third party to sell when you retire. Otherwise, chances are he will get pennies on the dollar. People who are not emotionally invested in something usually just want to sell stuff and be over it. But hopefully he will get into comics and know how to get top dollar for them. I have seen widows first hand walk into comic stores and get next to nothing for their husbands books. It is sad but true.

Yup, for what remains of my golden age collection, I tell my wife to contact Vincent at Metro to auction the books if anything happens to me. 

One of my 4 slow modern submissions received by CCS on 4/11 just went into SFG. Finally some movement.

On 1/31/2022 at 11:04 AM, Ninja0215 said:

I'm gonna have to start donating blood or semen....or both  I just filled out another submission form . 

I currently have about 40 submissions sitting at CGC, CCS or 3rd party pressers. Doubt if I'll have anything back within the next 2 months.