skybolt

A bit off topic, but I assume if people are using a 3rd party presser (CFP in my case), unless the books are delivered to CGC headquarters by February 18th, they will be charged the new rates (even if the submission form was filled out back in September).

I sent a large batch of books to CFP for pressing back in September (they are currently pressing books received in early June). I have a feeling these books will be pressed and received by CGC before my books received by CCS back on 4/11 (currently sitting at 194 business days). Since CCS hasn't even charged my credit card for these books yet, I have zero faith they'll be pressed anytime near their current 197 day TAT. I'm bracing myself for a 50 business day jump in their TAT's any day now.

My concern is that since they eliminated quick press, they may decide not to honor the $8 quick press charge for books delivered prior to late June. They may just decide to provide the $3 discount from $15 to $12 for regular press.

Thank you for the info. Did you call them and get the pricing corrected?

For slow modern track pressing, I wonder if the current 197 day TAT makes sense. My 4/11 received books (delivered on 3/23) are sitting at 192 days now, but still haven't been charged. Just wondering if anyone has seen their books delivered in late February or early March move to grading yet.

My 4/11 received slow moderns have not even been charged yet. Any day now I see the TATs jumping to 250 days.

Gives me a little hope for my 4/11 received submission. Credit card still hasn't been charged.

I think a lot of us were hopeful that CGC opening packages upon arrival would expedite the turnaround times. However, even though the 2 plus month wait time between delivered and received has been reduced to less than a week, the TAT's have actually gone up.

I honestly haven't had issues with their current submission forms. It's like trying to fix a garden hose leak while the dam is about to break.

I was hoping 1 of my 2 recent subs received on 12/6 would hit the lottery and get the expedited treatment, but alas, they both went to SFG.

Yeah, unfortunately, they reached the 8 month mark and can't be viewed on the CGC website anymore. It doesn't mean there's any movement.

In just 4 days, 4 of my CCS received submissions will disappear from CGC's website (after 8 months) and into oblivion. It feels like I'm sending a kid to college, but without a cell phone to keep track of.

Has it been 8 months since they were received?

2 modern slow track submissions that were delivered to CGC on 12/1, were received and entered into the system today.

That's ridiculous. Has this happened to others as well? If so, then this is false advertising. So basically CCS announced the price change to give people time to send in their books, but ultimately winds up charging the full amount anyway?! That makes no sense. For example, I sent in 4 submissions via quick press back in March (well before the price change). Then 5 more in April when the price change was announced. This is 225 books. I better not get a bill for $15 each because I would've never used CCS if I knew I was getting charged the current pressing amount. That's over a $1,500 difference. I really hope this was just human error. I would call to fix it.

More like an 8 car collision.

For me it's also about maintaining the enjoyment of factor of collecting / selling. I love going to the comic shop and sifting through books and then going through them in detail when I get back home. This is all fun and relaxing for me. I get the feeling pressing my own books will give me zero enjoyment.

Not if you're clumsy like me. I can't tell you how many times I've had tape stick to the front cover of a book (as I pull it out from the mylar), or have stacks of raw books slide off a table when I'm not looking.

100%. After the price change I submitted a large stack of books to a 3rd party presser. Too bad I still have 9 separate submissions sitting in CCS's que, that were mailed back in March and April.

The one positive about CCS is that I haven't seen any non fast track submissions skip the line yet. On the negative side, I'm super worried that CCS hasn't even gotten to the late April/ early May submittals (after the price change) and they're still currently sitting at a 196 business day turnaround time. Can you imagine the log jam when they start tackling these submissions in a month or 2, especially considering they were only charging $8 per book for quick press vs. $15 for new submissions. I wouldn't be surprised if CCS takes the same route as CGC and start expediting pressing for new submissions because of the higher charge fee.

My comment was only referencing the slow modern tier. In the past, some submissions would jump the line by 1 or 2 weeks, which is completely understandable. However, CGC needs to provide some sort of explanation why they've moved on to grading books received in August, while a bunch of ones received 2 months earlier are still sitting in limbo.

I just wish that CGC would come forward and say that since they received tens of thousands of submissions back in April/May their sequencing for grading books based on day received has been an issue. It would also be good customer service to provide a 10-20% discount for books received back in June, especially if they've already moved on to grading books received in August.

My gut tells me that even the isle shown in the gif is not available for CGC personnel to walk through.

I was going to ask the same question. I submitted books to CCS back in March 2021 when I renewed my membership. If CGC doesn't get around to grading these books by March 2022, will they still honor the 10% discount included with the submission form, or will they charge the full price (if I don't renew my membership)?

A lot of us will be joining you soon.