CGC states, "CGC does grade magazine-size books. However, CGC does not grade treasury-size books as their size exceeds even the largest available CGC holder."

Treasury size is a mere 13.5" x 10" while a concert poster is 14" x 20"

With the understanding that thickness is a difference as well, on the positive side these statements are contradictory.

There is a market for treasury size, so what is the reality over not grading them? Thanks.

On 1/24/2023 at 8:32 PM, gadzukes said:

On 12/23/22 I submitted an Econ FastTrack.  It's been in GEI for weeks with no movement.

On 1/17/23 I submitted an Econ FastTrack.  It shows it just shipped.

WHY am I getting the submission that I sent in 2nd (a month after the first one) back first?????????

Give them a call tomorrow 

On 11/14/2022 at 1:04 PM, CGC Mike said:

We are working on getting this fixed.  It’s simply a programming thing that will take more time.  

Hi Mike,

In general, when CGC misses annotation of the newsstand edition on the CGC label, is it returnable for correction at CGC expense? 

The prerequisites have been met: I added newsstand edition to the comic line item because there was none, and it is confirmed a direct edition exists...a lot of them.

Thank you

My question is, if sub grading is not a selected service at the time of submission can a perfect 10 still be achieved? Also, is it possible to send in slabs to update the label to include the sub grades? If not, there's a future service for it. The future is now  

thanks.

On 9/29/2022 at 1:46 PM, CGC Mike said:

Hurricane Ian Update

Posted on 9/27/2022

The Certified Collectibles Group companies are prepared for weather challenges.

9/27/22 Update

CCG will close its Sarasota headquarters on Tuesday, September 27, in advance of Hurricane Ian. During this time, Customer Service phone lines will be closed, and email responses will be delayed.

All collectibles are secured.

CCG will reopen after the storm has passed and it is safe for employees to return to work. For further updates, please visit NGCcoin.com, PMGnotes.com, CGCcomics.com, CSGcards.com or any of the CCG company websites.

***

The Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®) is monitoring Hurricane Ian and is well prepared for the challenges posed by the tropical weather.

The CCG companies are headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, in modern buildings that are built to withstand hurricanes. The offices are located about 9 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico (east of Interstate 75) and are not in a flood zone. The buildings also have large, secure vaults to protect collectibles that are monitored 24/7.

CCG has been operating in Florida for more than 20 years and has contingency plans for tropical weather. We will continue to monitor the storm and will offer updates on our websites.

Hi Mike,

I have been trying for about 5 days or so to complete a submission (before Ian). The area "How should we send your order back to you?" and "Which service do you want to use?" does not work as intended.

I select ship with CGC and ground, but when I click enter payment it points to "Ship under my Account/Select carrier." which I cannot get by....its like a glitch.

thanks.

Hi, I did as you instructed. Thanks for the knowledge and the help.  

I went to submit 3 batches of 50 comics each on 6/18, but the form stopped working after the 2nd submission. Today is no different. CGC on the phone says I should delete all 50 comics and start over. But I rather avoid my head exploding after that not working. After all, checks work fine and therefore the 50 lines items cannot be the issue.

Also, funds are not the issue. Please advise.

Actually, the submit form is 100% inferior to the prior submission form. The prior submit form lets you edit the line item in its entirety, With this new one, no editing is allowed--only deletion.

On 5/30/2022 at 8:17 PM, Wall-Crawler said:

I am sure this has been explained somewhere but WHY would books still requiring services that I paid for, fall off my submission tracking? Completed/shipped books I get, but active/pending books? C'mon man!

What I surmise is they never expected for any submissions to take 8 months and more to complete so they set it up to drop off at 8 months. They have a  search tool for submissions over 8 months I use to check my 9/12 Eco. The days are doubled from last year's tats.

On 3/28/2022 at 9:08 PM, CGCRyan said:

The CSG grading scale has been updated on the website to reflect the new definitions for each grade:

https://www.csgcards.com/card-grading/grading-scale/

Hi Ryan, can a purchased green label card (like from ebay) be sent in for reslab/relabel for the $5 cost? I am unsure if the $5 fee only applies to those that sent in their own cards they had graded. Thanks.

Amazing. I took a chance with BGS (I was one of the first to submit to them) at their inception and about 20 years later I find PSA is the top grader since their cards command more. So I sent cards to PSA, but as you know the wait time for the last 2 years or so was disturbing.

So, I took a chance with CSG a year ago (again, I was one of the first to submit to them at their inception) and find apparent indecisiveness today...the green label and grading scale lasted a whole year.

I might as well pay for regrading at PSA instead of paying reholdering anywhere else. Not like I agree with all the grades anyway....and there are label errors.

Or maybe I should cash out and call it a day.

On 2/18/2022 at 10:54 AM, cd4ever said:

I have been charged for 7 submissions in the last 2 days.  Like 4500.  No emails yet.  .

Among others, I have three Sept 2021 submissions charged Wed (no emails yet either), two of them modern have been in Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging for many weeks (at least one of them a  month); one is an economy still in the basic scheduled for grading.

On 1/18/2022 at 8:31 PM, ChrispyC66 said:

 

Modern 25 books - Prescreen (No CCS, No FT)

(Est. TAT - 94 + 25 = 109 days) currently quoting 143 days. 

• Delivered to CGC (FedEx Gr.) - 6/23/21
• Received/SFG - 8/20/21(D + 41)
• G/E/I - 
• GQC -
• Shipped - 
• Delivered - 

Currently I’m at 146 days.

I predict in a week or two.

On 1/18/2022 at 6:01 PM, Iceman399 said:

Thanks so much.

I have some that were delivered to CGC on May 26th.  They are still in SFG and haven't moved.  Already a month + overdue based on TATs

That's insane. They should be done with at least July let alone May....unless they went to CCS.

In if someone drops, etc.

Now that CGC has caught up with their backlog and appear in control, they should take the next step of actual control and start indicating by date which submissions of Modern, economy, etc., are being graded. 

On 11/12/2021 at 3:55 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

They are done before the 2030 Summer Games on Mars!

On a serious note they seem to put the CCS books in for much quicker grading because they know you have waited so long.  When I used to use CCS they were graded fairly quickly after being pressed.  Good Luck

My first submission to CGC was back in March 2017 and I opt to use CCS, which was fairly new at the time. Back then it took an extra month for 15 books to be pressed and I got them back about 2 months and 1 week. But I was not satisfied because I had grading notes indicating bends on at least five of the books (I'm sure they do better now since they're still in service). That's when I took it upon myself to learn the art of making paper flawless...or trying to would be a better term. One of my best decisions although I have still had my share of bends, so I just give myself a piece of my mind.

bend right bottom of front cover

very light, multiple bend top of front cover

bend right top of front cover through book

multiple bend top of back cover

multiple bend bottom of back cover

On 11/12/2021 at 2:57 PM, Jaywalker0 said:

YIKES! Based on your recent shipped, looks like my last two subs delivered last week and this week were diverted to slow lane since there's no extra movement

The one received 10/13 and was delivered to CGC about 9/15; the last 2 about a week; the others as much as 2 months going back to May. There is no 100% correlation to-delivered, to-received, to-shipped, and to-paid….anymore. Unsure why new submissions would be expedited over submissions delivered much sooner...hopefully it has nothing to do with anything gloomy.  Anyway, my goal starting in Dec2020 was to send at least one submission per month so that I would receive back (eventually) one submission per month. For the most part it appears to be working although I wish they would stick to payment upon grading/shipping so I could better plan for potential funding issues. This is actually a CCG responsibility and not a CGC one.

If CGC crashed so would the slabs and so would the comics. The reason why a graded 9.8 gets the cash is because its certified by a 3rd party, not a 1st or 2nd party. 

More than likely it's a reproduction from Brazil like the Hulk 181 and many more gem mints going around.

On 11/11/2021 at 12:36 PM, skybolt said:

If there's a new facility, it is odd that only 1 or 2 submissions in each box are getting the speedy grading treatment. If think it's a combination of a lot of factors including, a new facility, new graders, keeping the flow of new submissions coming in with this lottery system, etc. Another thing to keep in mind is that if CGC's storage room is filled, the books received first are likely the hardest to get to. To avoid piling the new material on top of the old, grading a certain percentage of those new arrivals would help staff get access to the older submissions.

They have had at least two facilities for awhile now (reholders are sent to a different address,  at zip 34240). But they did say earlier this year they obtained more space. If they are nearly caught up on opening and inputting the comics, then they have ease of access to all books. 

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8919/ccg-new-building/

On 11/8/2021 at 11:29 AM, Dr. A said:

I have Spawn #11 manufactured without staples with a name "ERIC" written across the title like it was some form of in-house review copy but I can't find a link to confirm. Also, Spawn #9 same name but has both staples. I acquired them in the Honolulu area back in around 1995.

I have Spawn #11 manufactured without staples with a name "ERIC" written across the title like it was some form of in-house review copy but I can't find a link to confirm. Also, Spawn #9 same name but has both staples. I acquired them in the Honolulu area back in around 1995. Or was it the late 90's in Phoenix...now I am no sure!

Rounded: 8350

250 graded, 150 at CGC