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On 11/4/2023 at 6:16 PM, Lightning55 said:

You can link to an eBay listing here if it is for reference purposes, not promoting your own offerings.

To promote listings, you have to use the dealer area of the forum.

Thanks for the info.

They did, I spoke with them and they didn't feel comfortable selling it. They intend to reach out to CGC again to find a solution.

BTW, I am not at all trying to throw any shade on the seller, they are just selling a book according to what the experts have said. I'm just wondering if there is something I missed?

How did CGC get this wrong? Or did they? Is this a con? All I know is that the CGC label says variant, but that is not the variant. Am I missing something? On ebay as "Rare CGC 9.6 NM Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 + Variant 1st Print 1985 Tmnt" I am genuinely curious as to what is going on here. 

If I am violating any forum rules please just let me know so that I don't do it again. I didn't link to an ebay sale, which I pretty sure is a no-no.

What's with all this fly to Florida talk? Family vacation? How much money is all this gonna cost me? Lost time from work? I'm sorry, but anyone suggesting flying to Florida as an option is kinda outside of the realm of possibilities I live within.

Anyway, books were shipped via USPS registered mail, fully insured. I did have to peel all the plastic tape off the box and re-package with that brown paper tape due to their rules, but it was worth the trouble. I'm 99% sure the books would have reached CGC via plain old Priority mail, but who wants to bet on that 1% probability?  

On 11/3/2023 at 12:35 PM, Sigur Ros said:

$40,000 and can't afford a plane ticket?

I can afford a colonoscopy too, doesn't mean I want to get one. Some of us don't like taking all that time out of our life, nor flying, nor dealing with the public. If I have to fly all the way across the country for such a simple service, I'll just pass. 

On 11/3/2023 at 12:11 AM, shadroch said:

Get a price on the insurance and compare that to the cost of flying to a show where CGC will be. 

On 11/3/2023 at 1:19 AM, Galen130 said:

 

I know, I know, I'm an anti-social weirdo, people have told me. Well, actually, those people had fur. BUT THEY TALK TO ME!

On 11/3/2023 at 12:11 AM, shadroch said:

Get a price on the insurance and compare that to the cost of flying to a show where CGC will be. 

I have never, and will never, fly to a convention. I've never actually been to any large size comic convention, I couldn't care less about that part of the hobby and I would never even consider flying to a place just to have CGC do anything to my comics. I know that's something many people accept as part of the hobby, but I don't. I'm also one of those strange people who doesn't like anyone, not even people involved in the creation of a comic, write or draw on my books. So all that standing in line for hours stuff is lost on me. I don't do the whole celebrity worship thing. 

I've read all the advice and I decided to go with three smaller boxes, the first of which is going to just get basic priority shipping insurance, the other two I will have to go to the USPS office and pay for registered mail to get the higher insurance value because pirate ship will only sell me a label with up to $5000 in insurance. 

As far as insuring my whole collection, I don't have that much left, I've been trading up as it were, and the books I have for reading, such as my CrossGen collection, are just not high value. But, I'll think about it. My high dollar books are in a safe deposit box at my bank. 

I'll check back tomorrow and let you know how USPS went. 

On 11/2/2023 at 6:05 PM, Superman2006 said:

Per Topnotchman's post above, USPS registered mail has a high insurance value limit, and I believe the insurance cost for registered mail is a lot cheaper than the insurance cost for other USPS shipping options. I'm not sure why CGC rep wouldn't have suggested USPS registered to you.

I am thinking this is the best option. My only hesitation is that I've heard that USPS is very difficult to deal with when it comes to claims. Which I hope would not be necessary. I've got four orders in this box and I've decided to break them up and ship each one separately. 

I'm trying to find information on this company now, and this came up. https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/shipandinsure.com

Thanks, yeah, way too far to drive. There has to be a way that people insure books when they ship them to CGC. I mean, I doubt many packages get lost, but still, I'm not shipping a $14,000 book unless I know it's insured. 

NO, I don't live in Florida. I can break the shipment up, but one book alone is $14,000, I live in Santa Fe, NM where CGC never comes, and I need this book graded. 

I am trying to insure a box I intend on shipping to CGC with $40,000 worth of books in it. I called CGC and they suggested these options. 
https://hwinternational.com/us/
https://shipandinsure.com/
https://us.brinks.com/
https://www.malca-amit.com/

I tried calling some, and the one I got through to was Shipandinsure.com, who told me that I had to first join the North American Collectibles Association. I've never heard of them, don't know what they are. The woman I spoke with, Elaine, was nice enough, but I didn't quite understand the fine details of the hoops I had to jump through. First of all, I had to give detailed information about three "Trade references", not sure what that means. Then I had to pay a member ship fee to join, which I began doing, but the final page wanted me to enter a card number for a fee THAT IT DIDN'T EVEN SHOW THE AMOUNT OF, as seen in the image. That was a deal breaker. Maybe I just don't have enough knowledge to be anything but skeptical and suspicious at this point. 

How do people get high dollar, let's say $10,000 and up, comics delivered to CGC with insurance? 

 

On 4/3/2023 at 1:37 PM, Stronguy said:

That is correct.  The professional designation means the materials used can be reversed.  In this case, it was likely a paint that can be scraped away.

So I get the blue label, but I'm looking at losing a point, maybe more? 

I just heard a YT content creator talking about Frankenslabs, and they suggested that those slabs should be sent in to get re-done. What is one, and how do I identify it?

Ok, well, y'all have convinced me to live with my PLOD. But now I have another question. I'd like to at least know where it is, how does one find the color touch? Is it a certain spectrum of light that they use?

On 3/30/2023 at 11:14 PM, Hulksdaddy1 said:

Can you see the CT? 

I can't, no. I tried real hard, but I don't know what people use to make it show up.

On 3/30/2023 at 12:29 PM, Stronguy said:

The only pro of using CCS is, if they miss a spot of CT when they initially remove it, they will have to fix it.  If someone else does it, you could still get a PLOD and have to pay to have it reslabbed.

Thanks, I didn't know that.

On 3/30/2023 at 4:13 PM, jaybuck43 said:

What's your ultimate goal?  Using chemicals will still get you a PLOD.  So you'll go from a 7.0 plod to a (maybe) 6.5 plod.  You're better of just leaving it in the case.

My ultimate goal was just to get the color touch removed. I don't understand, if I have the color touch removed with chemicals, I get a plod? Really?

On that note, how about my question regarding other forums? Are there any that y'all visit? 

On 3/29/2023 at 4:30 PM, shadroch said:

CGC is far too busy rearrainging the deck chairs to have time for stuff like an arcade. 

What's that mean, and since I kinda just got here, what kind of fish is CGC frying right now? How is the water? Safe to swim in?

WOW! I remember some of you, I don't remember what the arcade was, but I spent most of my fun time in the cover guessing games. Was that in a section called the arcade? Is that what y'all are saying?

What happened to the corral after I moved on? I just hit all those links that MyComicShop posted.

I don't remember the exact flame wars, what was this feud between "Hepcat & Stu" about? I don't remember either of those names that well, but then again it's been many years and My memory has been spent on other things. I do remember Charlton guy, and we always got along. 

I also remember how awesome it was buying comics online back then. CGC was fresh and new, auctions were still going on ebay, and the civil war over pressing was in full effect. I guess that war was won.

Anyway, I remember some of your names, glad to connect with you again. On that note, is this the only comic forum now a days? Or is there another one?

On 3/28/2023 at 9:40 PM, Tom789 said:

The teflon sheets I've seen pictures of have small lines that might leave impressions on the covers.  I use silicone parchment paper as the item touching the comic book cover during a heat press.  When I was starting, I saw lots of recommendations to use silicone release paper but my limited search abilities couldn't find any in a size large enough to cover a comic book, although I'm sure they're out there.  The silicone paper (do NOT use baking parchment paper) is reusable many, many times and works well for me.

Silicone parchment paper on eBay

 

Thank you very much.

The title says it all. I'm just curious about which teflon sheets people use for pressing. Thank you in advance for any information..