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Wanted to get others thoughts on this. Thought I had a higher-grade ASM 16 (originally CGC 7.5) which after a solid cleaning/press got a 7.0 grade. Grader notes only note the excess red INK transfer on the center right cover. The thing is, if you look closely, its not red ink from the Daredevil glove that got smudged by someone. You can see the detail and inking of the glove. Rather, it looks like the factory printer was bleeding the red ink a bit a smudged it at factory. Should this have been graded so low? Or is this something that CGC should have not downgraded the book on?

Same....It loading for me the whole time and can't see my orders.

This has been going on for awhile now. For the past few months, each return shipment of graded books back from CGC (whether it is the 15 book or 25 book box) has been missing the top HoneyComb Cardboard and has been replaced by one piece of bubble wrap. At times, I have received damaged cases back, and went thru the painful process of returning to CGC for a Mechanical Error. I called Customer Service, and they claimed in the past it was because of supply chain issues....but at this point it seems a bit ridiculous. And even more interesting, when you go to the CGC Shop and search for a Shipping Kit for comics, it is advertised to come with the HoneyComb top. So why is it deemed required to ship books to CGC using the Honeycomb Insert with raw books, but not deemed necessary to ship graded books back to customers? I re-use the CGC boxes to store my books, and without this insert, its nearly impossible to store/stack the boxes nicely. I don't know about any of you, but it really has been nothing me for quite some time now. Anytime I voice these concerns to Customer Service, it goes into some black hole with the Shipping Department, and I never hear and response from Shipping. Have any of you noticed this as well over the past few months? Thoughts? @CGC Mike - Why is this happening?

Any Silver Surfer related books for sale soon?

My one Economy Tier order was 'Received' on 8/12/21, and still no movements. Current time CGC hands is 210 Business Days....two weeks left before they blow past the 220 Day TAT. What do you think the odds are of seeing my submission move before the 4th of July

Exactly my point...I am certain there will be many 'defects' that were not there before.

So with these books (including mine) sitting for over a year at CGC's warehouse since first delivered, and then being transported/shuffled to the new warehouse, what assurance do we have that the books were not mishandled in any way?

TRUTH! I Experience this all the time....my eyes were not that bad...and its a larger 100 book order submitted in one box, broken out by 25 books each. No way that level of difference for one large submission.

EXACTLY!!! Why play games CGC? TAT is at of the date submitted...its for people to understand if they submitted today, how long it will take to get back. TAT's should NOT be used a moving target for current submissions.... I have been saying this for so long....

I never once mentioned CCS in any of my posts (to be clear)....they were done by a well-known indy presser that shall remain nameless. To note, I never ever had CPR's downgraded like this consistently. If anything I had a book or two come back the same grade.

I just got back some Standard Tier books, all were CPR candidates. All of them came back with lower grades that what they were originally slabbed with... I highly suggest that unless people are doing pre-screens.... prepare to be severely disappointed.

I raised this to many CGC Rep's a couple of months back, and they said it would be resolved soon. @CGC Mike - Why are we only limited to 10-15 books prior to being locked out? Many of us are looking at tons of slabs for a large purchase, and need this info readily available. Why offer something 'Free' to paying customers if its not always available?

If that is the case, then why are some CGC Representatives asking me what the TAT was when the books were first marked as 'Received'? Then then tell me that I should follow the TAT when books were first submitted. Try it yourselves, go call CGC a couple of time, and you'll get a different answer each and every time. I am not a CGC hater by any means (submitted a poop ton of books over the past 2-3 years), but their customer service reps leave a lot to be desired....they are not making this insanity any easier. And have attitudes to boot. @CGC Mike - Please take note, although I have little confidence anything will ever change.

Because of the extreme mixed messaging from CGC customer service reps, I'll ask all of you.... Let's say in the case above, my Economy Tier books were received in October 2021. At that time Economy Tier is 137 business day. However, today, Economy Tier is 223 days. Should my expectations for turnaround times be based the TAT from when the books were first received, or current TAT?

Hey @CGC Mike, what the latest on this? It's been almost two weeks, and I can tell you that ZERO progress has been made on the Economy Tier front. You guys are still grading books received as of 8/2/21. In Mid-April, you were grading books received the week of 7/28/21. Moving at a snails pace IMHO, and CGC can give two craps about their customers....that is clear.