Stefan_W

A group of 10 ME books received on 7/15/22, shifted right through G/E/I and into QC today 7/26/22.

Some people assume that faster is worse grades but I have not noticed anything like that. For the orders I have done, the ones moving through way ahead of schedule were graded the same as the ones a bit slower, which is to say you have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting a particularly harsh grader either way.

My first 9.9

I would be thrilled to have to pay extra money because my books ended up being too valuable for the tier. I actually dream of this scenario.

When this happens are the books that are bumped up shipped separately, or are they still kept together with the original order?

Wow, maybe the modern slow track group that hit SFG on 6/20 is closer than I thought. I am holding my breath for this one.

It usually takes a couple of months, maybe 3 at most, so the wait will not be too long. Moderns tiers typically motor through compared to older books. Best of luck with your submissions Here's hope for a bunch of 9.8s

Sitting in the same spot for 4 days now. I am getting a bit annoyed/worried.

Is anyone else in Canada having more issues than usual with FedEx lately? A few months ago a package from CGC would arrive within about 4 or maybe 5 days using the ground option. The past few shipments have taken a week, and I have had books damaged en route as a result. Now the latest package sent Monday which was scheduled for Fri is still sitting with almost no chance of making it over the boarder and clearing customs for tomorrow. It has been sitting literally in the exact same spot for 3 days now. I hope it gets here soon and without a lot of damage.

Will do, thank you very much!

Yeah. I am in Canada so if it goes through this way the cost to CGC to ship it back for an ME is ridiculously high. Even then it is not just a re-slab since they need to confirm the error inside the actual book. That is a crazy amount of effort, and added risk to the book, compared with someone going into the system and typing out "error variant" in under 5 seconds. It just seems best on all sides to get ahead of it and fix it first but it has been three weeks since my first attempt to contact them, and almost two weeks since my second, and nothing has happened yet. I figure there is only a month or so left give or take before this batch is graded.

I talked to people twice when I called in and both times they said they would send a note or something, but nothing has changed in the system. Both times I also brought up that I was charged incorrectly (this order and another was missing my 10% discount) and the credit has not shown up either. I am not sure what all is involved in the process but it seems to take a while for things to move even after calling.

An error variant is a bit different though since it needs to be checked on the inside. The price is visible from the outside. I am in Canada and send in a lot of CPVs, and I feel your pain. It seems they are identified as being CPVs for some books and not others.

I sent in a Batman 608 second printing in my last submission and I clearly identified it as an error variant in the submission form. The 4th wrap in that book is in the wrong place, which is a known error variant for that book. When it showed up in my submissions after getting to CGC I found that it is just listed in the system as a 608 second printing with no mention of it being an error variant. I called a couple of times to get it fixed early since I would be pretty ticked off if it was slabbed and not identified correctly, but nothing has changed in the system yet. This was my first time sending in an error variant and it occurred to me that maybe the error is not checked and entered into the system until it is graded. So my question for those who have submitted error variants before is: when is the error variant part identified in the system? Should it be there right away, or is it done at the grading stage? Thank you very much in advance to those who respond and help me out with this one

Based on where things are at with slow track moderns my next group should be graded in about 4-5 weeks. I am holding my breath with this one since it is the nicest group I have ever submitted, and I am hoping for solid grading along with a lack of newton rings A phone call from CGC letting me know that a couple of books were bumped up a tier based on where the grading landed would be a fantastic plus as well.

I only re-send books where the price difference between grades is significant. The difference between a 9.6 and a 9.4 is usually not worth it for most moderns, so the books has to be a solid 9.8 candidate in my mind to do it. When I do crack and re-sends I normally do at least 6 of them at a time. Not everything is going to hit, but if I get the 9.8 I want on say 2 of the resubs it more than makes it worth while. On a side note, CGC is more consistent that you may be led to believe on these boards. If there is no defect that is fixable the odds are the book will come back in the same grade. For this reason I focus on books with pressable defects that I can fix up before the resend. For example, I cracked 4 copies of Usagi Yojimbo 1 that were graded 9.4, 9.4, 9.6, and 9.6. After a few presses and a lot of work three of those books (so far) hit 9.8, and the 4th was 9.6 without any flaw I could see so I sent it in yet again just to be sure. Usagi has tanked since I did all this, but the point is about being able to correct flaws and playing a probability game with cracking and re-submitting.

Q/C and shipped today, July 11th 2022. This one graded out almost exactly how I expected. A couple of results that were above where I was thinking and 3 or possibly 4 that were below. Since everything else was graded very fairly I assume I just missed something with the ones that graded lower than I hoped.

And moved to shipped July 8th as well, scheduled for Monday shipment.

Regular track group of 25 moderns Arrived and SFG on 13 May 2022 G/E/I 8 July 2022

Flipped to Q/C Finalized today, July 8 2022. This sets a speed record for me for ME books. Very impressive.

I cracked open the case on the ASM 315 graded 8.0 with notes saying "moderate staining to cover." There is absolutely no staining and the book should have gotten a 9.0 or 9.2. I think what happened is the grader mistook some of the design from the inside cover showing through on the outside as staining. These covers are thin and white, and all the copies I see out there have the same thing. If this is the case it is an honest mistake when moving quickly with grading, although the financial hit for the mis-grade is the same for me either way.

So this is really cool. A Spawn 119 in my last shipment had a crack on the bottom of the slab so it is heading back for an ME submission, but when I looked at the book again I noticed it also had newton rings. Then when I checked it out I saw that the rings actually made the face of Spawn! If it was not for the big crack this book would probably be a keeper because this is so cool.

10 ME books Arrived and SFG on 23 June 2022 Moved to GEI on 6 July 2022 My experience so far has been that ME books sit in GEI for about 2-3 weeks before they are slabbed and shipped out. The total TATs are always really good.

Darn. I was debating on sending my last shipment fast track and opted for slow track instead. If I went for FT I would have them back by now.

They don't need to do anything like that to pay the bills. Just look at the current TATs to see there is a healthy amount of books in the queue at all times.