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On 6/17/2022 at 10:20 AM, iae21 said:

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 

100% you will see them move before the holiday!  (you didn't specify the year)

Sad news, RIP.

Reading this thread is all you need to do to understand how this company does business.  I joined years ago to understand the process before I started submitting books.

I have yet to submit and don't see that changing, quality control going the wrong direction, prices and going up, & year long TAT's, not interested.

On 6/3/2022 at 7:25 PM, shadroch said:

You said you are going to keep it for a year or two, correct?  I was paying about $100 a month for a 10X10 plus tax so $1300 a year.  You can figure it will cost you  $2500 to store it for the next two years.  

My unsolicited advice- sell it all, use the money to buy a couple of nice books and flip them two or three times over the next two years. 

This post 100%.

On 5/31/2022 at 3:22 PM, lizards2 said:

what is the cgc number?

Dang!

On 5/31/2022 at 11:57 AM, lizards2 said:

Nice pick ups!!!

Thanks!

On 5/31/2022 at 9:57 AM, shiverbones said:

Adventure comics #282 - 1st Star Boy, 5th Legion. 

5.5 $75 Bright & fresh

 

On 5/31/2022 at 9:59 AM, shiverbones said:

Adventure Comics 293 - 1st Comet, 1st Super pets

Fine $160 Bright & fresh

 

On 5/31/2022 at 10:00 AM, shiverbones said:

Adventure Comics #317 - 1st Dream Girl

Amazingly fresh VF - small back cover corner is a crease, not a piece missing $135

 

I'll take the 3 Adventure issues.

On 5/27/2022 at 1:42 PM, shadroch said:

On the way there, I stopped at a few historic markers. I came across one that is going to be my next project. 

During the Civil War, Arizona was not yet a U.S. territory. The southern part was very scarcely populated, the Spanish population outnumbered the Americans and the Indians outnumbered both. In the Spring of 1862, a detachment of a few hundred Confederate Calvary was sent from Arkansas to seize the city of Tucson.  When they got to the city, they found the Union troops had fled. Two weeks later, a larger group of Union soldiers arrived, and the Confederates decided it was time to go home. 

The Apache's knew better to attack large groups of soldiers, but they managed to isolate a small Southern wagon train and they stole  a hundred heads of cattle after killing the soldiers guarding it, and some of the handlers.  

The Calvary tracked down the Apache's the next day, recovered the cows and killed the Indians.

The four southern soldiers were buried near Portal, the only Confederate dead of the campaign.  It's the western most Confederate Cemetery and for reasons I've yet discovered, the Rebel soldiers are considered to have died in the US-Indian War and not the Civil War. Of hundreds of thousands who died wearing the Southern uniform, only these four are considered to have died for the country and are enrolled in the Book of the Honored Dead. There has to be a story behind it.

Desolate area out there for sure.  It's not really that hard to image what it was for those soldiers since so much of that area still looks the same.

On 5/26/2022 at 7:41 PM, Domo Arigato said:

The comics are over there in that six foot deep rectangular hole.  

Let me grab my shovel and we can go take a look at them.

*spit take*

I laughed again when I re-read this! 

On 5/27/2022 at 10:11 AM, Cat said:

Do you know why Eastman and Laird made them Turtles and not bears? Because bears bear arms, and they didn't want the heroes to have guns. 

On 5/26/2022 at 12:53 PM, ramrodcar said:

I can't imagine trading sweet sweet Kirby/Stan/Ditko for Rob Liefeld...

On 5/21/2022 at 5:06 PM, Azkaban said:

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 1984

$2.00

Cool Perez cover.

On 5/23/2022 at 5:49 PM, comicginger1789 said:

I admire the specificity and would feel inclined to ship you said books pro bono should they appear 

So your telling me I have a chance!!!!

My guess 

Rawhide Kid #19

Showcase #54

& Fightin' Air Force #38

On 5/13/2022 at 4:53 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

 

What's Updog?

On 5/9/2022 at 4:08 PM, Jonathan78 said:

This selection and signature is awesome.  RIP George Perez. 

Not sure what I can add so I'll just say, bought some books and they look fantastic.

Mike shipped them quick and he really knows how to package them to keep them safe.

Would buy from him again in a heartbeat, A+!

On 5/10/2022 at 12:16 PM, Qalyar said:

That's how to use one line of text to demonstrate how much this collection was cherry-picked before you got it, despite what you were told. Sorry about that, man...

This line, 100%

On 5/10/2022 at 12:24 PM, kav said:

For clarity, the outside was warm to maybe slightly hot.  Take a bite, lava on the inside.

On 5/9/2022 at 10:32 PM, Cat said:

Or you could surprise them with a bottle of wine, and ask for 'that glass I made for you as a gift a few years ago. You know the one.' Then when they say they can't find it right now, pull it out of your bag with the sticker still on. 

 

I like this idea, make them look for it but wait until the end of the evening and then sneak the glass into the kitchen and place it with the other clean glasses (with the stick on it) for them to find later.

On 5/9/2022 at 7:09 PM, kav said:

ouch

I'd buy that glass and re-gift it back to them a second time (with the Salvation Army tag still on it).

On 5/9/2022 at 9:08 PM, Cat said:

Quick, point him to Dylan's comic course! 

* spit take *  

On 5/9/2022 at 2:17 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Add Non Sports Cards.  

Still can't believe they are doing VHS before comic cards !!

I can't believe there is a market for VHS tapes at all.  What's next, slabbed 8-track tapes?  Sheesh.

On 5/8/2022 at 8:51 PM, kav said:

 

I can't decide, is he freaking out (crazed) or just super happy to be surrounded by that many sheep?

Holding out for the Laser Disk option.