Lightning55

You didn't notice it before it was pressed, and now you do?

Oh, I get it. I interpreted as "You could do it here, but you can't do it here." I didn't see that the 2 "it"s meant different things.

Could you clarify what you mean by book listings only? The Forum bread trail says "Comics> Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area> Mixed Age Threads and Misc". Seems like a place to sell comics, books, tpb's, etc. Maybe I'm missing something.

"CGC will retain your book as evidence"??? What if you don't want them to keep your property If you are the owner, you should decide who gets to keep your property. If those are the terms under which you are submitting for a Holder Review, and you agree with the terms, then I guess that's the way it is. Might be a tough decision for some. But I don't know if you have much choice. You do need to know what is in the case.

Vintage is showing 30 days, 20 Fast Track.

Oh, I see. I thought you meant the replaced corner matched the existing ad on #4. I guess the goal is to buy a 2.5, judging by the dip between 2.0 and 3.0 on GPA. Although it is a single sale causing that.

I'm not seeing that the ad on the back of the price block matches. The price block ad is for encyclopedias (?), and the comic ad is for body building. Unless you mean the color of the ad and the page are relatively the same.

Those will work just fine. The only disadvantages are that they don't have handles or lids. The lids are kind of important for stacking purposes as your collection grows, a real space saver.

Not bothering me a bit, and I am sure I am in the 90+% of people who will have zero impact from this scandal. If you deal in high value books, especially those particular issues that are scam favorites, different story. I've been subbing right along, hope to increase. My biggest loss, since being involved with CGC for many years, is the many hours lost reading this 370+ page thread, and following all the links to see "evidence". Kinda interesting, but exhausting.

What is that emoji, anyway?

This price drop will have the opposite effect.

The $55 is the savings between 135 and 80. I guess the 150 and 135 were relevant as the old prices, and then they dropped the whole thing to $100 minimum. On Unlimited, I can see dropping the fee by 10 or 20%, but why would you drop the minimum? Did they always do that? I haven't submitted under Unlimited. I can now see why the Vintage is funky - they raised the base price to $40. Dropping everything else, raising that. Odd.

The Vintage section of this chart makes no sense to me: ============================================ ============================================== If it was $37, and you get 10% off now, why isn't the NEW PRICE $33.30 (like the PREVIOUS PRICE in Elite chart, which was 10% off). Says $36. And in the Elite chart, the NEW Price should be $29.60 after getting 20% off. $37x 0.8 = $29.60 The SAVINGS column on Vintage is worse than the Modern savings. That can't be right, on a higher cost using the same percentages off. Are they still teaching math at school, or has that gone the way of cursive and grammar? And the Unlimited minimums look wacky. Right now, on the online comic pricing schedule, the minimum is showing as $100. I don't have any idea what $150/$90 and $135/$80 minimums are. Makes no sense. But I haven't submitted an Unlimited. Maybe someone else can make sense of it.

The announcement says: What if I have a submission at CGC now? The new pricing is effective for submissions received on or after January 24, 2024, even if the packing slips were created before the price changes. Yeah, you should call. Doesn't surprise me. I sent in 6 orders in October that were eligible for the pressing $5 credit. They charged the full amount. I had to call on EACH order to get it fixed, and they still owe me for 2 orders since January 4. They are quick to take your money, slow to give you their money.

That's right, I forgot about that flash sale. Good catch @DougC

I think the only discounts for the membership itself is upon renewal, or using the auto-pay option. But for higher tier memberships, you get $150 fee credits to use. And of course there is the free membership available.

Looks like pressing dropped even more. My recollection is that a Modern press was most recently $15, and no discounts on pressing. Now $12, and with a 20% discount it's $9.80. If the chart on that link is correct, that is.

This would be more of a hindrance than a benefit. People will "think" they see things in this micro-scan that indicate that the book has been swapped, just due to the tiny size. There will be false positives all over the place. Better if they could photograph 1 tiny, distinctive defect (just about every comic has one), and state the location of that defect. Then put that closeup image and location on the back of the label, like a fingerprint.

If I recall, you have to go through a confirmation screen to accept, so hard to be an accident. Maybe if you goofed twice in a row on the same process, or had too much to drink. Then you deserve the result, own it. If I was the seller, and did it by "accident", I would still honor the accepted offer, blame myself for being an idi0t, and take the hit. As far as what you can do after the order was canceled by the seller, not much. You can't force him to honor the accepted offer. Feedback revenge is an option, well deserved.

I'm a little confused (as usual). If these are hoarded boxes you are now just opening, how are you showing the comics as graded? Are the box photos with the raw comics from an earlier time?

I watched Geraldo Rivera open Al Capone's empty safe. I can watch this.

If you put the dehumidifier in the room, instead of in the closet, the temp probably would not rise much, if at all. The heat from the compressor on the dehumidifier is causing the small closet to overheat, but it should get dispersed in a decent sized room. And the closet would still be at the same relative humidity as the room itself. They do make some operating noise, so in a bedroom could be a problem.

Mos def

That is what is known as a "Maverick". I don't believe it is penalized at all, shouldn't affect the grade. Unless you try to mess with it by neatly trimming the excess away. That would NOT be the thing to do, as it could be construed as Restoration.

Could it be that everyone is sticking a fork in this topic at the same time? Or did the NFL Playoffs pull everyone away this weekend?