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2 minutes ago, The Lions Den said:

A pressing may help reduce the ripples...

Yeah I might do this one day, thanks

Just now, The Lions Den said:

Yes, it does look like light water damage. 

CGC kills the grade on those I believe

Hi guys,

Not sure if I should have this pressed and slabbed.

The comic looks pretty nice but have an issue in the back.

Does this look like water damage ? Will a press improve this much ?

Thanks

8 minutes ago, MadGenius said:

You'll be charged for the pressing upon receipt by CCS. When the books are transferred to CGC you won't be charged for the other services until the grading is finalized.

Hey thanks man. 

To my fellow Canadian members here on the board.

What was your experience like when winning an auction from Heritage ?

Shipping costs? Boarder taxes costs ? Etc.

Did you send them to a P.O. Box in the US to save on costs ?

Please share here.

Thanks

Just posted auctions on eBay

Feel free to reach out to me for more info.

FANTASTIC FOUR #50 SS CGC 6.0 SIGNED BY STAN LEE (CLASSIC SILVER SURFER COVER)

FANTASTIC FOUR #49 SS CGC 7.0 SIGNED BY STAN LEE (1ST FULL GALACTUS APPEARANCE)

FANTASTIC FOUR #48 SS CGC 5.0 SIGNED BY STAN LEE (1ST SILVER SURFER/GALACTUS)      SOLD

Just now, William-James88 said:

Did you just have that one book ship back from CGC to you? Because if so... Ouch!

Yeah, signing was costly also. Live and learn

3 minutes ago, Glassman10 said:

the way I think about scratches in glass is that you have to take the area around the scratch down to the level of the scratch. So depending on how deep it is, there's material to be removed and at a fineness level equal to the other non scratched part. If you start with the finest abrasive you can find, it will take a long time to get down to that level. I would suggest that you need more than one abrasive to do it efficiently and then you may not like what you get since changing the thickness of the material effectively creates a lens. That may really jump out at you. You will likely always be able to see it unless you drop down to the five or six micron range.  That means cerium usually. 

On big deep scratches it might be futile to try to remove them and might as well just have them reslabbed but that's costly when considering the shipping cost not just the reslab cost of 15$. I might just leave it alone since I'm not sure how to remove scratches properly.

Hi, so I watched this video on how to remove scratches on a slab.

I'm skeptical on the final result (not actual shown on the video) using these Novus products.

Has anyone succefully removed scratches with a product ?

If so, what product do you recommend ? Thanks

1 hour ago, William-James88 said:

Thats what I am doing for moderns I would slab. And that way I am sure which grade i am getting.

But man, if you think this is bad, did you ever check how much Signature series would cost a Canadian? The only way it works ok is when a LCS or similar local person makes a group order (which is what I did fir Stan Lee sigs back in the day)

Yeah signed a McFarlane ASM 300 and lost out on the monbey because I got a 9.4 on the grade

13 hours ago, Dreamsleep said:

The thing that really sucks is 180.00 usd is 250.00 Canadian to put it in true perspective for our friends South of the border. $10 per book!

Guess we just have to buy slabs from now on, less raw comics

On 7/9/2020 at 10:26 PM, Pangolin said:

Because it is written $60 here

And also when I completed the submission summary.

Same cost to Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antartica, The Moon....

Come on !

3 minutes ago, The Lions Den said:

I think we're starting to see the "trickle-down" effect...  

Did US domestic shipping costs increase as well ?

Does having your own FedEx account reduce costs?

27 minutes ago, Pangolin said:

Damn this is the second raise in a short time. I started a thread about the first increase

After submitting some comics in June I noticed that the return fees were more expensive than before.

CGC sent me this email.

The shipping rates to updated Canada are as follows: 

1-10 books, $90.00

11-20 books $105.00

21-25 books $120.00

Pandemic related maybe. Did FedEx increase their prices?

2 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

You missed a few expenses:

1. Shipping cost form Canada to CGC

2. Taxes on service fee which is noted in the customs form.

Yup so even more costly haha.

One reason I wanted the books slabbed is because I don't like selling raw comics on ebay.

I have had problems in the past with buyers so selling graded books is less worries.

3 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

Thats correct. I actually thought it was 70$ for 1 book since that's what other places charge for slabs, like Comiclink. 

Its because they have to ship it through priority mail that asks for a signature to ensure that you get your books back. That's the price for their assurance (and yours too).

And remember, you will pay that price PER TIER. meaning if you have books that end up being valued differently or from different eras, or if you want one book to be signature series, or if you want some books pressed and others not, they will be shipped seperately back, so that shipping cost can double/triple/quadruple and on and on if you don't spend/ship in bulk. If you are thinking to yourself, "well that might not be worth it", well you'd be right. That's why, as a fellow Canadian, the books I would rather have slabbed, I buy already slabbed and the rest I just keep in a mylar.

Great advice. I am thinking of only buying slabs from now on.

The raw books I have are mostly from my childhood but I had bought some keys in the last 2 years thinking of saving some money and submitting myself. I see now it's not worth the hassle/cost anymore.

I broke down the price per book for folks sending from Canada :

US Dollars

Sending 15 books to be graded seems like the right number for Modern books especially if you plan on selling them like me.

Also 15 books is the minimum for QuickPress which I also wanted (8$ per book for Modern tiers)

So total costs for 15 books in US dollars :

Grading (with 149$ membership) : 18$ x 15 = 270$

Shipping : 120$

QuickPress : 8$ x 15 = 120$

TOTAL = 510$ (360$ with the 150$ grading credit with membership)

TOTAL COST PER BOOK = 34$ (24$ with the 150$ grading credit with membership)

1 minute ago, greggy said:

Well, if you are asking if that's what they will be charging you, I can confirm that my last charge was at $180 for 25 books.  Whether this is the actual cost or if you can get a better rate with your own Fedex account number is another matter.  

Technically, it didn't really double that fast, as there were a few months where it went to $120 for 25 books.  Honestly, i thought the $90 was a great price for a the longest time and that didn't change for a very long time.  I don't know what their actual costs are but at least they are more up to date with respect to information us of the cost.  The main issue with the increase to $120 was that there wasn't any updated info.

 

 

I never thought of getting a FedEx account (Good Idea). 180$ seems very expensive!!! Not sure what the actual cost is, but it doesn't make me want to submit books that are worth under 100$ since I want to sell most of them.

I recently looked at the shipping cost to Canada.

I was shocked by the increase. This can't right ? See pics for prices.

I had taken a screenshot of the prices. Did they really double ? Is this a mistake ?

Can someone confirm please ?

Thanks

Hi,

I am sending 25 books for a Quick Press, Pre-screen and finally Grading (Modern).

When does CGC/CCS bill my credit card ? The moment they process my order for Quick Press ?

Also do they bill me 1-2-3-4 times (QuickPress/Pre-screen/Grading/Shipping cost) ?

Thanks

On 7/22/2020 at 8:17 PM, ExNihilo said:

Corner crease on my ASM 361 knocked it down to a 9.0.

Ok good to know. Those crease are a grade killer. The bigger the worse I assume.

On 7/24/2020 at 6:16 AM, telerites said:

They do from what I see - https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/berkbridge

But from what I have read here, their feedback rating is not a good indication of their ethics.

I wrote to them to enquire about their Time Pay mentioned in the ebay listing. No answer after 1 week.

On 7/24/2020 at 6:46 PM, Old_Man_Adam said:

I love the cover art on those , I remember having the black and white prints 

How much haha. Nice btw !

Hi. How come they don'T have feedback on ebay

12 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

Looks like a VF 8.0 to me.  

Overall yes