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On 2/8/2022 at 2:16 PM, Willbert said:

Anyone ever go backwards? Went from G/E/I to G/QC back to G/E/I 10 minutes later. 

Yes. I had the same thing happen to me about 3 weeks ago. Went to G/QC on Friday, back to G/E/I on following Monday, back to G/QC on Tuesday and shipped Friday.

On 2/8/2022 at 4:22 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Hes good people, well and good reputation. His heart I pray is right cause his goodness in spirit shows. No heart troubles for prayers. May any doctors find solutions.

 

I have never heard one bad thing about the guy. Everybody has nothing but nice things to say about him. Always nice and smiling. I have a few George Perez books but I am just not into sigs but they are still important to me.

On 2/8/2022 at 12:29 PM, dikran1 said:

Anybody else still waiting for their Perez signing to appear?...

On a related note I saw on IG that George was admitted into hospital for an infection. The signings might be pushed back or canceled. Very sad.

On 2/3/2022 at 1:27 PM, universal soldier said:

 I'm screwed  Hello 2023

Haha. Me too. Probably would have been better to send them in fast track. If I don't get them back before Wakanda Forever trailer I am pretty much screwed. Oh well.

On 1/31/2022 at 3:01 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

I got all 100 of my regular moderns back and already sold from received date 8/26.

You should call them. 

Do you primarily sell on eBay or a commercial website?

Anybody have any slow ECONOMY updates? Trying to get an idea where I am at in the queue.

On 2/2/2022 at 8:29 AM, Ninja0215 said:

I really appreciate your insight here. ;however I don't have any plans on selling my books, at lest not yet. When I'm older and retired (provided I mkae it till then) these will go to my son. In the chance that he wants nothing to do with them which is possible then i will sell. Of the two possibilities of where to to take my business I wanted to pick one place to service my books; i decided that place was here. As long as I'm covered then.  I shpouldn't have anything to worry about. 

I would honestly be careful with the "these will go to my son". Just about every collector says that. However, unless he knows comics like you do then it would be better to give them to a third party to sell when you retire. Otherwise, chances are he will get pennies on the dollar. People who are not emotionally invested in something usually just want to sell stuff and be over it. But hopefully he will get into comics and know how to get top dollar for them. I have seen widows first hand walk into comic stores and get next to nothing for their husbands books. It is sad but true.

On 2/2/2022 at 5:14 AM, Ninja0215 said:

I like it here; A lot. This is a new found home for my treasured comics. I don't know if I could handle another price increase though. 

I think you just need to properly access what you send in. Especially if you plan on flipping the books. For example, if you paid $100 for the book and after grading the book goes for around $175 it is probably not worth it. You have to factor in shipping to and from CGC, grading fees and/or pressing fees and then any fees associated with selling the book. That $100 book now has a buy in of about $145-50 and there is almost no profit. However, if you bought the book at around $20 then it is definitely worth it. My point is if you leave yourself ample room for profit whether CGC increases prices 5-10% you are covered. Price increases will happen over time. I specialize in books that I can grab for around cover price well before they are hot and sell for $125 or more.

On 2/1/2022 at 2:43 PM, Xyrmellon said:

I've got a reholder that went through G/E/I in a day but now has been in quality control for almost 3 weeks. Should I be concerned?

To be honest nothing really surprises me lately. I had a recent order that spent 2 months in G/E/I. Then on a Friday it went to G/QC. The following Monday it was backing in G/E/I. Tuesday it was back in G/QC and it shipped that Friday. Give it another week and then call if nothing changes.

On 2/1/2022 at 11:43 AM, Ninja0215 said:

This is gonna sound like a dumb question but you can ship different tiers in the same box right?? 

This is not a dumb question. You can definitely do that. However, if all of the tiers are on the same invoice, then they will ship the books when all of them are done being graded. So, if a few books finished in a couple months and one book takes 6 months then you will get all of them back in 6 months. So, in this case you may want an invoice for each tier in the same box. That way each tier will ship independently of each other. The only downside is you would pay shipping per tier. Extra shipping is a small price to pay to have books come back sooner.

On 2/1/2022 at 2:20 PM, Devin Colman said:

There aren't any, I had one in and out in 3 weeks

I had a nasty hair in one of my slabs last year. I think it took about  2 1/2 to 3 weeks from when I sent it off.

On 1/31/2022 at 4:17 PM, Miguelb said:

Lol at this point i'm just like eh whatever...have a lesser order at CBCS since the beginning of August, so they aren't any better on their times.

Agreed. What can we really do after the fact. My order with CBCS is me off because the TAT when I sent it in was 10 weeks. 18 weeks later and nothing changed in my status. At least a few of the books have decreased to the point where I have to hold onto them or I might actually lose money.

On 1/31/2022 at 2:58 PM, Miguelb said:

This is what I started doing and the first one was an extremely quick turnaround.  Next two fast tracks have been stuck in G/E/I for about a month now.  I'm back to regular slo mo submissions since some of the books im sending really wouldnt be worth spending the extra money on and I'm not in a massive rush.

When they finally opened the one stuck in Grading/QC they initially emailed to tell me that I had undervalued it and pushed it up to the standard tier.  Customer service rep told me that it wouldnt re-set the clock, but i am starting to think they did because two weeks on and here we are.  

Sorry to hear that man. Most of the people that post on here I see fast track getting done in 3 months or so. Way better than the 7 1/2 months I just waited for a slow modern.

On 1/29/2022 at 9:17 AM, gadzukes said:

I've got a Modern Tier Submission that was received on 8/11.

It's been in G/E/I for at least a couple months.  

Should I expect it'll ship soon?

Mine was received on 08/03 and I received my books last week. I am guessing in a perfect world they will get to you in the next few weeks. Mine was in Grading/Quality Control for 5 days if that helps.

On 1/31/2022 at 10:50 AM, Miguelb said:

I just submitted 15 or so books on Friday under the slow as molasses tier, pretty much assuming I wont be seeing those again for another year.

Guessing 7-8 months for sure. Best of luck.

On 1/31/2022 at 9:04 AM, Ninja0215 said:

I'm gonna have to start donating blood or semen....or both  I just filled out another submission form . 

I am personally only sending in as Fast Track until the TAT improves. I know myself and I literally look several times a day for updates and it is nerve wrecking. To me it is worth the extra money.

On 1/27/2022 at 4:08 PM, Ninja0215 said:

Them: you could always send your books somewhere else.

Me: I'd rather kiss a toilet seat! 

If CBCS's TAT was night and day better I would at least send them my moderns. But last check their TAT was 175 days so definitely CGC is the way to go. However, if the CBCS TAT was like 90 days I would easily go CBCS. Most of my books I have enough profit into them where I can take a hit by going with CBCS and taking less money. Time is money to me. If I can flip a book and put the money towards something else I am fine with that. But with both companies having similar TAT it is a no-brainer to go with CGC. I think the only way CBCS will be a decent choice if they can be half the wait than CGC.

On 1/23/2022 at 9:29 AM, Devin Colman said:

So 163 business days and counting for my arrived June 1st, rec 8/3 submission, still in GEI

Who else still has submissions not back yet under the "really old" pricing?

When is the last time you called? For some reason both times I have called CGC for different submissions my status has changed within a day or so. I am wondering if things are so messed up that if someone complains they skip them up in line a bit. Who knows? But it is worth a shot.

Does anybody have a slow economy that recently went to Grading/Quality Control? I have a submission that was delivered 07/01 and recd 09/09. Just wondering where they are in the queue. If you could post your delivered and recd dates I would appreciate it. Thanks.

On 1/21/2022 at 6:15 PM, Petroman said:

Total agree that this is where it is going.  I wouldn't be surprised if they just get rid of the Fast Track concept and just up the charges for Modern and Economy by $15 each, so $39 and $50, respectively.  This will get rid of the majority of the low margin submissions that are clogging up the system and make anyone submitting books for profit to think twice about submitting a book that will not easily sell for $80+.  As to whether or not this is a good idea, I think it depends on the point of view.  For the collector/dealer, it will increase costs to get books graded, but should also reduce the time to get books graded.  So not all bad.  For CGC, I would expect that they will still have a continuous supply of books to grade, now with a minimum cost of $39.  I think their backlog would decrease drastically thereby reducing both their warehouse needs and insurance costs.  In the event that they see submissions slowing, they can always send out coupons to members to entice them to submit books at a discounted price.

Definitely agree. Unless CGC was willing to double their workforce they just cannot support the number of submissions. So the only thing I think is left is to limit the submissions. The price increases only made things worse. Somehow they need to get the TAT to 3-4 months. 6-8 months just makes people angry.

On 1/21/2022 at 10:37 AM, cd4ever said:

I personally disagree with all this 'those people should not be sending those books' nonsense. Anyone can send anything they want and don't need approval or need to justify it to anyone,  It's their money.   

You are right. However, it comes to a certain point where the volume submitted just cannot be processed in a decent amount of time. I think we all can agree that 6-8 months turnaround is way too long. So, I think CGC will end up following what the sports card grading companies did. They basically eliminated the bottom tiers to lower the amount of submissions but kept the price high enough where they still were making around the same amount of revenue. PSA does not have a tier below $50. That would price out people from sending in books that command less than $80-90 because the profit is just not there. I am not saying this is a good idea but I think this is where things might be heading. For people making a living off of submitting newer lower priced books should try to come up with alternative streams of income in case something like this happens.

On 1/21/2022 at 10:17 AM, comicginger1789 said:

Right? But people who are anti-pressing (or get caught up on the language) just prefer to ignore your notions. Which is fine. They feel how they feel. I agree that in theory, an untouched comic that is a 9.0 book SHOULD be worth more than a copy that is 8.0 but with a press got a 9.0. Problem is unless someone tells you, you never know. And does it really matter?

It's like the shirt. If I found a vintage valuable t-shirt that someone stored on a hangar in a closet for 50 years and it gets pulled out and is worth $200

I find the same shirt at a yard sale, wrinkly and maybe even with some dirt on it. I toss it in the wash, give it an iron when done and it presents the same as the other. Should it really be worth less? Or regarded as less? I mean you can get upset that someone beat you to the idea of charging for the washing part of the old shirt before you did....that would be my only upset feelings if I time travelled back to when CGC started doing this. 

In my experience talking to the people that are anti-pressing I have found that they are just butt hurt that other people are maximizing a book's value. They can easily do the same thing but it usually comes down to money and drive. Submitting books is a pain in the for sure and the turnaround times are awful. But I bet if one of these people tried it where they found a bargain book and were able to bump the grade several points they would be hooked. Finding raw books and increasing their value is one of the things I find the most fun. Looking at a book in my hand saying I can fix this or that is exciting. However, it is not for everybody and it is their decision.

On 1/21/2022 at 10:35 AM, PiggyTTV said:

Yes it did, it improved the comic and maximized it's potential. Why would you press a comic if it wasn't to improve the "consistency" as you weirdly put it? You wouldn't. 

Sorry. Disagree. The same pieces of paper exist and nothing is added or taken away. At the end of the day a comic is paper, ink and staples. Pressing does not add or remove paper, it does not add or remove ink and does not add or remove staples. You can think whatever you want. Your opinions are your own and I respect them. However, I just do not agree. I prefer my books to be in the best shape as possible. I honestly do not care what a presser does to my book as long as it maintains a blue label and looks great. I had an Iron Man 55 where a kid wrote something in pencil on the first page and CGC noted it on the label. I had my presser crack the slab and erase the pencil mark and resubmit it and I am 100% fine with that notation being off of my book now.

On 1/21/2022 at 7:44 AM, PiggyTTV said:

Pressing is definitely a form of restoration because you are improving the appearance/condition of the book by mechanical means. The fact that you can't detect it makes it acceptable to get a Blue label.

Definitely disagree. If you iron a t-shirt, did you restore it? No, it is the same used t-shirt with less wrinkles. Now if you use foreign chemicals such as solvents or use color touch I would definitely consider that restoration because the actual comic has changed. Removing wrinkles did not change the consistency of the comic. Tape is borderline in my opinion. CGC considers tape not restoration as tape usually just holds the original pieces together. I honestly could go either way on tape because it is a foreign material.

Delivered 06/01, Received 08/03, was in G/E/I for 2 months and G/QC for 4 days. Shipped today. Right at about 7 1/2 months altogether

25/25 were 9.8 so definitely happy except that a bunch are now down in value from the long wait.