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Yeesh, that's annoying. Did you end up getting it this week? My book hit the local area with the USPS last Saturday, so based on countless deliveries before, I anticipated to receive on Monday. Absolutely no movement or updates until Thursday when it was finally ready for me to pick up. In the grand scheme of things, no big deal, but man that was some unneeded extra stress to be added to the entire wait. Haven't opened mine up yet, as this point it's going to be a nice Christmas morning surprise.

Silvestri Remarque shipped! Very happy so far, had given up hope I’d get it back before the end of the year.

Um, holy…I think I’m dreaming. My Silvestri Remarque hit Grading/Quality Control sometime over the weekend! @Vader71 @Jaywalker0 @Fisionbomb @rexinnih

Nice, hopefully that means something soon for you. That Gambit was sick, and hope your Sinister turns out just as good. I’m actually a bit nervous about mine. I requested Wolverine on a sketch jam cover to go along with previous contributions by Beatty, Zeck, and Jim Lee. Unfortunately Jim got a little greedy with his corner, and his signature invaded some of the space left for Marc… Hoping for the best!

Thanks for posting this. I don't check CGC's social media often enough, but this feels like the first real update since end of September when we started getting G/E/I notifications. I see CGC's Instagram post now and the Remarques pictured are beautiful. Hope mine turned out just as good and it'll be a short 6 weeks or less wait now, providing all 50 were returned at the same time.

Nice to find this, thanks. My Silvestri Remarque hit G/E/I Sept. 30th, never saw any info on the actual signing date, so I’ve been counting the weeks since then. Will be nice if it actually ships next week!

For anyone curious and waiting for any kind of update, my Marc Silvestri Remarque changed to G/E/I this morning. Exciting times!

Haha thanks, right back at you for your good news, but get em both up for more because my status finally changed this morning to G/f’in-E/f’in-I!

Thank you for your update! I paid for a remarque, so looking forward to seeing movement on mine soon!

My submission for the Claremont/Rubinstein dual signing updated today to “scheduled for grading”.

Agreed. Like I said before, looks like the comic is still inside the inner well, but to the extreme right of it. But also, when you compare it to the left border of the well, the right side seems to extend out further & almost to the edge of the label, unlike the left. We're talking millimeters here, but I can't stop thinking about how odd it looks. Production/slabbing issue that got past quality control?

So based on your pic, I'm thinking for my picture that it's a slightly smaller comic that either wasn't centered very well in the slab, or it's been jostled around quite a bit? My example has those plastic tabs in the slab, which seem a lot less effective that what I'm seeing in yours: a nice pocket made of seals to keep it firmly in place.

I don't have the slab in hand so I can't measure: is the comic just smaller than the typical modern size, so it fits in the slab funny? I've never seen something like this before. Apparently it's in a standard-sized CGC slab, and it looks like it's seated inside the inner well for the comic, even if that inner well appears far too wide.

My Frank Miller SS shipped out today, can’t wait to receive it next week!

Also just got an email that my signed Miller book returned from CCS for grading. Can’t wait!

I see. So did you call or email CGC to get that info about the CCS dates? I’m impatient too, but part of the problem is that we’re like moths to a flame when given a status listing. I mean it says Received now, but who knows what it might say 37 seconds from now, right?? Hoping you get that bump man!

That's a bummer, man. I don't mean this is a condescending way: at least it looks good from afar (pic 1)? I had a book I sent in for a reslab back in April because of Newton Rings and "hilarity" ensured with the shipment special thanks to the USPS. Luckily CGC maintained the grade with a courtesy pressing and sent it back. Not as many as before but still some Newton Rings. Funniest thing, though, considering the alternative...they don't look so bad anymore!

Has your submission status updated at all? Mine is still listed as received and been that way since they received in early June.

I have a book currently with CGC and the submission is no longer listed. I also had 2 previous submissions back in April (since been returned to me) that can no longer be found. Found a topic from 2018–this had happened before where submissions suddenly stopped showing up. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.

Happy to post this update: The CGC sales rep that first broke the news to me about the damage and I exchanged a few more emails a few days after my initial post on this. In a few days I learned more details about the circumstances, etc. about my submission. Unfortunately, CGC could not provide me with any evidence of the damage, but the individual who initially processed the comics felt fairly confident that the damage was slight and both comics would retain their grades. The books were then fast-tracked, and the CGC rep also told me that if the damage to the books would drop the grades any, CGC would possibly compensate me for the loss. Last Friday, the rep again reached out to me to let me know that the pressings were done (FAST!) and that the grader confirmed both would maintain a 9.8 grade. Just got the books in the mail yesterday, and they look fantastic. This whole ordeal was a bit too stressful for my taste, but obviously I'm happy with the end result. Thank you for those of you who replied and offered advice. And for anyone who might stumble upon this topic because of any mailing fears, I hope you take the time to document all you do when sending off high value items. Pictures, filming...cover yourself, because something like USPS insurance sounds great in theory, but you better have your proof solid at the least!

Hi Jennifer, Sorry I didn't see this notification before, but I've been emailing back and forth with the representative this week and she just informed me today via email that both comics will maintain their original 9.8 grades, so all is good. Thank you!

That’s good information to know, thank you. That also complicates things, of course. I wonder if the USPS would offer me an extension, based on the outcome of the work CGC is doing to try to preserve the original grades of the books before the shipment? Just pondering, not asking you to answer Though again, I feel like this all comes back to original evidence of the damage. If CGC can’t keep them at 9.8’s, it wouldn’t surprise me if USPS demanded evidence of original damage to pay out the insurance. Ugh. This just sucks on so many levels. I’ll not be mailing ever again. Insurance sounds great in theory, but only if the books are just lost.

Honestly though, my conscious would never let me do that. I’m not trying to make money off this somehow, just want my comics looking nice and still 9.8’s. Took me many months to track one of them down, and it means a lot to me.

I won’t lie: your thoughts have crossed my mind, and if it comes to it, I suppose those are always questions I can ask CGC. For now, I’m really hoping that how things have played out so far might be indicating that the damage was incredibly slight, if anything at all, and they’re pressing and regrading only as an over-abundance of caution. In this scenario, really hoping that the rep I communicated with just unintentionally caused me unnecessary concern.

Oh I definitely will file a claim. Like I said, just need to get pictures from CGC of the original damage, or the box, whatever they (hopefully) have. When I was talking to the rep yesterday, I asked for pictures and she said she’d forward my question on to the processing team and get back to me. That was a little of a bummer to hear, I guess I had hoped there would be protocols that would allow her to produce some evidence fairly quickly. That’s why I posted on here, to ask if anyone else has experienced this situation, and to help quell some of my unease until next week or whenever CGC gets back to me. Not asking CGC to intervene for me. I’m fully prepared to do as much of the leg work as I need to hold USPS responsible for all this.