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On 10/13/2021 at 6:36 PM, Fisionbomb said:

Any change for you?  My remarque (no pressing) book has been G/E/I for 2 weeks.

None. That boat's motor died and is adrift in a current

Granted it was an Express, but I noticed that once it moved out of G/E/I it rocketed thru QC, Finalizing, Shipped. Like in hours.   

Wonder if they made G/E/I more inclusive of other steps - so where you could expect order to wallow a few days at other statuses, it doesnt now. So once theyre done at GEI, you can expect books on truck within next 24-48 hrs. 

LOL! CGC TATs now have a Greggy Quotient like posting TATs have to incorporate aahis metric point like a geological era....

8 moderns shipped, delivered after Greggy Cutoff

Hmm, fast(er) TAT on an Express that also showed some slight wording changes to status changes.   

1x Express (no addl services)

Delivered: 10/1
Rcvd: 10/5
SFG: 10/5
G/E/I: 10/5
QC/Finalizing: 10/11
Shipped: 10/11

On 10/11/2021 at 1:44 PM, skybolt said:

Your books were probably the last ones placed into storage room A, and now CGC staff can't even open the door to get in. 

Oh man. Just got classic Star Trek flashbacks to the Trouble with Tribbles episode...but loose floppies cascading everywhere. 

On 10/10/2021 at 2:27 AM, Terry JSA said:

How fast is the walkthrough tier nowadays? 

Have only sent 1 Walkthru, but it was September. But it was 3 days from delivered to shipped 

On 10/9/2021 at 7:42 AM, Yetti82 said:

Yeah it adds a bit more overhead, but I'm looking to do about the same if thats what gets things back reasonably.

::Matt Nelson cackles madly in a dark lair::

::Blackstone board shifts pieces on a boardroom map::

For fun, google "plastic shortage" and read horror stories of supply chain shortages and increases demand for plastic.  

The Feburary winter storm that shut down all of TX, all the way to Gulf, absolutely FUBARed the petro refineries that produce majority of raw plastic resin supplies for manufacturers. What I'm saying is, every industry from soda to car parts to anything involving plastic is backlogged and short what they need to make plastic parts. Pretty sure that's why CGC raised prices, not necessarily profits but keeping up with costs.   

Would not doubt it if CGC was sitting on graded books ready to slab, but was rationing the actual cases as supplies allowed 

On 10/7/2021 at 4:32 PM, dikran1 said:

Anybody have any updates on old Value CCS? Shipment sitting at ''Received at CCS'' since April 17...

OMG you are in for an unfortunately long wait. Like 100+ biz days at CCS and another 100+ at grading?

I and others had Fast Track Value orders delivered in April clear out in September. I did not use CCS though.

On 10/7/2021 at 12:21 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

Instead of Money market put some of that money into stock market.  

Better, but not great w/debt ceiling talks. I have portfolio w/47% in VOO S&P 500, rest various bonds, Intl, and mid-cap. has held steady enough, increasing overall, but lost quite a few gains in last two weeks.Traders are so panicky.

Anyway....COMICS! Need this TAT logjam to break. Kids' braces aint paying for themselves.

On 10/6/2021 at 12:10 PM, thingsofstuff said:

 

I've had one in Quality Control/Finalized since 5/26 and when I call to ask, they just say "everything is fine."

 

Dude, what? No....just NO not cool. I mean if they could say, "whoops wrong status set/premature. Still in queue" 

but nothing at all? That's all kinds of wrong. Especially considering horror stories of lost for 2 months then found, to start grading wait again. 

Best of luck @thingsofstuff

On 9/30/2021 at 1:49 PM, Petroman said:

 They've been making decent progress in the box opening (!?!?) backlog, now its the week of August 23rd.  But unfortunately the improved box opening times don't really seem to have translated to shorter grading times.  

Well imagine, at announced higher pricing there was the MAD dash to submit orders. Well those packages have largely been opened, inventoried, and cleared out, to become a massive logjam at grader tables, slabbing room, and shipping floor

On 9/29/2021 at 7:02 PM, noelbeast said:

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

o/ internet high-5!

FWIW, watching signer videos on Insta/FB, I think remarque books usually take place after all the signings so yours will probably be waaay back at end of queue for this event.

YES! My Marc Silvestri InHouse Signing moved to G/E/I! Soon I won't have to scroll down past a bunch of completed subs to check on this one. 

Cutoff was July 5th so happy to see movement even if it was apparently another unannounced visit. 

On 9/28/2021 at 12:17 PM, IceHole said:

Just a quick questions about turn around times.  I was looking at some comics on ebay and noticed this CGC graded "Kang the Conqueror #1" which I know came out August 18th.  So I looked up the certification number on CGC site and saw it was graded on the 9/13.  So the turn around time for this sub was 17 days...how?  Its posted for under 90 bucks...so not walk through or express, right?  Just asking...cuz I would like the 17 day turn around under 90 bucks option also plz.

Some ppl have had random orders turnaround light speed. Case in point, I had a STANDARD order w/66 day posted TAT complete in like ~3 calendar weeks. Thank the grader gods and dont question.   

On 9/21/2021 at 9:56 PM, Jemin said:

I think it would be more helpful if that stated what weeks books they were grading along with what boxes they were opening.  So what if they are opening books from August 2nd, they aren't grading those books until December 2nd and that's the more important information.

I don't think they can do that. Barring constant stream of Modern books, based on how some people's stuff will move way faster than or way slower than TAT...AND given the recent logjam break in VALUE tier subs where many of us waiting for months saw movement in space of a week, I honestly think it isnt constant movement. Like it's very possible, they let VALUE/ECONOMY subs sit for months then pulled an all hands on deck for two weeks to clear out backlog. Probably same with MAGAZINE. Then I and couple others got some STANDARDS back in two weeks when it's a 60 day wait. So yeah, I think they let some batches sit idle for a bit. 

Hey @ChrispyC66! TAG YOU'RE IT!....or next anyway.

7x VALUE FAST TRACK (no addl svcs)

Delivered: 4/24

On 9/15/2021 at 11:26 AM, skybolt said:

From my experience, this is completely up to the submitter regarding how much you want the books insured for. CGC will not check the FMV on books unless there's a massive difference in price change. It has never happened to me. 

This has been my experience, in fact, you could submit a Modern that was $100-200 above $400 cap and they probably won't care. The only time I have seen anything happen was, an ASM #129 submitted as STANDARD a couple years back. It was graded, returned, and on my next submission charge, they added ~$3.50 to bill as separate line item. I was all WTF? Compared Sub# it was attributed to to my  notes, sure enough, they back charged it to the ASM becuase it came in about a .5 grade over FMV for the $1k Standard tier qualification ::shrug::

I jumped the queue somehow...3x Standard (no addl services) 

Delivered: 8/23
CGC Rcvd: 8/25
SFG: 8/25
G/E/I: 9/2
G/QC: 9/10
Shipped: 9/14

est TAT on arrival ~66 days.  Total biz days from delivered ~16 days.
Maybe it's Karma to make up for the Fast Track Value that's been circling the Bermuda Triangle since April  

On 9/13/2021 at 3:55 PM, BigD702 said:

Received: 8/24/21

Service: FAST TRACK SIG. MODERN

Status: Received

09/01/2021 - Scheduled for Grading

09/07/2021 - G/E/I

09/09/2021 - Grading/Quality Control

09/13/2021 - Shipped 

Do you mind me asking whose sig?

The Marc Silvestri sub cutoff was 7/05 and yet no word if he's come in to do it yet and I'm gettin' antsy. 

On 9/10/2021 at 6:57 AM, Ninja0215 said:

Hey! ty brother. The amount of good advice I have received here has been spot on. 

Yep I was giving bad info! (dangit)

So created order for Moderns - broken into 3x fast track, rest slow. Order form did break apart at tiers w/separate $5 charge per.   

I guess the "across board" $5 charge is only if you're submitting 25+ at same service tier. Where the sub is broken apart into separate logical 25x orders but only charged the one handling whether for 25, 50, or 100 books

Sorry, shouldnt have spoken up out of turn. 

I liked Express, but as a first time submission at this tier, Walkthru is pure, 1st class "peel me a grape" luxury

Walkthru x1 (no addl services)

Delivered: 9/7
Received: 9/8
SFG: 9/8
Charged: 9/9
G/E/I: 9/9
Grading/QC: 9/9
Shipped: 9/10

On 9/10/2021 at 6:57 AM, Ninja0215 said:

Hey! ty brother. The amount of good advice I have received here has been spot on. 

Well wait - because I'm repeating what Greggy said elsewhere and someone said you'll get 2x $5 charge. I think if it's 25+ in same tier, same box it's 1 handling charge. If it's multiple tiers tho, then multiple $5 hits.    

This racket is hard to estimate when you get into the nickel&diming 

On 9/9/2021 at 11:09 AM, Ninja0215 said:

Im sending in four moderns but I have  several older books that need slabbing also. I might have to do two orders. 

Send under one order. They will break apart into separate tiers for you, but should only be charged a single $5 handling charge (FWIW).

On 9/7/2021 at 3:11 PM, graffix13 said:

Anyone have anything in the old Value tier? I looked at the last few pages and didn't see any updates. I have books in there SFG on 5/18/21 (non-FT) and was wondering if anyone had books in that tier around that date? 

Sorry no, but don't get hopes up. I have FT Value, delivered 4/24 - so just after @bmdully been in G/E/I blackhole for about two weeks now.