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6 hours ago, greggy said:

Yes, when 12 subs get billed at once and $7K gets added to my cc bill, it does looks scary...

Currently have six subs awaiting charges myself so CC will get punched in face soon. And while never maxing submissions, just my meager 5-10 books subs I've been splitting half keep/half flip to pay for the whole order. 1% cash back is nice on CC too! So I understand that cost benefit analysis. 

3 hours ago, greggy said:

I have 600 at @joeypostwaiting to be pressed and submitted and over 1000 books at home waiting to be prepped and submitted eventually.  And that doesn't include the books that I continually buy every week. 

.....wow

Mind me asking, are you a dealer, speculator/flipper side hustle, or just working through umpteen long boxes to get a personal collection accrued over decades all graded?   

I mean...that's huge $ outlay for CFP + CGC each month.

1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

It will still go to qc before shipped 

they verified that QA/QC was separated into its own status/step in the submission process.

I didn't see "Grading/Encapsulation..." on my order detailed below, is this new process step listing as of like yesterday?   

5x Modern - slow, no addl services)

Delivered: 3/29
CGC Rcvd: 4/24
CGC Charged: 5/11
SFG: 4/24
Grading/QC: 7/2
F/I/S: 7/7

On 7/2/2021 at 10:54 PM, Jkelly said:

It seems like a toss up when CGC decides to charge you.

TRUTH!

I usually get charged in middle of TAT. But have been charged couple of times between Grading/QC phase and one the day after F/I/S 

1 hour ago, X_Phile said:

At this point I may sub all my books for random SS even if the artist had nothing to do with the book. Just so I get them back timely. 

Subbing a high dollar book for CGC-SS saves money, depending on value tier.

I read an interesting interview with head of Comics curating? Sales? of Heritage Auction covering boom in sales & prices. One of the things that stood out to me  is the off hand comment, "The auction results were led by a new “pedigree” collection called The Promise Collection, featuring nearly 5,000 comics..."    

Considering how there was a brief hiatus in InHouse Signings and TATs were still increasing, I honestly believe CGC put everything on hold to process the Promise Pedigree books and get them on block ASAP. Now that they (or bulk) have cleared, we can hopefully have rest of organization catch up. Fingers crossed.   

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2021/06/23/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-collectible-comics-market/?sh=7d620db6307c

13 hours ago, Gaard said:

Isn't that 4 return shipments (4 shipping charges)?

Yes it is. 

36 minutes ago, ChrispyC66 said:

Thanks. I must have drawn the lucky lottery numbers yesterday for “Packages that go to the head of the receiving line”. 

I had that happen to a sub in March - marked rcvd and checked in SFG instantly. It's such an aberration, I picture a handler walking down hall with a newhire who just grabs a random box off pallet and says "here's how checkin works..."

58 minutes ago, Nazirite said:

Sorry ya'll, gotta feed the beast on this one. I've had a Mark Jewelers Alpha Flight #51 waiting for an opportunity to get his sig for the last 3 years. 

4 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Still my Eastman signing was a magazine as well and is still sfg just 

 

Is it just me or did the Eastman signing really %$!& CGC up like no other signing? I was surprised to see people proudly posting their CGC-SS returns on other parts of internet and I'm all, "dang, 3 week TAT really lied to you." And here you still havent gotten yours?!

5 hours ago, Gaard said:

Still not 'received' (delivered 4/29).

Keep the faith, I have a VALUE sub, delivered same day that was checked in couple days ago. Yours should be soon  

7 hours ago, Ninja0215 said:

Is anyone using a third party presser?? I see a lot of subs that go right to grading. 

Like others, I do. Based in DFW https://www.comicrefresh.com/ 

Always pleased with the results and grades for what I'm submitting. Turnaround time for me is usually 2-3 weeks. He submits for me, but I use own account. The SFG at time of arrival vs RCVD for weeks is a total crapshoot. 

1 hour ago, Hibou said:

Quick question on declaring value on submissions...

In the unfortunate event of your books getting lost by CCS/CGC, how is FMV assigned to those books? I'm curious because the value I placed on the 3 books I sent in March were reflective of the prices I paid. Obviously the FMV in June is quite different. 

Like the pricing change at time of submission, I would assume they respect the initial tier/FMV at time of submission but cant say for sure. I know they won't nickel & dime you though. Like before FMVs increased for tiers, I sent A LOT of stuff on the $200 FMV bubble Modern. They didnt upcharge me for like a 9.8 valued around 300.

19 hours ago, greggy said:

The stuff that were shipped today ranged from stuff I shipped him in November to January. 

YIKES! That is a loooong wait.   

I know Joey is the OG and all, but so glad my friend recommended her presser to me. I only send like 5-10 books per sub, but he always has mine knocked out in under two weeks. Often a week and I'm happy with results on what I see and grades I get back.

5 hours ago, greggy said:

@joeypostdelivers it personally so I skip the waiting to open part.  Personally delivered packages get entered the day of delivery. 

@greggy given CFPs posted TATs, your batches have been out of your hands for literally half the year right? Like your screenshots of current G/QC & F/I/S subs arrived at Joey to be worked on in like Dec or Jan?

7 hours ago, Dmac538 said:

I have noticed my value submissions have been picking up steam. It seems they are eager to get rid of that tier.

Lord I hope. Have a Value Fast Track delivered like 4/28 that still hasn't been checked in yet. 

4 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

The bloodstone really surprised me though

 

What's that bloodstone look like? Water damage or severe creases? I always feel like it's "hard" to get a modern that low unless it really went thru the ringer.

24 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Maybe you saw that mine delivered 3/4 

Rcvd 3/26

Sfg5/26

Grading qc 5/27

Looks like I'm a day off for it to ship tomorrow

 

Yeah, our schedules are synching like a sorority 

Completed batch! Felt like a long wait, but it was a walk in park, since submissions arrived before open/check-in times got absurd and price changes went into effect.

Modern x8 (no addl services)

Delivered: 3/4
Rcvd: 3/25
Charged: 5/11
SFG: 5/22
Grading/QC: 5/25
F/I/S: 5/27

47 minutes ago, PickleRick1216 said:

NGL, my first thought too! 😁

1 hour ago, wombat said:

I wonder what the dollar value of books sitting in CGC's possession at the moment is.  Which then makes me wonder what safety systems they have in place if there is a fire. Do they have one of those fancy systems that doesn't just rain water down that would potentially ruin the book?

Oooh fancy Halon release? That'd be nice, but I sincerely doubt as that's intended for (typically) unmanned locations like industrial control rooms or datacenter server rooms where personnel work primarily in a non-Halon fire control location. 

3 hours ago, musicmeta said:

I think they should grade the packages since it's taking about a month or maybe more to just get the books out of the package...as long as they grade extremely fast for this....just the length of time to open up the package and get the books out
which they have to do anyway....

Something like   "Package Grade -  9.6 Solid..

Package notes:
-- Box Sturdiness - 9.4
-- Package materials - 9.8
-- Ease of opening up the books - 9.6
-- Amount of Tape - 9.6
-- Kind of tape - 9.8
 

Good lord, then we have TATs on various levels of shipping box condition! 🤣

56 minutes ago, skybolt said:

I get the sense that a lot of sellers will be extremely unhappy come this fall / winter when the seller's market eventually slows down, and all the books they sent in to be pressed/graded just sit in their inventory. 

I kind of think this is extending the hot market, because it's producing a trickle of new books to replace what Stimmy bought up, as opposed to a glut within couple months' time. I've had a few on my watchlist that have disappeared and I think I may have to jump on next appearance for sale Not to mention the anecdotes I've seen of, "paid too much, but buy now or never per cost increases or diminishing supply."

14 minutes ago, Bird said:

I agree

And I sent in 14 modern crappers (GR15, 2 regular and 2 2nd print!) about 6 weeks ago to joey. And from all signs I will also have 2/6 in my value submission bumped to a higher tier, if value exists by the time I get there 

Well the good news is increased fees increased Modern value max from $200 -> 400. Don't think you'd have to worry that much unless something has really blown up that much. 

1 hour ago, wombat said:

5 Magazines economy - grading only

Delivered 4/8

Received 5/12

Scheduled for grading 5/12

 

Is there usually a gap between received and scheduled for grading?

It's all over the place. Have a 3/25 modern marked rcvd. Have a 4/20 modern marked SFG as soon as it was opened. Who knows what darkness lurks in the minds of these madmen.