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On 7/26/2022 at 2:00 PM, Ed Hanes said:

Curious, my first prescreen went to GEI the other day...are the reject grades posted before the encapsulated grades or is it all together?

You get them all together. Find out which were rejected and the grades all at once when they make it to SHIPPED status.

Standard submissions received on 7/11/22 were shipped out today (had gone to grading/QC on 7//23).

Standard submission received on 6/29/22 was shipped out today (had gone to grading/QC on 7/21).

Economy FT submission received on 6/29/22 went to Grading/QC 7/25/

Also had some movement today (Saturday); the two most recent Standard submissions received on 7/11 moved to Grading/Quality Control; had moved to GEI on 7/21 (so from GEI 7/21 to Grading/QC 7/23):

On 7/21/2022 at 4:24 PM, Amandasue1213 said:

My 6/17 is still in recieved 😭

On 7/21/2022 at 4:07 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

How is my received 6/14 still sfg

 

Not sure if it was the true cause, but my 6/29 FT Economy books were shipped with an Express and Standard submission. Who knows anymore...

4x Fast Track Economy
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 7/21

2x Standard
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Ecapsulation/Imaging 7/19; Grading/Quality Control 7/21 

This will be my second copy of Silver Surfer 4 and Fantastic Four Annual 2 coming home soon.

On 7/19/2022 at 3:00 PM, Gary Strange said:

Who knows?  It was 20 days TAT when my books were first SFG.

wonderful. Great to know that TATs are to be taken with a grain of salt even for FT Economy. Guess I'm looking at September/October for my submission received on 6/29.

2x Standard
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Ecapsulation/Imaging 7/19 

On 7/12/2022 at 2:23 PM, HouseofComics.Com said:

Every Berkeley show (five times a year) is only back issue comics.

happy to say I'll be attending or the first time next month! Making the trip up from So-Cal 

On 7/12/2022 at 12:23 PM, PickleRick1216 said:

Can anyone provide guidance or an opinion on why a 24 x book modern order would be stalled at G/E/I since 6/20/22? It was marked received on 4/7/22 with no other added services.

I have been watching this thread for weeks and it seems that other people with modern orders received well after mine are getting Q/C and shipped.

I emailed customer service about it last week and they told me there was no issue with my order and books received on 3/16/22 are currently entering quality control which is ridiculous. Greggy has been posting updates all day with modern orders received 5 weeks after mine that have already shipped.

Anyone have any insight? @CGC Mike?

No one knows why this happens, but its become common knowledge . The "First In, First Out" policy was seemingly thrown out the window, and the explanation provided some time ago was that a new process/workflow was being implemented. This resulted in Modern submissions that were received more recently getting out the door in lightspeed time, and those that were received well before still sitting. Nobody knows, and everyone just accepts it since they get lucky every now and then.

On 7/12/2022 at 12:55 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Is it odd?

That CGC usually marked shipped but it doesn't go to the carrier until the next day? @CGC Mike is it still noon pick up? Seems that tracking still doesn't register as received by carrier until evening anyway so I was just curious.

My Eastman marked shipped today, but is marked for tomorrow. Seems usual cgc delivery means a Monday where I live, but it almost had a chance of this week if out today when it was ready for shipped.

Just curious 

Happened to myrecent submission. Updated to Shipped on 7/11/22, but the date actually displayed under the Shipped column read 7/12/22. Tracking still provided on 7/11/22, and it did show that the carrier (FedEx) was in possession of the item on 7/11/22.

On 7/12/2022 at 10:52 AM, gregwynn said:

Standard received Jun 20th Shipped today

thanks for this update! I think that's about 15-16 business days? I have some received on June 29th, so I'm guessing by the end of next week they should at least be in Grading/QC.

New submissions, these are actually for a friend:

1x Express
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 7/7; Grading/Quality Control 7/8; Shipped 7/11 

Grading-wise, was close with my estimate of 5.5; 2nd copy of WWBN 32 coming back 6.0 

1x Express
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 7/7; Grading/Quality Control 7/8 

2x Standard
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29

4x Fast Track Economy
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29

On 7/7/2022 at 10:46 AM, Ninja0215 said:

Anyone know how long the check in time is??? 

If by "check in" you mean how long it takes to show up on your account after delivery, it took my last submission about 2 business days. Keep in mind this was an "Express" submission (so box was marked).

1x Express
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29; Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 7/7 

2x Standard
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29

4x Fast Track Economy
Delivered 6/27; Received 6/29; Scheduled for Grading 6/29

On 7/6/2022 at 4:31 PM, DWill73 said:

I went for the first time this past weekend, great show. Picked this up from my guy, Elveen

Nice grabs! Glad you were able to find something. I actually sold my copy of Megaton #3 towards the end of the show.

Christian (Elveen's Comics) is a great guy. I used to hit up his backyard sales every now and then before Covid. I'm really glad he's setting up at NMS given he's become a staple of the So-Cal comic con/show scene.

On 7/2/2022 at 10:36 AM, littledoom said:

I think I know who you are 

Sorry, but don't remember actually getting your name! I'm assuming you were the guy I've seen at the Claremont shows and now the NMS shows? Please let me know so that I can remember it!

@Robot Man Thank you so much for coming out, and I appreciate you providing your feedback for everyone here to read. The DJ was something new to this second show, didn't have that the first time around. While I enjoyed the music, it did get pretty loud at times.

GA books were definitely in the minority, though I see you connected with some of the few vendors that had some (Joker and Queen's Comics, and Brad at Fine/Very Fine Comics). Glad you were able to come away with something! And I hope to see you at the next one as a vendor 

Final bump of the week!

50+ vendors (mix of bigger dealers and private collectors), books from all eras (yes, including Golden Age), free parking, free admission, free wifi, A/C flowing, and best of all: STRICTLY COMICS! What more could you want in a comic show?

I'll personally have about 10 long boxes worth of books, including $1, $5, $10, and some individually priced. I'll be offering volume discounts all day, as I'm hoping to clear some space and set up a pressing station in my work space. The more books I clear the better!

If you do attend, please come by and say "Hi". My name is Aaron, and I'll be set-up as A-One's Comics. Hope to see you there!

On 7/1/2022 at 9:20 AM, ak47po said:

Does anyone know how many times a week CGC picks USPS parcels? Mine was delivered and has been sitting in the Sarasota PO for two days waiting for pickup.

Took mine about 2-3 business days to show up on my account after it was shown as "delivered to the PO box" on the USPS website. You'll be fine.

On 6/29/2022 at 2:29 PM, Ed Hanes said:

this is strange..sent in 26 comics ..broken up in two submissions ..I only thought each submission had to be 25 minimum..not also maximum

I've had this happen before too, not sure if its a shipping issue? Like they could only safely/securely fit 25 slabs per box?