Aarrow108

On 9/30/2021 at 7:30 PM, rube11 said:

I am a little confused (though ok with it this time)..sent in modern fast track on 8/23...they did NOT receive in the books till 9/28....then shipped them graded on 9/29??  And I received them today!   Sooo how is that possible I ask?  

Inquiring minds want to know.. 

I took the below screenshot from an Instagram post made by a shop owner who sends a pretty good amount of Modern submissions on a regular basis. This "new process" would explain these crazy quick turnarounds for Modern submissions that are popping up (saw a few other postings on Instagram of people asking WTF?). Sucks for everyone else not chosen for the great experiment and that have been waiting months now. Hopefully it gets implemented across the board soon....

On 9/3/2021 at 8:39 AM, Aarrow108 said:

27x Modern Prescreen Non-FT
Received 4/1/21
GEI 8/27/2021
Grading/QC 9/3/2021

Shipped 9/7/2021

Not too bad.... 24 out of 27 passed prescreen. Though grader notes seem to indicate that there was some damage/mishandling on a few that were at the top of the stack of my submission. I'm over this whole damn process . 

On 9/7/2021 at 11:05 AM, wombat said:

I know its crazy, but one would think "scheduled for grading" actually meant it was scheduled. Like we can look at a schedule and know when it will be graded. 

They're not going to that, because then we'd have yet another thing to complain about when our books aren't graded by the "Scheduled By" date . Not sure if anyone else has every noticed when receiving Pre-Screen rejects, but they used to sent them back with the CGC barcode label they use internally. This label indicated the submission number, when it was received, as well as an internal due date. The rejects I've gotten this year have all been graded well past that due date....

27x Modern Prescreen Non-FT
Received 4/1/21
GEI 8/27/2021
Grading/QC 9/3/2021

On 9/1/2021 at 9:54 AM, Gaard said:

Maybe I'm getting old, but I could've swore the CATEGORY column used to be filled in before the submission shipped. For instance, you could see if your comic was restored or not. Did this used to be the case, or should I be checked for Dementia.

I also remember this.... occurring around January/February 2020. havent seen it since.

On 8/27/2021 at 3:16 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Waiting on marked as received = Purgatory

Scheduled for Grading = The Void

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging=BlackHole

Shipped = Nervous 

Recieved =Possible PreReound Trip for M.E.

( Back to top) 

 

This summed up CGC's 5 Realms of Suffering perfectly.

On 8/27/2021 at 1:16 PM, Jaywalker0 said:

DANG! After a week, I wondered how long I could anticipate my Value FT being in G/E/I status. ....and now I know

Yeah that whole GEI step is a black hole.... Hopefully yours are quicker since it was FT. Best of luck!

On 8/26/2021 at 8:41 AM, Aarrow108 said:

I had a 25x Modern Prescreen that was entered as Received on 3/26/2021 that was finally shipped on 7/28/2021. It is baffling to me that they are just now (about a month) getting to submissions in that same tier/service that were entered as Received on 3/31/2021 (based on your submissions above). I have one more 27x Modern Prescreen that was entered as Received on 4/1/2021, so I'll be watching for your updates to give me an idea of mine 

27x Modern Prescreen Non-FT entered as Received on 4/1/21 moved to GEI 8/27/2021 @Yetti82

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/16/21
Grading/Quality Control - 8/26/21
Shipped - 8/27/21

12x Book Value Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/19/21
Grading/Quality Control - 8/25/21

Shipped - 8/26/21

On 8/27/2021 at 7:05 AM, Ninja0215 said:

So how long does this quality control take???

Most I've seen it take was 3 days (was a large submission), but it is usually a full business day. Good luck!

On 8/26/2021 at 7:35 AM, Yetti82 said:

Now the prescreens I sent in February are going for grading... and of course four days after they took $700 for the non prescreens received 6/14... &*^$ me running! 5 bucks says they mark all of the 6/14s for grading on Monday as well LOL........ 

I had a 25x Modern Prescreen that was entered as Received on 3/26/2021 that was finally shipped on 7/28/2021. It is baffling to me that they are just now (about a month) getting to submissions in that same tier/service that were entered as Received on 3/31/2021 (based on your submissions above). I have one more 27x Modern Prescreen that was entered as Received on 4/1/2021, so I'll be watching for your updates to give me an idea of mine 

On 8/6/2021 at 1:21 PM, sd2416 said:

What's the tat for value tier, submitted back in March, checked in in April?  Or value tier submitted in March, checked in in May looking like?

I may wind up inheriting these books they are taking so long. 

 

My Value/Economy books were received back in April, and have been sitting in Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging for 3 weeks now..

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/16/21

12x Book Value Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/19/21

25x Book Pre-Screen Modern Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 3/26/21
SFG - 7/8/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/26/21
Grading/Quality Control - 7/27/21
Finalized/Imaged/Shipped - 7/28/21

Went 22/25 for the 9.6 Pre-Screen. 13x 9.8, 9x 9.6. No notes of course.

On 7/27/2021 at 3:08 PM, Aarrow108 said:

These Economy and Value submissions are still sitting in GEI. However, my 25x Modern Pre-Screen submission has moved interestingly enough...

25x Book Pre-Screen Modern Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 3/26/21
SFG - 7/8/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/26/21
Grading/Quality Control - 7/27/21

Did we ever get a clear answer as to what the hell the difference is between GEI vs GQC ?

Still in Grading/Quality Control , but my credit card was charged early this morning (7/28/21). Based on the amount, 21-22 of these books passed the prescreen. Not bad at all.

On 7/19/2021 at 7:57 AM, Aarrow108 said:

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/16/21

 

12x Book Value Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/19/21

These Economy and Value submissions are still sitting in GEI. However, my 25x Modern Pre-Screen submission has moved interestingly enough...

25x Book Pre-Screen Modern Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 3/26/21
SFG - 7/8/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/26/21
Grading/Quality Control - 7/27/21

Did we ever get a clear answer as to what the hell the difference is between GEI vs GQC ?

On 7/21/2021 at 6:44 AM, zupaphly said:

My 4/8 modern slow was shipped 6/16, but my 4/8 modern slow with prescreen is still just sitting at sfg... these TaTs are frustrating 😥

Still waiting on two Modern Slow with Prescreen myself....

x25 Book received on 3/25/2021 (still in SFG)
x27 Book received on 4/1/2021 (still in SFG)

On 7/19/2021 at 2:38 PM, LordRahl said:

Please point me in the direction of whoever is willing to pay $120 for a raw 9.8 of say Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (1991) or $430 for a raw 9.8 of Secret Wars #3.

ebay... always ebay (at least in my experience). Very amazed as to what sells and what it sells for.

For the record, I personally wouldn't pay a CGC 9.8 price minus less grading fees for any raw book claiming to be 9.8. As far as I'm concerned, not even CGC can consistently determine a 9.8 (based on resubmission on 9.6s that came back a 9.8, unpressed). Though again, ebay buys everything, so you might be in luck.

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/16/21

12x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)

Received - 4/1/21

SFG - 4/2/21

Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/19/21

On 7/16/2021 at 6:58 PM, kimik said:

I am curious to see how the start up of shows impacts CGC submission rates. As a seller, are you better off selling the books raw at market value (e.g. GPA) less grading fees now rather than waiting several months to get them back?

This is what I've been doing since April, and my extra books have been moving quick. I may be losing out on bigger profits that come with a slabbed book that pops due to speculation, but these raw books have been moving much quicker than slabs.

On 7/7/2021 at 3:12 PM, Aarrow108 said:

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Been in SFG ever since....

12x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Been in SFG ever since....

Update on the 6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging - 7/16/21

25 Modern Pre-Screen (No Fast-Track)
Received 3/25/2021
Scheduled for Grading  7/8/2021

So 72 business days to move one step along the way... not counting the 14 business days it took to unbox/enter my books into the system after delivery.

7 minutes ago, bmdully said:

Anyone had value or economy slow track make it through to shipped in the past few months.  Seeing lots of moderns... My timeline:

Arrived at CGC- 4/2/21

Accepted/Received- 5/2/21

SFG- 5/2/21

6x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Been in SFG ever since....

12x Book Economy Submission (No Press, No FT)
Received - 4/1/21
SFG - 4/2/21
Been in SFG ever since....

5 minutes ago, Kevin76 said:

Find yourself a really good presser near you.

seriously, don't throw any money towards CCS. @Jkelly happy to recommend you a few here in California if needed 

Exactly. There is a much greater demand across the board (more so for CGC as it has historically pulled a higher return), and not just for comics. Majority of folks are trying to cash in while they can, CGC included (hence the disregard for trying to improve TAT or general customer service). There's no need to do anything extra beyond what's been done if the money keeps coming in 

41 minutes ago, Jkelly said:

Yep! I have a prescreen/modern from 3/24 thats still stuck at "received" and by my calculations i still wont get it back until 8/10 based on their current projections.

Glad I'm not the only one. Thanks for the feedback!