This ^^^^^
I legit just came here after seeing someone in a FB group post a fresh 9.8 sig series that was slabbed upside down. How does that get out the door?! Lots of QC horror stories have been popping up since the private signings started to ramp up. I commend CGC for coordinating these and giving collectors something to get excited about while shows are on hiatus, but it's very clear they aren't prepared to handle the volume they're doing at the TAT's they're promising.
I also just received my JSC books and one of them came back with a "bonus" color-breaking spine tick that wasn't there when I sent it in, and of course right on the one small swatch of black. Easy 9.8 became a 9.6. It's a low monetary value book, but one I wanted for my PC nonetheless. I had been sitting on a few copies for a couple of years waiting for a chance to get one signed, so thanks CGC. (Also could not have been damaged in transit; I subbed multiple books and the way they were packed it wouldn't be possible for only one to have this kind of damage).
I've been building up a box of blue label subs and was waiting to send them in until the private signing rush died down a bit and TAT got better, but now I'm debating where they're even being sent.