Martian Manhunter

On 5/8/2024 at 4:18 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

100 percent agree. Glad someone spoke up. We Deadpool 3 bump but after that all downhill. A year from now prices be  cheaper. We all thought the Marvel movie hype would last forever. I was dumb too and fell for it, so we are not alone. Next year as a collector WE be cleaning up on deals. 

 

You got that right. Trends come and go, and liking Marvel was exactly that, a trend. Personally, I never liked any of the Marvel movies at all. For the past 14 years, all Marvel fans did was troll and destroy anything DC on the internet, just to force Marvel comic values to shoot up. I honestly have no respect for Marvel, or their fans. In fact, when I was a kid, I liked both DC and Marvel, but grew out of liking Marvel. I just felt like it was for little kids, and just bland and boring.

I sent in a gorgeous copy of Swamp Thing #4 from the early 70s to get pressed and graded. Its been in pressing for almost a month now. Anyone know what's going on? This can't be normal!

On 4/26/2021 at 6:05 PM, Darkowl said:

It’ll be interesting to see what kind of value explosion we’ll see when Disney finally announces their plans for Wolverine. 

Marvel comics, and their fans are the worst. We should be holding their fans accountable for the recent CGC scandal, but everyone is just blaming CGC for some reason? If anything, Marvel comics values should drop a lot. I mean, Marvel is not even good. 

On 1/6/2024 at 12:05 PM, Sigur Ros said:

What do you read?

Swamp Thing, Justice League Dark, Justice League, Green Lantern, and Justice League.

On 1/6/2024 at 1:20 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Did I post too many facts?

Just goes to show how awful Marvel comics is and their fanbase. Marvel fans have been trying to push their comics hard to raise values. These same fans have been trashing and destroying anything DC for many years on the internet as well (especially DC movies). Marvel movies are the worst. Its boring kiddie trash, just like their comics.😂🤣😂🤣

Just goes to show how awful Marvel comics are and their fans. They been pushing so hard to make their values of comics go up, but in reality, Marvel comics is boring, kiddie trash, just like their movies.😂🤣😂

How about focusing on turn around times for all tiers? It is insane how long this whole process takes. We buy a year membership, only to wait a year for our comics to come back. After my membership expires, I'm done with CGC and their exploitation. Fast track needs to go, and so do in house private signings. 

I have no idea what's going on down in Florida right now. I've had Modern books that have been received by them over a month ago, and they're not even in submission tracking yet. I also have economy that is expected to be almost a year? Their whole process is very archaic. Seems like CGC is stuck in the year 2001 still. There's no reason why this whole grading/encapsulating process should take as long as it does. I mean, if they can't handle in house private signings, then they should stop doing it, because they obviously can't handle the volume of books that are being sent in. I've already been getting ready to go to CBCS instead after I get all my orders back, and my membership expires. This whole process is nothing but exploitation. 

I agree. CGC seems to be in love with Marvel for some reason?

On 8/19/2022 at 3:43 PM, lizards2 said:

Graders pledge to stop finger denting comics?

One can only hope. 

On 8/19/2022 at 3:34 PM, Ares said:

Whats the announcement

CGC claims that turnaround times are faster for both fast track, and express. But, I never pay for either anyway. These 2 things are part of what makes this whole process take longer. 

On 8/19/2022 at 3:45 PM, JC25427N said:

I don't understand this one, how is this a negative? They charge you when your submission is about to processed and the work on your books is about to be done. If you want them to charge you as soon as they receive your books you can call them and ask them to charge you, I've had submissions charged right away because it just so happened that some of my submissions arrived just as one of my earlier submissions was about to be graded and so CGC just charged my entire balance for all my orders, even the ones that had just arrived a few days prior and wouldn't be graded for a couple months. 

I've had times when weeks went by when my comics were there. Yet, no charge to my debit card. Just seems like they do everything backwards, which messes up this whole process. 

On 8/19/2022 at 6:32 PM, ExNihilo said:

Similar in principle to when you overpay your taxes each year and get a refund.  If you pay up front, you're giving CGC the money to invest it and potentially make modest returns on it.  If you wait to pay until your book is entered in the system and they being providing the paid for service, then those are extra days in which that cash is in your account gaining interest and what not.  I acknowledge, that we're talking about 60 days here (depending on CGC's TAT), but I like to carry the same principle across all financial decisions.  Same reason my credit card is set to pay on the due date and not a minute sooner.

Still, it should be my choice, and an option when placing my order. In society, we pay for most things up front. 

On 8/19/2022 at 3:59 PM, shadroch said:

Have another cup of kool-aid.

Looks like you got drunk on it.

Has anyone else noticed this? Seems like they make this whole process slower, just to increase the profit margin.

On 8/17/2022 at 7:17 PM, ExNihilo said:

Seriously, CGC's turnaround times are so bad, why do I want to give them interest free loans with my money.

How is it a loan, when you pay up front?

On 8/18/2022 at 10:03 AM, shadroch said:

Pay up front so they have even less incentive to  do their jobs.

How would they have less incentive? 

On 8/16/2022 at 9:26 AM, shadroch said:

Why do you want to pay up front for a service provided later?  Do you pay at a diner when you order or when you are done? Does your mechanic charge you when you drop your car off? 

Apples and oranges. We pay up front when you buy groceries, gas, restaurants, retail products, etc. That was a terrible comparison really. Yes, I pay for my services from the mechanic up front, and by choice. I should also have that choice.

I can't understand why this whole process is so slow, and old school. Their new turn around times are still a good laugh. They still don't take payments up front, and fast track is really a scam. 

On 8/16/2022 at 8:26 AM, Tec-Tac-Toe said:

Unfortunately, there are very frequently problems with payment processing and, in my experience, it has always been an overcharge which has taken several telephone calls and emails to resolve.

Exactly. I could run this company so much better. You go to a store, and you pay up front. Not a month later. 

On 8/14/2020 at 12:12 PM, bc said:

Just wanted to say Welcome to the Boards to my fellow Ohio boardies!

-bc

Thanks man. I did not see the notification for your reply. Sorry for the delayed response. LOL

Why is this whole process so slow, and why does it take forever for CGC to take your debit/credit card payment? They should take it off the bat, and let it be over with. This whole process is so messed up.

Why is this process so slow, and why does it take forever for CGC to take a payment?

On 9/11/2020 at 10:58 AM, StreetPreacher said:

Well as long as people continue to send books and pay for the service, then I don't see why CGC would bother wasting money on accelerating their process?

I did notice CGC were recently hiring additional staff for something, so maybe they've actually started losing enough sales to people unwillling to endure the wait time?

But, I always seem to read posts from people complaining about long wait times and poor service, and then they also mention they've had like 1000 books graded/slabbed by CGC...  So why would CGC consider increasing capacity as long as customers are obviously willing to wait?

Sad but true. As with most businesses, they don't actually care about customers, they care about the money coming from our wallets.