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I started playing around with heat pressing - the price I have won't go lower than 200F (not a clamshell press) ... so using a bunch of fillers I did some testing; all the books I have worked with were 79's - early 90's (pre-glossy inside pages; haven't done testing on those yet.) - 20m hot w/6h cold = good results BUT it reverted and/or created waving - 20m hot w/12h cold = good no reversion but I got waiving - 10m hot w/24h cold = good all around so far ... haven't had any reversion or waiving ... edit: forgot, my stack (top to bottom): - top of press - magazine backer - parchment paper - cover - parchment paper - regular backer - parchment paper - book to middle (staples) - parchment paper - regular backer - parchment paper - book to back over - parchment paper - magazine backer - bottom of press This was one of my more recent ones (not a tester, live run I plan to submit) - i circled the defects in the pre-press pirctures

I have been pressing books only a short time but this isn’t about that- I just pressed this book and noticed a date on it - thoughts about grading? I put this around a 7.5 i added some pics of the post press cover for thoughts also

I recent got a moon knight, a spider unlimited #1 and a Batman 500 all signed and COA by Dynamic Forces was considering those

Think you missed what I was asking - green vs yellow label aside; if I get a 9.8 green w/COA for colectors sake is it worth it? I was thinking it would be good to protect the issues I have with COA signatures - so grading makes sense - but not sure if it is worth CBCS verifying it or just going CGC and holding onto the COA (well hold COA either way but hopefully you follow.)

I have several issues which are signed and I have the COAs (Dynamic Forces, etc...) - it is worth sending these in to get the book graded and taking the green label? If I am correct this would grade the book excluding a hit for the signature since they can't verify it BUT I have the COA so I can

I had an Amazing Spider-man 300 I sent in (was 7.5) for pressing + signing; been 'received at CCS' for months just wondering if anyone is waiting too. I know they are busy so not complaining just trying to gauge it.

I have several pending orders: - slow modern; recv'd 5/3, opened 6/22, been in GEI for a couple months now - 140+ days and counting - slow value (economy now); recv'd 5/3, opened 6/22, scheduled for grading - 140+ days and counting - fast modern; recv'd 5/3, opened 6/22, shipped 8/23 - 80ish days - fast modern; recv'd 5/3, opened 6/22, shipped 8/23 - 80ish days - fast value; recv'd 5/3, opened 6/22, shipped 9/16 - 95ish days ** cant find my tracking but I know it was after the JDF CGC SS announcement since I something in for it, so let's call it 9/20 ** - slow economy; recv'd 9/20, opened 10/14, SFG - 40+ days and counting - slow magazine (TMNT Last Ronin's); recv'd 9/20, opened 10/14, SFG, 40+ days and counting - slow modern; recv'd 9/20, opened 10/14, shipped 10/18 - 20ish days - CGC SS JDF; recv'd 9/20, opened 10/5, SFG - 40+ days and counting I'll try to update this as time goes by

You know what, I am not here to debate semantics with you ... long story short its crappy customer service, its an ongoing issue, and as a paying customer i am not OK with it. That better?

No. If a client of mine calls me and asks "Hey, this has been like this for a while now do you know when it will be done?" and I reply "yeah 2-3 weeks" and then 4 weeks later they ask again and i say another 3-4 weeks I am likely to lose that client. Estimates are one thing. Moving the goal post over and over is another.

I do understand that - and if you read the whole thing i was more mad that I was told they would be done in a couple of weeks and here we are 4+ weeks later and i am again being told 'in a few weeks' ....

oh no i get that ... if we're at 131/140 as of today that would put my MODERN's at 27 weeks since they got the package ... so thats about 135 days ... take out holidays probably more like 125-130 ... so they should be done and in the mail in 24 hours ... not likely

Not true - on MULTIPLE occassions I have been told the clock starts when someone at their office gets the package, not when they open it. That is why there was such a jump in time around June because people were expected deliveries of their items based on the turnaround times but those times were based on them opening them the same day as they arrived ... since they were back logged they changed the estimates to reflect time idling, opened, graded. So estimate is OK. What is NOT ok is being told one date repeatedly and having that date pushed out. What is NOT ok is having my books sitting in grading for over 1 month. What is NOT ok is being ignored when I followed up to their own timeline. This is terrible customer service and let's face it we don't have much choice. You can go to PGC or CBCS but we all know they sell lower than CGC does. I've said this before and i will say it again, transparency is key.

I sent in comics and CGC got them in May ... in Sept they were grading/encapsulating and have been that way since then ... beginning of October i emailed in and was told they would be done this month... STILL not done so I emailed again, no answer .. emailed again 1+ weeks later and this is what I got .. "Your Modern invoice will probably be at least two or three more weeks and the Value invoice will be at least another 45-60 days." So, on May 2nd the site said turn arounds were 55 days for modern 79 days for Value ... a month later it was 101 and 141 ... by the end of July it was 105 / 150 ... right now it is 126 / 146 ... clock starts WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT not when they open it - this was their own admission and is why times jumped so much so that people could get a better estimate ... they opened these May 5th ... so let's do some math ... that is about 26 weeks. In business days that is roughly 120-130 ... So its spot on for getting back the ones which have been in grading/encapsulation for OVER ONE MONTH but since they haven't hit QC that is OBVIOUSLY not happening soon .... what REALLY pisses me off is this - This is what I got from them on Oct 5th: "Thank you for your email, we received your submission on 6/22/21 and the Modern tier of service is running an approximate 106 business days, this submission is currently in the grading room being graded currently." to which I replied "Understood.. to correct you though you recieved them in May and opened them in June, by that count it has been 22 weeks or about 110 business days. I should have had them back last week and they haven’t even been qc’d" and they came back with: "That is correct, the submission will not be completed until the middle of October. 106 business days is 22 business weeks minus holidays and weekend." So, there were being graded on 10/04-05 .. but now I am being told that it's another AT LEAST 2-3 weeks or 10-15 business days .... on an order that their own sites says I should have in my hands in less than one week .... and an order I should have had in my hands 4 weeks later will now be arriving 7-12 WEEKS later?!?!? WTF! This is NOT OK! That will LITERALLY be nearly 1 year for the Value issue ... and in terms of days - when I sent them in it was 55 / 79 .... 140-145 / 160-190 ... or roughly 3x as long ... I am sorry I am beating this dead horse but I am hoping someone at CGC will see this and realize how screwed up this is to charge what they do -- I had plans to sell issues which now I can't because it's taking too long.

Does anyone know if you can submit a comic for signing and in the same package comings for regular grading?

Anyone else having issues viewing orders or status?