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I saw your jib. I'm good at seeing through clothes. And smiles. It's hard to hide that large of a bulge. Pardon me while I blush. How did it get cut? *spoon* dentata Don't queef on my glory, gingerbread.

I saw your jib. I'm good at seeing through clothes. And smiles. It's hard to hide that large of a bulge. Pardon me while I blush.

You've never even seen my jib. Wait, what's a jib?

Just think how bad it would be if you weren't paying for graders' notes and paying higher sub fees. I think the next step is to cut off all communication from the outside world, except written letters. Then, a new rate hike combined with redefining the tiers.* That should get them caught up. Or at least slow down the accumulation of a backlog. *I can't take credit for this idea. It was given to me.

any chance you have a copy of issue #2 ? --Phil One of the greatest covers on any magazine. I know someone who has a cherry copy of it.

A 9.8 can have a spine tick but it has to be one that you can't see unless you reflect light off the surface at the right angle AND it can't break color. If it breaks color, 99.9% of the time it won't get 9.8. If the book is flawless and has extremely tiny bindery tears at the top and/or bottom of the spine, it can still squeak out a 9.8. A 9.8 is nearly flawless. It can have a flaw or two but they have to be tiny, and by tiny I mean TINY. Learning how to pick out 9.8's with regularity take a lot of painful submissions.

What are these? They look interesting. Iceberg

That was one weak point in tonights episode. No way one zombie ate all of Lori......Really?? I don't think she weighed 80 pounds soaking wet. I suppose it was possible. Yeah and it was comprised mostly of bones and bee-otch. With 100% ho pumping through her veins.

That was one weak point in tonights episode. No way one zombie ate all of Lori......Really?? I don't think she weighed 80 pounds soaking wet. I suppose it was possible.

And PLEASE don't let them name the baby Sophia. If I never hear that name spoken again in my life it will be too soon.

I'll assume they buried the bodies of Lori and what's-her-pickle. If so why is rick still sitting on the floor by the walker that presumably ate Lori's remains?

Great Cover (thumbs u And one tough SOB to find in high grade.

This made me moist.

Found this copy at a yard sale this morning. Not the worst copy I've ever seen. I wouldn't waste the money trying it via Fast Track so this one will sit in a box until CGC gets on time with modern submissions. I'll continue my quest for the perfect copy. It's out there.

I picked these up over the span of three yard sales this morning. Almost all of the comics are 9.8s, not counting the two BA DC's. The two slabs are 9.8s and I didn't know if they were worth anything because I don't keep up with that junk. I paid 50 cents each for them and after getting home, I realize I may have overpaid. The Wolverines are prime copies and the #35 will be posted in that thread later. I pick up Potter books when I see them cheap at yard sales. I got these home to realize that both are first printings. A good day to go to yard sales today.

Current turnaround rates at CGC... Slow and Slower.

Damn. That's one sweet six/five.

Only two months to go before you get them back. (thumbs u

Just buy another Encapsulation Machine, add a 2nd shift, and hire more graders. To train the new graders should be done on 2nd shift. That's a good idea. I'm assuming you will be putting up the $ to purchase the machine, and hire a 2nd shift, and hire more graders? That's very nice of you. CGC is a business, not a non-profit. They have to balance profits with keeping their customer base happy. With the amount of submissions they are getting, it doesn't seem like the turnaround time is hurting their business. Actually this argument doesn't hold any water whatsoever. To start with, you offer no proof that it is not hurting business. I can in fact offer proof that it IS hurting business. I am submitting less books than in the past because of the ridiculous turnaround time. I know several other dealers who have told me that they are subbing less and less books because of turnaround time, one of them our very own Greg Reece. They have cut costs in the past few years (by getting rid of some of the more expensive graders), while charging more and more for a slower, less consistent service. Not to mention the ridiculous $5 per invoice surcharge. I believe CGC is making a ton of money. They just don't want to give any of it back out. PGX is not the answer, but if someone with some money wanted to start a grading service with some very reputable people involved, they could seriously put a hurting on CGC. I don't wish anything bad on them, I just wish they would get their act together. How am I supposed to offer proof it isn't hurting their business? Your "proof" is that you personally aren't submitting as many books and some other guys you talked to aren't either? Their wait times are going up. I'm just assuming here, but I would think wait times increase as they get more business, not less. Could they be getting more books in if they kept the wait times down? Yes. I never said the wait times aren't hurting business. It's a dumb argument to say that it's not. What I said was it doesn't seem like it's hurting. And as wait times continue to go up, I'd have to think that's because their submissions are increasing, not decreasing. You say CGC is making a ton of money. Prove that. We are all on the same side here. CGC needs to get some more graders and get the times back on schedule. What my original post was about and what irritates me is when people start shouting suggestions like it's so easy to fix. It's easy to say "buy this and hire this" when it's not your money you are spending. The fact that they are falling further behind means nothing. If you currently are taking 500 submissions per day, but could in fact be taking 800 a day if you were more efficient, that's NOT losing business?? They should raise their prices. That will slow down submissions and let them start getting back on track.

If the holes are on the inside pages it does not seem to have any affect on the grade. If they're in the cover, they do hurt the grade a little.

I agree, but ultimately:

I agree. That's the whole reason I don't ever watch "scenes from the next episode." I don't want to know. I'll watch it next week. Why do I want to have something spoiled? It really is that much better when you go in blind. That's why I hardly ever read these threads. I can't ever discuss the show without someone blowing off what's going to happen next week.