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10 minutes ago, kav said:

Something seems to be happening at CGC.  Another boardie shared with me pics of his submission of 4 books, 3 came back with similar damage.
 

What did he end up doing?

5 minutes ago, Heronext said:

I argued for a generous (on their part) monetary settlement, and got what I asked for.  I think it was all paid out as credit.

How did you "prove" your case?  Pictures taken before?

All the books were pressed and examined before being sent out.

53 minutes ago, Heronext said:

Always take scans or good pictures of your books before sending them off.  Came in handy for me once in a similar situation.

What happened in your situation? 

1 hour ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Pictures?

If you can tell me how to upload photos from Google Photos on here I'll upload them all. 

Update:  Just communicated with the Comic Shop Owner and showed him the pictures and there is 100% new damage on the majority of the books I got back today from CGC.  He pressed them and then we sent them off.  They all have the same damage:  Rear left corner; as if a box was dropped.

I am sooooooo upset and don't know what to do?

I waited almost 4 months to get these books!

These were books that should've been 9.6 and 9.8 and they've come back horribly like 8.5's.

What do I do?  

I just received a batch of 25 books I sent off back in March. 

About half of them seem to have a similar defect:  Crunched up on the top rear left corner. 

For the life of me, I think I would've noticed this before I sent them off?  Maybe, I'm mistaken but I don't think so.

Have you ever had comics come back with a similar defect that you were, almost certain, they didn't have before?

Thanks for any input.  

2 hours ago, Lightning55 said:

You have access on your dashboard to the notes on books you submitted.  If you can't see them there for some reason, you can call customer service to get them (just YOUR books). 

If you see a comic for sale on eBay, for instance, you can message the seller to see if he/she is the original submitter.  Then they can get you that info.  If not the original submitter, you are probably out of luck as far as getting free notes. 

As @innocuous points out, you can purchase them.  Different notes have different prices, depending on the tier they were submitted through, and YOUR membership level: https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/cgc-grader-notes/

Good ideas.  Thanks. 

2 hours ago, innocuous said:

 

Thanks.  It's funny.  The other EVIL COMPANY without a name  provides notes for everyone.  How can CGC not create a membership where you can see all notes?    Why keep notes secret from other CGC members?

2 hours ago, innocuous said:

If you look up a slab in the census, there is a link to purchase the graders notes on the page. I've had to do this from time to time when looking at high value books.

Enter the cert number here, then you'll get the upsell for graders notes... https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/

Thanks

I was just asking a CGC operator about the different memberships and she told me if I purchase a membership I can only read notes on comics I have personally submitted? 

Is this accurate?

Is there no way to get notes on CGC books that are for sale that aren't mine?

Thanks!

3 hours ago, manetteska said:

If you only want -- or it's only worthwhile -- for the books to be graded as 9.8, send them pre-screen, no matter if you decide to have them pressed or not.

Good idea. 

Just now, BlowUpTheMoon said:

You get what you pay for.

Could be.  But other than sending them to CGC for pressing/cleaning and waiting adding another 3-4 months onto my order I don't know who I would go to.  I think my guy is good; I recently cracked the case on a 9.2 Star Wars #2 and had him press it and it came back 9.6.  

14 minutes ago, ExNihilo said:

Unfamiliar with pressing rates, but I thought they were $12.

Maybe at CGC?  The LCS owner I go to charges $3. 

16 minutes ago, ExNihilo said:

I've had otherwise flawless books pressed back when I was just a fresh green eyed guppy.  I really wanted the highest grade possible on some books so I had them pressed.  But that was 2 books.  Not 40.

Be it 2 or 40  books (I only pay $3 per book) a bump from a 9.6 to a 9.8 can be tremendous and I think it's worth the small investment...if it can conceivably help.

And even if it can't hurt I'd hate to see books come back 9.6 if they could get 9.8 if I only put in the little extra effort; at least with a press I conceivably TRIED. .  

22 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

If you can’t see the flaw, why on earth would you press it?

I don't know?   Because I'm not a professional grader and really don't know if that super-flat appearance after pressing is necessary for an otherwise (to my eyes) flawless book.  

I gave about 40 comics to my LCS this week to press before I submit them to CGC; on all of these I saw some sort of flaw that may or may not be fixed.

I have another bunch that look pretty good to my eyes...however...I dread them coming back from CGC and getting a 9,6 or below.

Would you press a book that has no obvious flaws?  At least, none you could easily see?  As insurance.

Do you think CGC graders are so used to seeing pressed books that anything (almost anything) that isn't pressed won't score as high?

Thanks. 

On 3/6/2021 at 11:06 PM, Lightning55 said:

Glad we think alike, @Buzzetta.  I used to use the 1092 into the 1095, but I didn't like that the 1092 left no room, or little room, on the width dimension for padding.  So close to the same width as the 1095.  I went to the 1097 (once I found out they existed!) because I could get some padding between the box sides.

If you prefer more box protection vs. more peanut protection, you can put a 1097 into a 1092 into a 1095, triple boxing it.  But you add some weight, maybe more to ship.  Definitely stronger, though.

I have never received anything from CLink, so I don't know how those boxes work out, but sound good.  A "money-saving" alternative is that I use my eBay Shipping Supply coupon that I get with my store ($50 per quarter) to buy 16x12x8 boxes from ebayshippingsupplies.  I kick in a few bucks and order 50 for about $59 with tax, net $9 to me after the coupon.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/254763801703  I can leave them full height or cut them down to half size as needed. 

It's hard to find something to use that coupon for that you don't feel is a waste, and these are something I can actually use.  A lot of people use the coupon for envelopes or tape that are way overpriced, so not for me.  Like buying at the "company store", no competition, charge whatever they want.  You're also paying more due to the packaging having graphics printed on them, always more money for that, and it's not even your own company you're promoting - it's eBay.  They should be paying us to promote the platform, but instead they are charging us to do it.  Insane.  The boxes are at least competitively priced, and useful.

Thanks.

On 3/6/2021 at 10:08 PM, Buzzetta said:

I do almost exactly the same as you but I like the 1092 box as it is slightly bigger than the 1097.  Usually I only ship one slab order but sometimes I ship two so I use the same method.  So I bubble wrap the slabs with cardboard between them if around two of them.  The slightly longer length of the 1092 over the 1097 allows me to bubble the slab all around in that 1092 with a little extra.  Then before I slide the 1092 into the 1095, I throw in some of the peanuts I save from CLink orders... that is my bumper.  The 1092 goes in, throw in another layer of packing peanuts on the end of it and seal. 

If you are doing basically the same, then I have more confidence that things like this are the right way.

 

ON occasion I am shipping a few things and usually to be CPR'd.  In that case I like the deeper boxes that CLink usually provides when ordering 6 or more slabs.  I specifically save those for these types of occasions. 

Thanks!

I've been sending out single CGC books with USPS Medium Boxes.  Fits nicely.

I received 2 graded books from the Comic Mint and they stuffed 2 in the Medium Box.  They do this professionally so I'm assuming it's perfectly fine but I was a little taken aback to see the books literally pushing out of the  Medium Box.

I was thinking about starting to sell sets of 2 or 3 books.

What are the best choices?

Thanks!

I realize that if you look very, very carefully at a new comic (not a foil or made-with-special-materials) you'll find a fault, or more than one fault; that's why perfect 10's are roughly 1 out of 1500 books.

But when it comes to knocking off points how did 9.8 become the default "perfect?"

Why wouldn't  9.9 or 9.6 be the default perfect?

Does every new comic just happen to always have 2 very minor  defects to put it in the 9.8 grade?

Not maybe one defect to give it a 9.9?

Or why not, say 3 defects or so, and get into the 9.6 grade?  

I just purchased is a brand new variant comic (I just purchased a couple of new release 9.8s) and I looked at the CGC grades for it there was a total of 26 CGC 9.8's.   Not a single 9.9?

I just wonder if they slap a 9.8 on something that could very well be 9.9 just because 9.8 is the default perfect?

Whatcha' y'all think?   

On 12/15/2020 at 12:09 PM, the blob said:

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Thanks!

On 12/15/2020 at 11:59 AM, the blob said:

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Cool.  Thanks.