Scott Dellar

That’s what I suspect will happen as they have no way of telling what service was selected otherwise 😥

Ah excellent news! They’ve just received my submission and I remembered to put EX on the front, so I’m glad to hear that - thanks!

Just wondering despite the delays and backlogs etc, are CGC prioritising Express packages and walkthrough? I know they’ve just started opening packages from end of April, but if you send in something for Express grading and the box has been marked to state that, would it be opened and graded within the 11 working day turnaround?

Just wondering how I can find out how much is left from my $150 credit - can’t find anything about it in my account and plan on sending another submission and want to plan ahead.

Well, I’m glad this thread exists now 😂 

17 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

Is it not included on the back?

...it’s on the bloody back 🤦🏼‍♂️

How do I delete this topic, so no one can read my shame?

1 minute ago, Deadpoolica said:

Character labels don't have that info

Wait, so due to choosing a character label that info gets left off?! Surely they could fit it on in slightly smaller text 

So following on from one of my previous topics, I got my Hulk 181 back and it was given a 0.5 (which I’ve made my peace with and understand the reasons), what I don’t get is that the creators and artists have no mention, neither does it state that this is the first appearance of Wolverine yet others do. Why is that?

Doesn’t CGC usually state the issues in the middle, with info on the left and right?

1 hour ago, Jimmy11 said:

You should tell us his ID.

12 minutes ago, Mike's Rack said:

Yeah, you should out this guy.  There's no way anyone in the hobby for more than a month or two would fail to inspect a book like this before selling it on eBay.  I have missed stuff on books before but this stinks.

Hell, you guys can have a screenshot if that saves others from going through the same ordeal! I gave neutral feedback due to getting a refund, wish it was negative as he had the cheek to ask me to remove it. I replied with “remember how you said the cut pages wouldn’t affect the grade. Well CGC didn’t agree and gave it a 0.5” 

Haven’t heard from dabrakus411 since...

1 hour ago, The Lions Den said:

It's absolutely because of the missing coupon and missing page. And it's pretty much an automatic .5 when you have a book with a missing page unless you can Qualify the book. I'm sorry he wasn't clear with you about this, but that's why I only purchase raw books from people I trust (and even then, things can be overlooked...)  Ah well, I hope you got it for a good price...  

thought as much, yeah it was a pretty good price when I only thought the MVS was missing and then became a bargain once I kicked off about the other bits. Overall it was about £600

17 hours ago, revat said:

I'm not a hundred percent sure of the process, but these can go two ways, and at some point you had a secret opportunity to make a choice.

But it could have been evaluated where they essentially ignore the missing coupon and you get a green qualified label, OR they count the missing coupon as damage and grade it accordingly.

I'm not entirely sure how they make the determination (and you could written special instructions on your submission), but given that you're ALSO missing a part of another page (affecting story), I'm pretty sure this grade (certainly in this color) is more favorable for you.  

 

Someone will come along shortly with a better explanation, i'm sure.  But these are the basics.

17 hours ago, Jimmy11 said:

The qualified grade is for one big problem on an otherwise nice book. You book has multiple big problems on an otherwise decent book. Blue is correct.

8 hours ago, William-James88 said:

It make sense it got blue since Blue will still be given to a book in the condition you describe.

6 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

As has been stated, the Qualified label is only supposed to be for one major flaw. Since the book has at least two separate major flaws, it can't be Qualified. I'm sorry for the bad news, but I'm glad to hear you're still happy with the book...

In your opinions, the comic isn’t in terrible overall condition (apart from the bits that have been cut), is the low grade likely due to the cut out parts? 
 

Reason I ask is that this was purchased from some dirt bag on eBay that “forgot” to mention these extra cut pages and claimed it wouldn’t affect the grade. I got a partial refund for him lying to me, but wasn’t sure what damage this would have on the grading.

Ah cool, well I’m glad to have the blue label. Sucks about the grade, but I’m never going to read or sell it so no biggie 😊

Just had the results of my first submission and to be honest, it’s nothing to brag about. They gave my Hulk 181 a 0.5 which I understand the reasons behind as it’s missing the value stamp and there’s one other page that’s been cut which affects the story - doesn’t bother me, I’m a huge Wolverine fan and always wanted this comic.

The part that’s confusing me is that they gave it a universal grade...shouldn’t this automatically fall into the “qualified” section due to not being complete??

(below is the comic before grading)

4 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

IIRC, their in-house hours extend during convention seasons. I know they've been doing a lot of in-house signing events, etc, so they could be doing 6-7 day work weeks right now.

Dang, well that’s good news for us!

Do CGC grade comics on weekends? I thought their opening hours were Monday - Friday, but the status of my comic was updated yesterday (Saturday) to “Grading/Quality Control”.

Just looking through some auctions on eBay and was wondering why 0.8 makes so much difference to the price? When I’m looking for a comic that I love I’d happily make a big saving and buy a 9.0 because I personally think that’s a respectable grade! Hell, I bought an 8.0 the other day because it was signed by Frank Miller.

17 hours ago, Chazgee said:

They probably don't want to deal with the insurance responsibility of shipping expensive books internationally.

Post your issue on the Forum below. I'm curious to see how they respond.

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/23-ask-cgc/

So, I got a response to this from CGC...not sure if that’s answered my question 🤔 

1 hour ago, Jennifer F. said:

Good morning,

Thanks for your message.  As a paid member, you can mail submissions directly to our main office here in the U.S.  Generally, submitting to our overseas offices is done in person and by appointment only.  You can contact our London office directly to set up an appointment or they can provide you with additional information.  You can find that offices contact information below.  Thank you!

 

United Kingdom
NGC International UK Ltd.
69 Southampton Row, Third Floor
Bloomsbury
WC1B 4ET
London, United Kingdom

Office visits by appointment only. Please call or email to schedule an appointment.

Hours (Monday to Friday):
9:00am to 5:30pm

(+44) (0) 20 3968 3848
(+44) (0) 20 3968 3849 fax
Service@CGCcomics.uk

CGCcomics.uk

Thanks for getting back to me, so is there no way of posting to the UK office without signing up to NGC?

Hi, I’ve recently sent a comic to your head office for grading and prior to this I saw an option to submit via your UK branch. I wanted to post there but kept getting told I can only drop it off or had to sign up to NGC to unlock the postal option - I’ve only just paid for a CGC membership and don’t really want to pay more just to post to the UK branch. Is this the only way around it?

1 hour ago, Ready Fire Aim said:

You should check into this because it doesn't sound right. If it is right it's BS to have to buy 2 memberships 

34 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

That sounds kind of nuts. Contact them since the way you are going about it right now is needlessly inefficient.

This is what’s confusing - I just now tried submitting to the UK office and it greys out the postal option saying “you can only mail into headquarters” aka Florida. Looking at the NGC page, there’s nothing about signing up with them for comic grading or even posting to them, just coins...probably easier to figure out the Da Vinci code.

1 minute ago, William-James88 said:

Yup, regardless of value. And it's in your best interest to report the right value because if you don't and it gets lost, then the royal mail won't give you anything back. By the way, isn't there a london office you can ship to instead?

Yeah I declared full value and insured. I looked into the UK office - it goes through NGC but you have to sign up to their membership program to be able to post there...don’t fancy that after just buying a CGC membership.

27 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

They wont since there are no customs fees when an individual, like you, sends any kind of mail to the US. What you should do next time though is write that the item is "to be returned".

Ah, I see. Is that regardless of value? We get destroyed in customs fees when the value is like £1,000 or so. 

I’m in the UK and just shipped my first comic, I declared the full value but marked it as gift (potentially incorrectly), but I’m a little concerned that CGC will get customs fees and make me pay for it. Has that happened to anyone before and do most of you mark as gift also?

2 hours ago, Callaway29 said:

the credit has zero transparency, but it always gets applied...

they give you a free shipping kit with memberships now? Do tell...

Ah thought so - thanks for the help

51 minutes ago, shadroch said:

Always give away the first hit. Get your customers hooked and they'll buy a shipping kit for each time they submit books. Maximize the revenue streams. How long before orders must be received in official CGC shipping kits in order to maintain quality control?

Hopefully that won’t become a thing! I can’t imagine they’ll force people to use their own branded boxes...if they do, I’m buying a CGC stamp and making my own 😄