I sent a bulk submission of about 70 cards Priority package on 11/3 from Washington State. About half were with sub grades and half without which put them into separate returning shipments. The package arrived at CGC on 11/5 and was logged as received on 11/6. I just received my graded submission of cards without subgrades yesterday 12/22. The Bulk cards with subgrades are in the "Scheduled for grading" phase. All 30 Graded cards were neatly packaged and the cases are flawless.
I sent away a test Card, that received a grade of 4, so I could try to open it without damaging the case like in the YouTube videos I saw. I tried many different ways of opening it (with my fingers multiple ways and with some plastic tools) but would always begin to hear a cracking sound no matter how I tried to open it. I eventually opened it but there was white spiderweb cracks and clouding that could be seen immediately and became more and more apparent the more I looked.
Last May 25th, I sent 25 cards to PSA (Priority Package) for the Pokemania special. It was logged in as received on July 8th and has been on the "authentication and grading" step 4 for 2 months, where it still remains.
*Just some info on my scenarios.
-Adam
