LordSherman

My split Bulk rec. 23rd December just shipped today

Bulk received Dec 23rd hit Grading recently.  Another portion of this sub that had subgrades is still scheduled. 

I would not expect too high of grades on these but I would not say they are not worth getting gradded.  An economy or standard sub depending on value should not really break the bank but will get you an established grade and help preserve the cards for the future if you do wanna just hold onto them for a bit longer, which I recommend as I dont see these selling and making you rich overnight :P.  I love collecting older graded cards even if not worth a lot or high grades. 

Personally think things might be speeding up a bit unless my December received submissions were in a downswing of volume for CGC.

Sub 1 Economy:  Rec 12/11/20, shipped 4/16/21
Sub 2 Economy: Rec 12/11/20, Shipped 4/22/21
Sub 3 Economy Rec 12/15/20, Grading/Quality Control

Sub 4/5 Bulk Rec 12/23/20 both hit Scheduled for Grading the past day or two

2 hours ago, walkwithulser5 said:

Mine says arrived at Post Office on 3/19 and still nothing. I know last week they were processing stuff the week of 3/15, so my hope is soon it gets updated. Just a bit nerve wracking since I sent a bunch of high valued cards, but know they're inundated with submissions. I just want it to say "Received" so I can breathe a sigh of relief so I know they have my stuff (I don't even care at this point that it will take 5 or 6 months to get my stuff back, would just be grateful for that received notification)

If it shows as delivered then they have it safe with them in their facility.  

Hope they get that processed into received status soon. 

23 hours ago, ShiningCollectibles said:

I had two single cards in the same order (same box) that finished completely. I feel like they just don't want to do the big submission so their not moving it.

Just today my 5 card section of my 12 card economy order was shipped, just a few days or so after being put in grading.  After the other 7 cards which are still in that stage.  Wonder why it was faster, might have been my no sub grades half but I dont remember.  I dont want to look though no spoilers haha

On 4/13/2021 at 5:51 PM, ShiningCollectibles said:

12/11 Bulk - Still Scheduled for Grading.

Just noticed today the other half of my 12/11 economy is now in grading so it will prob be soon for your bulk, hopefully within a weeks time.

Seems a bit faster than normal right now.  1 of the 2 subs received on the 11th is now grading, and today my economy received the 15th went to scheduled as well!

17 hours ago, LordSherman said:

Non Sub economy 7 card lot received Dec 11th is now scheduled for grading.  I do have another received same day with subs still on received. 

Other with sub now scheduled as well

Non Sub economy 7 card lot received Dec 11th is now scheduled for grading.  I do have another received same day with subs still on received. 

I do not see why not in the future but if you have no need for pokemon or mtg grading services then yeah might have been a mistake.  They might be able to get you a refund if you contact them although I do not know if they offer any or what that policy may be.

9 hours ago, geraldfordfan69 said:

To be fair, Paul is just a customer support rep and not a main decision maker, so its not like what hes telling me is really what the company means.

The work CGC does in itself seems fine. Im not in love with their methology behind how they get the grading score (since it seems like a bunch of made up BS) but overall, service itself is fine I guess? Not really much different than any other grading company really. Most grades seem kinda consistent but then some are just extremely subjective.

In terms of how they are handling orders, yeah its making no sense. The fact that I can pay them 12 more bucks and have an order that wouldnt get done in 3-4 months get magically moved to grading and shipped 2 weeks later, is extremely sketchy. There was basically an unofficial price spike it seems like. And when they are giving out lower grades and their high end stuff isnt hitting similar values to PSA, yeah I cant see myself running it back with this company. Like dont get me wrong, I dont like PSA at all since I dealt with them and its miserable, but at the same time, if they are offering the most money resale wise and both these companies are headaches to deal with, well I guess then Im just going to go where the most money is if customer support sucks all over.

Also CGC only grading Pokemon/MTG and having Sports being a seperate company is another reason I wouldnt go back. Im personally getting sick of Pokemon outside of selling it and am starting to shift more towards Yugioh since its criminally undervalued and the crowd is less drama in general, but CGC isnt adding Yugioh anytime soon, or if they did then its another 2 years of TAT LOL. So I might start hunting down only high end Yugioh and Pokemon and paying 75 with SGC. 1 week turn around time and no BS, they were on point. Even with a walkthrough with CGC, it took me 3 weeks to get a 9 on a Charizard VMAX Shiny that had zero issues and would easily be a 10 or a 9.5 with another company. It just seems like the boat has sailed on CGC. They started off good but like anything, they were ruined by social media.

LOL Paul is the Director of Product Development 

1 hour ago, Furtnot said:

Type: Economy no subs

Received 12/07

Current status (3/03): Finalized/Imaged/Shipped 

Awesome!  Mine should be coming up  

Pretty sure I saw Paul say that the current economy and bulk being worked through was received early December.  Id contact your middleman.  

One thing I have noticed over time is I seem to get the most stability from CGC slabs but it is not at all uncommon for the cards to move around.  It is pretty common actually no matter the grading service used.
 

Edit:  not at all uncommon for the cards to "be able to" move around.  Just dont be shaking your slabs and it will be all good  

This is hilarious.  OP posts to person_without_enough_empathy, fine who cares, but then tells other people that talk mess to him person_without_enough_empathying that they "dOnt kNOw tHe wHoLE stORy."   Why post lmao 

"Paul handled the situation great.   I should just contact him directly next time."  sounds like a plan champ.

I think they may consider this 6 business days.  So even then it is not uncommon for them to not be scheduled yet.  Even with possible turn around time changes.  The cards move much faster in the process once they get scheduled for grading. 

People have a hard time understanding this: Turnaround times are approximate and not guaranteed.

1 hour ago, PaulS. said:

Please do note that our Walkthrough tier is going to be $75 flat for an unlimited value of card. The CGC-graded Test Print Blastoise cost the submitter $50 to grade. If the same card were submitted to PSA at the valuation it sold for of $360,000, it would cost $5,000, 100 times as much.

 

Paul

Yeah this is very important to note.  While I may never have a card in my possession of that value having that option in a company I do currently trust is great.  $75 is on par with other companies.  The only reason I have ever even used walk though is for higher valued cards but also to get them back ASAP.  This might very slightly bump up the value mark of what I determine worth it at that price to send but not by much. 

Glad this happened, sadly not soon enough all my submissions through December still in received and have already been charged

12 hours ago, fiannavp said:

For all you bulk wonderers out there...

 

Bulk Order

11/30 - Received

1/28 (Today) - Scheduled for Grading

 

39 Working Days...

 

I also sent in another bulk order the day after, and it is was received on 12/1, so I'll be very curious to see if that batch changes to "scheduled for grading" tomorrow.

Doubt it on that last bit.  Seems they have been handling the end of November received for about 2-3 weeks now.  But they may be finishing up and moving on to December.  Hope so all my bigger submissions were received then haha

9 hours ago, PaulS. said:

Yes. We listened to feedback regarding how well the holders are sealed, and in order to make the holders even sturdier, we had to make them slightly thicker.

 

Paul

Awesome thank you! 

I wanted to ask if there was any recent change in holder thickness?  My calipers died on me so cannot check but my most recent shipment I got back seem to be noticeably thicker than others I have even from just last month. They do not fit in some stands I have for the cards.  Is this a change that can be confirmed?

You should 100% contact CGC.  They do not take long at all to receive after delivery.  By chance did you use Fedex Smartpost? I'm not super sure but I believe that is the only possible way to have the package delivered from Fedex to a PO Box since it uses the USPS in the final leg.
 

I actually also just noticed, that after taking a few pictures and replacing the teambag it was in that the card is very loose and is noticeable rattling now that I have taken it out of storage.  So regardless of my original question I think I will get it reholdered anyways.