MikkelLJ

Thanks for the effort with the cross grades!

Pack fresh in English have always been a bit of a toss-up regarding condition but I do feel the NM/MINT sentiment.

My biggest frustration comes from the near 400 new back Japanese cards that I've graded through BULK: Vast majority 8.5/9 and few 9.5. Not a single 10. Completely baffled to be honest. Meanwhile I've gotten a few 10s on a STANDARD submission with new back Japanese - which honestly were worse off. 

The inconsistencies are of course also seen with every other grading company but the fact that 10 is a barred off territory makes the eventual disappointment a bit tougher. 

On another note, how amazing is it that the 1 millionth card graded gets a 10 :D? That's hilarious.

On 9/29/2021 at 3:55 AM, Jim Buckley said:

@PaulS. I just got an email stating my sub is in the slab room. This is the same thing customer service has been saying for 4 months now. 

4 months in the slab room? Something is not right here. Is there nobody that can go to the "slab room" and put eyes on our submissions? I've requested this several times now through customer service. 

@drewwebs I'm going to explore what legal options I have. I think my cards are gone as well. People submitted bulk orders when my sub went to g/e/i, and they already have their cards back. I think something went wrong with our subs. Either they got lost or mixed up once they made it to the slab room. I bet they're in an unmarked box and CGC has no clue whose cards they are. I'll happily eat crow, and I would love to be proved wrong.

I’m sorry to hear that Jim. When was your submission ‘received’? Wondering how many of us are in the February  pot (Bulk feb 16 here, quality control for months).

On 9/28/2021 at 5:20 PM, Ron Churches said:

Paul is about to find 2 dozen mid-February submissions that are on some cart in a back room and make a whole lot people happy.

Count me in on that  (fingers crossed)….

Bulk no subs received 2/16 (227 cards) and bulk+subs received 2/16 (96 cards) still at GRADING/QUALITY CONTROL.

Made a simple query for the shipping charges to be lowered as I had the return address changed to a US based one (from a Denmark based one). So far it has resulted in multiple credit card withdrawals over the last month spanning various submission numbers and a total exceeding the original order (and probably delaying the order as well)... Here's to trying to save a penny.. My overview of the process is completely lost.

Hi!

I've got a curious card here that I'm wondering about. A Staff Prerelease Mewtwo from the Evolutions prerelease. The STAFF stamp simply doesn't have any color to it - only the indentation from the stamping itself. 

I've known of 'ghost stamps' where ink wasn't applied properly etc. resulting in a half impression of the intended stamp but not sure if it's the same with this card. Would CGC consider such an error - or care to explain why not? I submitted it with an error qualifier but just received it back as 'inelligible type' (altough it was initially graded albeit as the regular version of the card with no qualifer - not sure what happened there). Curious to know if this type of error would be considered (maybe at a later point) as similar types of recognized errors seem to exist (example 'Professor Elm's Training Method, Professor Program 2007-2008 - No Stamp).

Happy collecting!