Eric Sorensen

I know there are mixed feelings about grading packs, but if CGC were to offer that, I think I would actually love to send in some old Japanese base packs for encapsulation - beats my tarot card sleeves and/or acrylic cases from eBay.

All my past and present submissions have been wiped too, so I think they're just tinkering with the back end of the site.

On 3/6/2022 at 8:46 PM, CGC Mike said:

Hello

You do receive $150 grading credit for every renewal period.  Although, any unused credit doesn't carry over to the next year.  

Mike

Fantastic - thank you!

I'm quickly coming up on my yearly renewal. Will I receive the $150 grading credit every renewal period, or is that just for new memberships?

On 1/4/2022 at 3:32 PM, Eric Sorensen said:

My 6/22 "received" bulk is in QC/Finalized!

And SHIPPED. What a journey.

My 6/22 "received" bulk is in QC/Finalized!

On 12/30/2021 at 9:29 PM, Oreos said:

I know some people who have gotten back their 7/10 and 7/13 bulk orders shipped back...and my 6/25 order is still in g/e/i.  Anyone else have a June order still in g/e/i?

6/22 received, still in g/e/i. Seems like the norm.

A quick response to your question would be that CGC only grades Pokemon and Magic cards (currently), but I do believe there's plans to include YuGiOh at some point.

On 10/12/2021 at 4:11 PM, Kusig said:

This is exactly what happened to my sub I received today. @PaulS. I really hope this doesn't happen to my next sub.

If we're paying 1000 dollars for a submission, it would be nice to receive a little foam treatment - go a little crazy, be a little luxurious.

On 10/6/2021 at 4:07 PM, PaulS. said:

I spoke with the team on this. We will only grade factory cut WotC cards with rock-solid provenance back to a WotC employee. Therefore, we will not grade these cards as they are almost certainly cut from a sheet.

 

Thank you,

Paul

Makes perfect sense! Thank you!

On 10/4/2021 at 8:40 PM, Drew99 said:

It is impossible to know for sure… just don’t call customer support.  Wait for Paul to weigh in on it before spending any money.  He seems to be the most complete answer on these issues and the final word.  
 

Don’t go down that rabbit hole is my advice.  

 

Good advice - I was sort of already thinking that.

Any specific way to tag Paul?

Just wondering what the verdict is on these cards - I grabbed a few off of eBay and would LOVE to hear your thoughts. The seller wanted to play it safe by saying he expects them to be NFC. Either way, fun to look at. 

Secondly - will CGC just send them back to me if proven to be NFC? Or will I be charged just the same?

Remember that Photoshop still exists - cert or it didn't happen.

On 9/3/2021 at 2:01 PM, numbskull said:

Not sure what is going on with CGC, look at this. How did this card get a 6...

Meanwhile I send 200 mint factory sealed flawless promo cards untouched by human hands, great centering, no warp, no flaws and I get 7.5-9.5 the majority below 9. I send the same cards to other grading services and get majority 10s.

Lol, show me this Zard slab with the ID number visible.

If the PSA purists can live without subgrades, I can too - in fact, I have a mixture of both CGC versions and I find that all my attention is drawn toward the subgrades instead of just quickly glancing at the final grade, then the card at hand. I just wish they'd center the card info a little better when subgrades aren't present. 

There has to be a way to print the final grade number firmly in the center of the white box....some of my slabs look like a joke with the off-centered official text. Gem Mint looks funny when it's printed nearly outside the box.

Bulk/Standard orders that I sent in on April 2nd - both orders opened/received on 6/22, Standard order scheduled for grading 6/25. Happy! 

25 minutes ago, Deha88 said:

I just got an order in today. All 4 cards have wavy labels…

Shoot...yeah. Why not a nice plastic label that will stand the test of time?

I'm just wondering if the labels just all end up curling or going wavy to a degree after a certain amount of time at home. My personally submitted slabs are starting to go the way of the concave, and I've only had CGC slabs since May. And this comes from a guy who prides himself with a low humidity collection room.

23 hours ago, HomeGrownPoke1 said:

From my understanding, nonsubgrade submissions and subgrades submissions are graded differently. 

Interesting... Would you say nonsubgrade slabs were put through a more lenient grading process? I'm genuinely curious to learn more about the difference - I literally thought it was just the price difference, since they don't make a big deal about it in their add-on's section.

Oh snap...that would drive me insane.

I really wish you could sign an upcharge waiver, stating that the customer consents to CGC charging for subgrades (where there weren't any), and extra shipping obviously, if CGC knows that a card had earned 4x10's. 

Yep - just think of it as a 150 dollar off coupon toward their service. Shipping doesn't receive the discount.

10 minutes ago, HomeGrownPoke1 said:

If you mark your shipping package correctly they should open it asap when it's received for Walkthrough and Express. I'm not sure about Standard since they just started asking customers to write it on the packages.

Yeah, I'm thoroughly bummed that I sent some of my faves via standard, but also included them in the same box as my bulk subs back in March. They're just sitting in there wondering what's up.