Joe Fox

Is that an "a" written on the front cover?

Take (can't see if it's still available or not tbh so guess it is)

Take it

And at the same time they are getting less consistent with their grading. I would think that's one thing they can't afford to screw up and yet it seems that they are.

No, first thing I looked at.

Like everyone else I have books that have been in the queue for months but a few books that arrived this week are aleady being graded so it's left me stratching my head. How does CGC queue? It's not first in, first out?

Thanks. I'll probably go for it at that price.

I didn't send in 80 books for private signings. I sent in less than 20, most were regular grading and those were packaged in mailers inside another box with padding etc. so I'm sure they'll be fine, fingers crossed. And I only sent in raw books so the process to maintain a yellow label wasn't relevant. If it's just a grading fee + pressing fee then it could be worth doing since it might raise the 9.2 and 9.4 to 9.8s

Thanks. If I have to pay the full signature fee again it's probably not worth doing tbh but good to know. I'll look out for those approved pressers.

I'm betting the answer is no... even if the press is by CCS. Two of three books I sent to CGC were severly damaged in transit resulting in those two getting 9.2 and 9.4 grades instead of all 9.8 (luckily the most expensive got the 9.8). Is it possible to have them resubmitted to be pressed by CCS and still get a signature series label? (I'm also in a bit of a panic that something similar might have happened to the other 80 or so of my books sitting with CGC even though I pack extremely carefully it does seem that the post office is on a mission to destroy anything regardless of it being labelled 'fragile' or not)

You're right, archival tape gets a conversation label: https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/grading-scale/?scale=restoration So I'll just connect it with scotch tape and submit. They'll grade it like the piece is not there but should look better and get a blue label. Thanks

Thanks, that's very helpful. CGC would grade the comic as if that piece is missing which means I can either leave it out (doesn't present as well) or reattach with archival tape (probably mentioned on the label - can't find a clear answer if the type of tape affects this)

From other posts I've seen it get's a blue label with a mention of the tape.

Thanks everyone. I did ask CGC but haven't heard back yet. I'm probably just going to attach it with archival tape and submit. I'm only hoping for 1.8 or 2.0 at best anyway.

I have a low grade X-Men #2 that I plan to send in. Part of the back cover is separated in the photo the lower left corner crease is actually a cut. Do CGC insert the piece into the slab or leave it out?

Guess/hope it's temporary...

Right but I'm curious how the queing works since it's not FIFO

Could be. I haven't had issues with bags/boards orders myself but what you say makes sense.

Sure, thanks but that would seem to only explain why turnaround time estimates will get worse not why books already queued get further delayed. Even huge numbers of submissions should only add to the end of the queue and not interfere with the timing of those already in the queue unless... staff have to be diverted away from grading to processing new submissions which I suspect is what is happening.

Hi I get that there's no guarantees and I'm OK with being patient but it seems that the estimates can be wildly misleading. I submitted a couple of books under the express tier, when I did the estimate was 15 days, sure it soon went to 21 days but when the 21st day actually hit the estimate went up to 39 days... That seems strange to me. I can only think of two possible causes for such a massive error in calculation: 1. staff have left or 2. an influx of higher priority books (i.e. signature series or walkthroughs) have arrived in excess of expectation. Wish CGC and CCS best of luck in reducing the backlog.

Just found this thread... Any Nice House On The Lake spots left?

Spoke to customer service. No go. They won't add custom labels to orders that have already shipped.

Hi I submitted several Invincible books for grading. Those boxes are with CGC but not opened yet and CGC have just announced new Invincible custom labels.Is it really impossible to add custom labels to those submissions? Thanks

That's good to know! Thanks

Here you go...