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Howdy folks! Any help or contacts would be much appreciated so thanks in advance! I sent my CGC submission (from the UK via FedEx) and it was due to be delivered to CGC on 1st June. However, since that date, it’s been in the “CLEARANCE IN PROGRESS, MEMPHIS TN” status on the FedEx website. It’s last scan - another clearance in progress scan - was Friday 3rd June. I have checked with FedEx and they’ve confirmed no information etc is currently being requested by customs (ie the paperwork appears in order, they’re not requesting any additional information etc). They’ve basically said it’s now in customs hands, there’s nothing you can do. It can be 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, forever! Just basically they can hold it however long they want, which whilst I have no doubt they can, what is a reasonable timeframe? I’ve been given many different reasons by FedEx (each time I call, I’ve been told numerous different reasons from weather delays in Memphis and Sarasota, staffing issues, “standard procedure”, “it’ll move tomorrow” - never does, backlogs at the final destination) so I genuinely am at a loss. I have submitted many submissions to CGC direct from the UK (for years now) and have never encountered this before. All via FedEx. Should I be concerned? Would anyone have a contact in either CGC / FEDEX / CUSTOMS who I may be able to reach out too to see if they can assist and maybe help get it moving? Appreciate any guidance and/or help. Many thanks!

Long time lurker, first time poster. Thought it was about time I joined in with the shenanigans. Now that we’re finally able to get out to bars again (albeit outside only at the minute), me and a friend I haven’t seen in a while met up for a couple of drinks and the topic quickly moved to comics and the insanity of the market over the past year with how much certain books have spiked in price etc. Anyhow, a few pints later, and I can’t remember exactly how we got into the debate, but we were debating which book is a better investment - both short term and longer term. Both in the same grade (we opted to stick to the more moderate 9.4 NM’s rather than the 9.8s which can skew prices etc). Both slabbed by cgc. Both first print standard non newsstand covers. His view was clone wars #1 all day long. Much less of them out there, no where near its peak given no tano show yet. Much more room grow. Star Wars stuff will extend beyond comic fans into pop culture fandom etc. I on the other hand thought ASM #300 was the better book to own and/or invest in. Arguably introduced the best “new” comic character from the past 30 years, the fact spidey’s rogue gallery is amongst the very best (bar maybe Batman’s), the iconic nature of the cover, the fact there still is room to grow, the McFarlane factor, the track record of ASM titles etc. I just felt this was the smarter and safer option. Anyways, our discussion ended in an impasse and switched to other topics of the day (Covid, football, movies) but on my way home, I began to think he was right so was he? All things being equal (grade, case etc), is clone wars #1 a better investment than asm #300? Btw, thanks to you all for hours of hilarity, insight and more over the past year especially - from “Friday” posts to books heating up - it seems a great community and glad to have plucked up (maybe with the help of a few pints!) the courage to start posting! Cheers 🍻