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BabyAteMyDingo

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    What’s up with CCS?

    in Ask CGC

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    On 12/1/2021 at 9:31 AM, Jennifer F. said:

    Good morning,

    You can certainly provide your submission number and I can check to see if it is behind for that tier.  If it is behind where it should be we can locate it and rush it through.  However, since you have already spoken with customer service they may already be doing that in your case.  Please note that it can take quite some time to locate one order.  We only have a limited staff that we can pull from their regular work to look for an order and they may have to go through potentially thousands of submissions to locate it. We will do our best to get it moving as quickly as we can.

    Thank you!

    Wow. No one cares about CGC's problems. These problems have existed since before COVID and the only change people have really seen is the company being sold to a raider. What you are actually saying is if - for example - I changed my mind and showed up in person and said "I want my book(s) right now", no one would know where it(they) are.

    But, I get it. The customer allows this kind of behavior, disorganization and blaise attitude from CGC. They keep sending things in. Although I doubt it's in good faith. I imagine by now, it's with a wing and a prayer. "Oh GOD I hope everything goes smoothly".  So, they send things in, wait almost a year and perhaps get their material back undamaged and in good order. Perhaps. But the mounting stories of damage, loss of items or damage of items and CGC offering some lowball wholesale replacement value are becoming very loud. And when someone has enough reason to call the press and a reporter is interested enough to make it a lead story, that's when the problems for CGC will begin. Because I'd be willing to bet CGC doesn't think it HAS a problem.
     

    SUPERMAN #1 7.0 Blue THIRD highest graded copy coming to auction at CC

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 10/19/2021 at 10:53 PM, N e r V said:

    FYI, I’m burying all my keys in the jungle and providing a public map to the boards here (they’ll be buried under a big W).

    Lets see how many of you can survive the journey thru cannibals, leeches, crocs, shark infested waters, quick sand, head hunters, lions, tigers and bears…

    I might even throw in a few special traps just to make it interesting…lol

    Lets see how YOU can survive the journey thru cannibals, leeches, crocs, shark infested waters, quick sand, head hunters, lions, tigers and bears to bury the things in the first place. LOL!

    I might suggest burying them in frozen tundra. Better chance of preserving the funny books. The deserts preserve. The jungles digest.

    This may be an unpopular opinion. CGC needs a submission freeze.

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 10/17/2021 at 11:00 PM, Dr. Dank said:

    Whine as much as you like but the reality is, until someone else creates a grading company with better ethics and quality, CGC is the only place to go for the best grades 

    The competition is pathetic, and honestly, it's a shame, and the reason CGC gets away with its poor customer service and low quality website design.

    Kidding, right? You just advocated for sloppy service, interminable wait time and damage to submissions. How does that spell out "better ethics and quality"?

    SUPERMAN #1 7.0 Blue THIRD highest graded copy coming to auction at CC

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 10/19/2021 at 5:05 PM, Mmehdy said:

    " how many TCBC holdouts do you think are left?"  answer:..since a lot of those old time collectors seem to not be so vocal on like our boards, I would say a few...but what  they have is significant in terms of a GA/SA collection in 2021...some of them impossible to amass today unless you have "impossible collection" money available. Their collections will make GA/SA comic book waves.

    "All of you will do the "thing" when you sell" I am assuming you mean pancake, clean  and flip and CGC it.

    "why keep harping on it as the evil it was called 2 decades ago" and " are you capitulating to realty". I would correct that to say 4/5 decades to go. Because at the time, early on the  restorers sold their services forgetting to mention that at some point their restoration would be recognizable, and actually decrease value of  the  GA comic book substantially . The restoration was sold that you could not tell  the difference between any book fixed up and not and that it would help preserve the book in the best possible condition in the long run. Hence a lot GA collectors early on, who were not flipping but wanting to PROTECT their  GA book for generations to come. In other words, as it played out most of the early restoration was for long term collectors wanting to preserve their GA treasures, yes some dealers used them to help turn a profit for a quick flip did not disclose the restoration. It just was not right at the time it was sold and how it was sold and did not turn out right after CGC was formed and we as GA collectors in 2021 still feel the effects of those early years. Today, this undisclosed permissible restoration or whatever you call it has turned into a game of stacking new permissible fix after new permissible fix to get the highest possible grade number . They do not care about the GA book itself and what is done it or what it has to go thru in order to get that higher number and the brass ring on the merry-go-round. It is turning GA comic book collecting  into a  numbers game, not even caring about the GA book. This is madness period. At some point hopefully, our younger collectors will overcome this "numbers game" and go back to real comic book collecting. I care, I hope, I pray we return to collector sanity.

     

     

    The problem with wanting comics to be recognized as a valid medium by the masses is they became recognized as a valid medium by the masses. Inside the masses were people who saw the dollar signs and most likely were sharks anyway. They didn't care about the medium. Just profit to be made from naive collectors. it's what happens when the worlds best kept secret and economy is suddenly revealed. Sometimes - MOST times - a niche hobby is better kept hidden for real collectors and fans to enjoy without letting in all the demons.

    Batman 251 Club

    in Bronze Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 10/19/2021 at 11:04 AM, mec3437 said:

    CGC is wildly inconsistent.  The local LCS had it at a 9.0 which I think is more in line with what it should be.  There are a couple of spine ticks.  At the top is just some color lift.  Overall it is nice, but I think 9.4 is a little generous.  These are the notes from when I submitted it.  

    "Center Spine Small Lite Stress Lines Breaks Color
    Front Cover Lite Wear All Corners
    Top Front Cover Small Color Lift"

    And the LCS let it go at 9.0 prices? I have a 9.0. I am stunned at what I paid v what it's worth now. $113 in 2012.

    Obscure Bronze age comics! ROCK COMICS #1 from 1978

    in Bronze Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 10/19/2021 at 7:40 AM, namisgr said:

    It is funny.  The comic artists beginning their careers at the dawn of punk had very different takes on it:

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    Frankly, I prefer the parody much more than when they are trying to be serious. The serious stuff was almost propaganda. None of them really were fans or had any real idea the underlying message. I mean, punk was pretty much about disenfranchisement for the most part and alienation. Not "Kill yer mudder". That was left for heavy and doom metal.