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Ouch - Latest CGC Submission = FAIL....

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KEY ISSUES Comics

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Wow, my grades came in (well, all but 3) and I'm stunned in a bad way by the results. I got a pile of 9.2/9.4 moderns..... :tonofbricks: It's by far the largest submission I've made and I'm wondering if I packaged them poorly and they got dinged a bit in transit hm , because I was batting about .875 getting 9.8s from my modern submissions.

 

Well, there will soon be some cheap slabs for sale here... :censored: I was really hoping for 9.6-9.8 across the board with a perhaps my first 9.9... I'm actually going to lose money on several :cry:

 

31 modern submissions =

 

9.2 (2) :censored: (ASM vol.2 #36 x 2... I took a chance and bombed....)

9.4 (10) doh! doh!

9.6 (11) doh!

9.8 (8) (thumbs u

 

The only pleasant surprises came from my 2 9.4 double cover books I thought would be around 9.0-9.2, and my 2 copies of CONAN #275 that came back 9.6 and 9.8. :headbang:

 

Here are the results for anyone who cares (or who wants to mock me ;):

 

ACTION COMICS #1 9.4,

ACTION COMICS #1 JIM LEE VARIANT 9.4,

ASM #666 DAILY BUGLE VARIANT 9.6,

ASM #666 DAILY BUGLE VARIANT 9.6,

ASM #666 DAILY BUGLE VARIANT 9.8,

NEW MUTANTS #98 9.4,

NEW MUTANTS #98 9.4,

MORNING GLORIES #1 9.6,

MORNING GLORIES #1 9.8,

MORNING GLORIES #1 LARRY EDITION 9.8,

WALKING DEAD #78 CONVENTION EDITION 9.6,

WALKING DEAD #78 CONVENTION EDITION 9.8,

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN vol.2 #36 9.2,

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN vol.2 #36 9.2,

VENGEANCE OF BANE SPECIAL 9.6,

CONAN #275 9.6,

CONAN #275 9.8,

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #361 9.4,

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #1 9.4,

BATMAN #497 9.4,

NYX #3 9.6,

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 VARIANT EDITION 9.8,

UNCANNY X-MEN #147 9.8,

UNCANNY X-MEN #159 9.6,

UNCANNY X-MEN #190 9.6,

UNCANNY X-MEN #195 9.4,

UNCANNY X-MEN #201 9.8,

UNCANNY X-MEN #205 9.6,

WHAT IF... #1 DOUBLE COVER 9.4,

IRON MAN #282 9.6,

SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1 DOUBLE COVER 9.4.

 

Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

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Sorry, but I think most of us have experienced a bit of pain at times (along with pleasure) of the sub game. Sorry to hear about this. :( That 275 Conan 9.8 is sexy tho :takeit:

And I'm surprised it's a 9.8... So what do I know?

 

Seriously I had a stack of raw #275s to choose from and I only submitted these 2. They all have bindery chipping and/or spine split at the bottom. I guess that's why the 9.8s get sweet money - most suffer from the problems above.

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

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Because then you don't pay $12 or more to slab a comic that shouldn't be slabbed. (subtracting the $3 prescreen fee if any...)

 

There's a topic that hasn't been brought up yet though... Wonder if it will? hm

 

 

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

It's a really good idea if you don't know how to grade.

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

It's a really good idea if you don't know how to grade.

 

I would amend that by saying it's good if you don't know how CGC grades.

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

It's a really good idea if you don't know how to grade.

 

I would amend that by saying it's good if you don't know how CGC grades.

 

Whatever gets you through the night, it's all right, all right.

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

It's a really good idea if you don't know how to grade.

 

I would amend that by saying it's good if you don't know how CGC grades.

 

Whatever gets you through the night, it's all right, all right.

 

I'm just saying I find my grading to be a bit tighter than theirs. That was the biggest thing I needed to learn, that just because I thought something wasn't a 9.8 didn't mean they wouldn't think it was.

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Lesson learned: PAY for pres-screening service....

 

 

 

 

+1

 

Why take the chance in having a pre-screener pull books out of the submission, that might have been given a 9.8 by the graders?

You take a few 9.6 in your submission and say "oh well."

 

Pre-screening 9.8 moderns is a dumb idea.

 

 

It's a really good idea if you don't know how to grade.

 

There are several factors. Price might be the biggest.

The higher the value of the 9.8's, the less pre-screening will benefit you.

If we're talking about 9.8s with a value of $30-$50, then pre-screening is the way to go.

 

 

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