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Petroman

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On 1/5/2022 at 2:36 PM, cd4ever said:

I'm with you guys.  I've basically been slabbing the HG books in my personal collection from the 70's-90's. I paid mostly cover price for them, right off the rack, or very cheap ebay purchases back when that was a thing.  I sell enough to cover the costs and just hang on to the rest cause I love 'em.  I also sell the crappy grades, usually break even or a loss.  It's just fun. I enjoy the whole process of choosing, pressing, submitting, receiving, and the reveal.  Then if I decide to go to, say, Italy in May, I can sell 30 or 40 or so and pay for a plane ticket and an airbnb. As long as it's fun, I'm in.  

I started doing the same in 2017 or so.  The process was going so smoothly -- send out 25 books, get them back within a month or two, sell the ones that graded low or that I wasn't too keen on and keep the rest.  Repeat every 2 months or so.  This process funded itself quite nicely.  I'm really kicking myself that I didn't get more books graded from 2017-2020, but not much you can do about it now.  And unfortunately, the "plan" came to a screeching halt last year when the TATs increased by a factor or 2x, then 3x, then 4x, etc. and the grades took a nosedive to boot.  I think many of us are watching what is going on now in hopes that there is some return to normalcy in TATs and grades.  Time will tell.

p.s. I've snooped around the CBCS boards too, and what I can glean is that their ship is even worse shape so the only real option in my mind is to stick with CGC and hope things improve.  

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Jemin

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25 Modern

6/21: Delivered

8/19: Received

8/19: SFG

12/22: GEI

12/27: G/QC

12/27: Shipped :banana: 128 days

1/5: Delivered

 

16 Modern

6/21: Delivered

8/19: Received

8/19: SFG

12/17: GEI

12/17: G/QC

12/20: Shipped :banana: 124 days

12/27: Delivered

 

25 Modern Fast Track

12/3 Delivered to CGC

12/8 Received

12/8 SFG

12/23: GEI

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Kantankerous

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On 1/5/2022 at 11:27 AM, lonetree said:

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 06/01/21
Received 08/03/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/03/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 12/01/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 06/29/21
Received 08/25/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/25/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 12/23/21
Grading/Quality Control 12/28/21
Shipped 01/04/22

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 07/01/21
Received 08/26/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/26/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 01/05/22

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 07/16/21
Received 09/07/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/07/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 08/09/21
Received 09/20/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/20/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 08/13/21
Received 09/23/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/23/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 09/07/21
Received 10/07/21
Scheduled For Grading 10/07/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 09/20/21
Received 10/19/21
Scheduled For Grading 10/19/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 10/28/21
Received 11/01/21
Scheduled For Grading 11/01/21

Modern Slow Track (100 Books)
Delivered 11/18/21
Received 11/23/21
Scheduled For Grading 11/23/21

This is good.. mine was received 8/29 so I might be few weeks away from getting mine shipped.

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NewWorldOrder

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On 1/5/2022 at 11:48 AM, Petroman said:

LOL, sounds like my collection and my approach too :-).  Agree, maybe 10% of the books are worth grading, the rest are garbage (for now, but who knows, sometimes they pop later).  I hear ya on books like Longshot #2.  I've got a Longshot #1 that would normally grade as 9.6 and would sell for about $150.  But if I send it now and it only gets a 9.4 then I'll end up selling it for maybe $75.  If it gets lower than 9.4 then I'd be lucky to get my grading fees back.  During normal times I was fine with sending out groups of 25 books and selling a few (1-3) of them at cost if they came back with lower than expected grades.  But if 10 of the 25 come back unexpectedly low then its really just painful to have to go through the whole process of trying to sell them just to recoup grading fees.  Too much time and hassle.

Ironic all my Longs-hot 1#-6s were just graded today and all came back 9.8. :devil: 

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Wheresmymarvelvaluestamp

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On 1/5/2022 at 11:27 AM, lonetree said:

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 06/01/21
Received 08/03/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/03/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 12/01/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 06/29/21
Received 08/25/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/25/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 12/23/21
Grading/Quality Control 12/28/21
Shipped 01/04/22

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 07/01/21
Received 08/26/21
Scheduled For Grading 08/26/21
Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging 01/05/22

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 07/16/21
Received 09/07/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/07/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 08/09/21
Received 09/20/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/20/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 08/13/21
Received 09/23/21
Scheduled For Grading 09/23/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 09/07/21
Received 10/07/21
Scheduled For Grading 10/07/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 09/20/21
Received 10/19/21
Scheduled For Grading 10/19/21

Modern Slow Track (50 Books)
Delivered 10/28/21
Received 11/01/21
Scheduled For Grading 11/01/21

Modern Slow Track (100 Books)
Delivered 11/18/21
Received 11/23/21
Scheduled For Grading 11/23/21

I just do not understand the order on how CGC grades books. I have a modern slow 25 book submission that was received 8/3 yet yours shipped that was received 8/25. I am glad you got your books. It just proves there is zero rhyme or reason what they do. First come first server is not how they do things.

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skybolt

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Wow, I can't believe it. CCS just charged my credit card for the four 4/11 received slow modern submissions.

Edit to note that I was only charged $8 per book for quick press, CCS also provided a $16 refund on 2 books that apparently couldn't be pressed about 8 months ago. I guess I had some credit in there.

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Ninja0215

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On 1/7/2022 at 10:28 AM, skybolt said:

If you don't mind me asking, what grade did you get?

I just sent them out 2 weeks ago so it's going to be a long time lol. I bought my DD 7 at 4.0 so I'm hoping it gets atleast a 5.0. And my avengers 48 was a gift so I have no idea where that will land. Fingers crossed for a 6.0 🤞

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