Figuring out pricing fees.

[media_junkie]

I am getting ready to send some book off to CGC for grading, but honestly the pricing structure here CGC Pricing confuses me a little.

 

The books I am submitting and the MAX grade I belive they could get are as follows:

 

Avengers #1 (Vol. 1) -- 4.0 max grade

Avengers #4 (Vol. 1) -- 5.5 max grade

Iron Man #1 (Vol. 1) -- 8.0 max grade

 

Assuming they all hit max grade what is the ballpark I would be paying for the grading services (not counting shipping/insurance)?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[etanick]

welcome to the board!

even if you chose the wrong tier to submit, CGC will correct it for you so don't fuss too much on this area

 

the bigger question is "how soon do you want your books graded"

[media_junkie]

See that is the thing that is confusing me. I'd would in general like them back in a month's time (so roughly 20 business days), which according to the price chart is "Economy Fast Track" which would be $45 per book. However with the $300 limit that excludes all three of the books.

 

So that then moves me up to the next tier of "Standard" which is 15 business days at a fee of $60 per book. Depending on how they grade it is concivable I get bumped out of that tier to the "Express" tier which is $95 per book.

 

See that is what is confusing me, all the tiers and the maximum value of the book that can fall under that tier (also is the value based on the raw value of the book or the slabbed value?).

 

 

[Mike's Rack]

Someone put together a spread sheet that calculated the fees a while back:

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5703938

 

This may not answer your question but it is helpful. I always value the books raw but I'm not sure that is the right way.

[The-Collector]

Going by Gla the only book that would be over $1000 if it received your max grade is the avengers 1. So I would just assume it was going to get bumped in my estimations.

[media_junkie]

Going by Gla the only book that would be over $1000 if it received your max grade is the avengers 1.

 

Pardon my ignorance, but what is Gla?

[Dick Pontoon]

Probably means GPA ; the world's first analysis and reporting service for online auction and dealer comic book sales of CGC books.

[Green]

See that is the thing that is confusing me. I'd would in general like them back in a month's time (so roughly 20 business days), which according to the price chart is "Economy Fast Track" which would be $45 per book. However with the $300 limit that excludes all three of the books.

 

So that then moves me up to the next tier of "Standard" which is 15 business days at a fee of $60 per book. Depending on how they grade it is concivable I get bumped out of that tier to the "Express" tier which is $95 per book.

 

See that is what is confusing me, all the tiers and the maximum value of the book that can fall under that tier (also is the value based on the raw value of the book or the slabbed value?).

 

It is based on the raw value. Cgc is pretty lenient on this as well. The real question is how much do you want to insure the book for.

 

Lets say you submit a book worth $500 under the economy tier. It is doubtful cgc will bump the tier up. But if cgc or the mail(on its way ack to you) loses or damages the book, $300 will be the max payout.