Grader Notes

[Boba]

Now this is PROGRESS (thumbs u

 

CGC Grader Notes Fee Reduction

Dear valued CGC members,

 

Many of you have voiced your concerns about the new fee structure for obtaining CGC Grader Notes online. We believe the original fees were fair, based on the time and expertise required of the CGC graders, but we wanted to grant access to this information to as many people as possible. We have considered all of your feedback and have decided to reduce the Grader Notes fees on comics and magazines submitted under Standard and higher tiers.

 

The revised CGC Grader Notes fees are:

 

• Economy, Value and Modern — $5 (no change)

• Express and Standard — $10

• WalkThru — $15

 

At the same time, we are also creating a new Elite level of the CGC Collectors Society that offers members a 20% discount on the reduced Grader Notes fees, as well as 15% off grading fees on regular submissions. Dealers will receive the same 20% discount on Grader Notes.

 

There were significant upfront costs to make Grader Notes available, and there remains a considerable commitment to maintain the database and process new requests. While we had previously offered Grader Notes for free over the phone, the volume of calls had reached a point where graders spent hours on the phone each day, and their time is best spent grading new submissions. We want to continue to make these notes available to collectors and dealers, but to do so we must charge a modest fee. We believe the reduced fees are an appropriate middle ground that accommodates the best interests of collectors, dealers and CGC.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Sincerely,

 

CGC Management

 

Good move CGC

[Peter Loves Gwen]

Now this is PROGRESS (thumbs u

 

CGC Grader Notes Fee Reduction

Dear valued CGC members,

 

Many of you have voiced your concerns about the new fee structure for obtaining CGC Grader Notes online. We believe the original fees were fair, based on the time and expertise required of the CGC graders, but we wanted to grant access to this information to as many people as possible. We have considered all of your feedback and have decided to reduce the Grader Notes fees on comics and magazines submitted under Standard and higher tiers.

 

The revised CGC Grader Notes fees are:

 

• Economy, Value and Modern — $5 (no change)

• Express and Standard — $10

• WalkThru — $15

 

At the same time, we are also creating a new Elite level of the CGC Collectors Society that offers members a 20% discount on the reduced Grader Notes fees, as well as 15% off grading fees on regular submissions. Dealers will receive the same 20% discount on Grader Notes.

 

There were significant upfront costs to make Grader Notes available, and there remains a considerable commitment to maintain the database and process new requests. While we had previously offered Grader Notes for free over the phone, the volume of calls had reached a point where graders spent hours on the phone each day, and their time is best spent grading new submissions. We want to continue to make these notes available to collectors and dealers, but to do so we must charge a modest fee. We believe the reduced fees are an appropriate middle ground that accommodates the best interests of collectors, dealers and CGC.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Sincerely,

 

CGC Management

 

Good move CGC

 

Email from CGC last night at 8:05PM.

[Boba]

Email from CGC last night at 8:05PM.

Yep (thumbs u

[Transplant]

[nearmint]

I still think graders notes should be supplied free of charge to the submitter, printed out and included in the box with the newly slabbed books.

[Bronty]

then they'd have to be accountable for the notes Jeff. Which is a good thing from our POV but from their POV their calls b!tching about this or that would quadruple overnight. I would imagine that they don't care to be accountable for the notes and I imagine that if they could, they'd go back in time and never had made the notes publicly available at all.

[slym2none]

I still call BS on this - graders notes should be part of the package we pay for when getting a book slabbed. I also think DVR should be included in the cable/internet/phone bundle. The services we pay for and what we get from said services rarely seem to ever match...

 

 

 

 

-slym

[Aces]

I still think graders notes should be supplied free of charge to the submitter, printed out and included in the box with the newly slabbed books.

Certainly on comics standard tier and above.

Paying $60 to get a comic graded and having to pay more to see the notes?

[Jaded Savage]

Why the hell should I pay for grader notes when I'm droppin' cash to get them shipped, graded, and shipped again? If it takes too much time and effort to print and include them with the books, why not have them be accessable online?

[BlowUpTheMoon]

[Boba]

What have I done

 

 

[krighton]

Why do some comics get no graders notes...say a 6.0.......

[Boba]

Nothing to report on the book that isn't obvious?

[krighton]

Nothing obvious that brings it down to a 6