Popular Post greggy Posted April 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2022 FoggyNelson, chevalmeow, Nick H (UK) and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 I'm officially jealous of the Dune books. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carcrawfordfan Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Anyone have any tips on removing mailing labels from Magazines before sending in? I have done a fair amount of googling, but nothing seems definitive. Any advice? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 7:45 PM, carcrawfordfan said: Anyone have any tips on removing mailing labels from Magazines before sending in? I have done a fair amount of googling, but nothing seems definitive. Any advice? Thanks! I think I'd let sleeping dogs lie. FoggyNelson, batmiesta, Joshua33 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 9:04 PM, Randall Dowling said: I think I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Agree, I don’t think there is a good way to remove the mailing labels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Submitting mags to CGC? Don't do it, TAT's just went up again to 221 days, what a absolute take, it was nowhere near that when I sent mine off in February, talk about moving the goal posts. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makmorn Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 1:25 AM, batmiesta said: Submitting mags to CGC? Don't do it, TAT's just went up again to 221 days, what a absolute take, it was nowhere near that when I sent mine off in February, talk about moving the goal posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 I would consider setting my magazines on fire before submitting them. It would be less painful and a whole lot quicker. batmiesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 8:54 PM, Mrs. Tux said: You sure about that? Magazine TATs have been over 200 working days for quite a while now. Not since February though, if it was 200+ back then I wouldn't have bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 8:54 PM, Mrs. Tux said: You sure about that? Magazine TATs have been over 200 working days for quite a while now. I was hoping to have them back in time for Christmas, but at this rate my hopes are diminishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 On 11/6/2022 at 5:41 AM, batmiesta said: I was hoping to have them back in time for Christmas, but at this rate my hopes are diminishing. Christmas is a real possibility. In 2023. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) On 11/7/2022 at 5:15 PM, wombat said: Christmas is a real possibility. In 2023. Up another 9 days, so you are most likely correct, what a shower of ,s, I actually emailed them to send my books back and refund me because I was so pissed, but got the generic tripe usual response. Edited November 13, 2022 by batmiesta Shake N Bake and greggy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Up another 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintcomics1 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Why are the TATs so long for magazines? 247 days right now on the Services page for modern and economy with no guarantees. Is the backlog really that bad? Does it take that long to hire and train people to reduce delivery times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 6:30 PM, mintcomics1 said: Why are the TATs so long for magazines? 247 days right now on the Services page for modern and economy with no guarantees. Is the backlog really that bad? Does it take that long to hire and train people to reduce delivery times? My guess is that since tiers like Standard, Express and Walkthrough are a higher priority, most mags get pushed onto the back burner. Also, training new people to grade magazines can be a difficult process, because most graders are only familiar with grading regular comics. And since the magazine graders are often quite versatile, they usually have to grade a wide variety of other books as well...all of which leads to longer turnaround times for magazines. Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 8:00 PM, greggy said: Now we are talking❤️‼️👍those are some great mags🙌🏻☃️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 2:40 AM, The Lions Den said: My guess is that since tiers like Standard, Express and Walkthrough are a higher priority, most mags get pushed onto the back burner. Also, training new people to grade magazines can be a difficult process, because most graders are only familiar with grading regular comics. And since the magazine graders are often quite versatile, they usually have to grade a wide variety of other books as well...all of which leads to longer turnaround times for magazines. It still baffles me how I can send in 10 moderns that are entered into the system on the 30th of November and they are on their way back now, yet the 12 mags I sent in February are still SFG. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 2:40 AM, The Lions Den said: My guess is that since tiers like Standard, Express and Walkthrough are a higher priority, most mags get pushed onto the back burner. Also, training new people to grade magazines can be a difficult process, because most graders are only familiar with grading regular comics. And since the magazine graders are often quite versatile, they usually have to grade a wide variety of other books as well...all of which leads to longer turnaround times for magazines. They seem to add 5 days on a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mintcomics1 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 4:20 AM, Key Largo Comics said: Thanks for sharing that. So based on your order, it takes a year or so to get mags graded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
