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Temperature check - How much do you plan on submitting to CGC in the next 3-6 months?
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With the change in price and the increased turn around times, how much do you plan to submit to CGC in the near future (next 3-6 months)?  

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  1. 1. With the change in price and the increased turn around times, how much do you plan to submit to CGC in the near future (next 3-6 months)?

    • More than ever - MAKE MINE CGC!
      14
    • a little more than I have in the past
      7
    • about the same as I've done before
      43
    • a little less than before
      33
    • Zero, Zilch, None, Nada - CGC is dead to me!
      48
    • I Love Greggy! I Love Crack!
      17

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Galen130

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1 minute ago, musicmeta said:

Yes, the QC issues are a major concern but it's too late for me as the package is there and I just hope they don't mess up the books that might grade 9.6/9.8.  

That's the biggest reason for me as to whether or not I will send more books this year.  I'd like to send a batch of SA/BA books, but my stress will be higher if those grades get botched.  So I'm waiting to see how they do with my Moderns. (shrug)

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onlyweaknesskryptonite

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34 minutes ago, manetteska said:

There is a lot of QC hesitation which I was not aware of. Is there a link to examples of how bad it is and the volume?

It was started 2014, but you can go through toward the end and see current issues. 

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Number 6

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39 minutes ago, manetteska said:

There is a lot of QC hesitation which I was not aware of. Is there a link to examples of how bad it is and the volume?

This is an enlightening thread: 

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/486046-3rd-times-the-charm-avengers-4-cgc-75-improper-encapsulation-damage-by-cgc-what-to-do-next-updated-conclusion/

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manetteska

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15 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

It was started 2014, but you can go through toward the end and see current issues. 

 

11 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

This is an enlightening thread: 

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/486046-3rd-times-the-charm-avengers-4-cgc-75-improper-encapsulation-damage-by-cgc-what-to-do-next-updated-conclusion/

I click on the Quality Control topic whenever something new comes up. As usual I see several cases where the wrong label was placed with the comic (not any damage to a comic).

On the Avengers 4 thread (and perhaps I didn't read closely) it's detailing the story of a single book.

I'm not saying CGC damaging a book is good or acceptable, but I was under the impression from the posts here the volume of CGC damage is way up. And it very well could be; I guess I'm looking for something with dozens of recent damaged comics collected together (not necessarily a topic on these boards).

And I have several full submissions of older slabs where any slight movement and the comic bounces around, which could quite easily lead to damage during shipping or handling. That's why I cringe when I see some videos on IG on people tossing slabs around or pulling them out of a short box and dropping them back down. Less movement than that has led to damage on my own slabs.

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Chief1332

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I don't send books to CCS or CGC any longer.  I had a very bad experience with them both, and the resolutions proposed were anything but satisfactory.  Any graded books that I receive in the mail these days, were done so by a previous owner.

Fool me once, shame on you.:flamed:

Fool me twice...

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I'll be sending in quite a bit less because of several reasons but mainly because the grades I just received were, well, to be kind, HARSH. I don't know if there are new graders or not but the FT Modern sub I just got the grades on were extremely disappointing. I sub a few hundred moderns a year and know what a 9.8 and 9.6 look like. I might disagree with 2-3 books out of a 25 book sub but I figure its the law of averages, either I missed it or they did, no big deal. On this sub every book , 24 out of 25 were not what I expected. Books I felt that were a 9.8 came back a 9.6 and every book I felt was a 9.6 came back a 9.4 and a couple lower. To top it off there were grader notes on every book, usually there are no grader notes on most 9.6s on my subs and a few grader notes listed corner impact/ding and there were absolutely NONE when I sent them in. Add in the TAT and the price increase and I'm going to rethink my business plan.

Rant over.

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jsilverjanet

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Something changed in the modern grading 

it’s gone from starting as a 9,8 and working it’s way down (based on defects) to starting below and proving that the book deserves a 9.8 

 

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THE_BEYONDER

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1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said:

Something changed in the modern grading 

it’s gone from starting as a 9,8 and working it’s way down (based on defects) to starting below and proving that the book deserves a 9.8 

 

They probably  figure there’s no point in flooding the census with 9.8s, since the books will be ruined by the QC department anyway. :tonofbricks:

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kav

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37 minutes ago, Fisionbomb said:

Same.

isnt it spelled "fission"?

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namisgr

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I just re-upped my membership to get the submission discount.  I have about 8-10 mags deserving of slabs before being sold.  If it takes the better part of a year to get them graded, so be it.  One submission a year is about the rate I've been running for awhile now, but I expect this mag submission to be my last or next to last one.

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FlyingDonut

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If there is on-site at Baltimore, I will be submitting about 500 books. If there is not, then I will be submitting probably 50 books this year.

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