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Ryan. Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 5:57 PM, BDubs said: So I've taken everyone's suggestion and guidance/expertise in the thread and submitted the following today for grade at CGC due to either scarcity within the consensus for 9.6 and 9.8 or multiple copies that may result in 1 of 2 (fingers crossed) receiving the coveted 9.8 grading... Second Submission to CGC #1 Malibu Comics Malibu Sun #13 5/92 QTY 1 #2 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1985 Fourth Printing QTY 2 #3 Mirage Studios Michaelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 1986 QTY 2 #4 Mirage Studios Leonardo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 12/86 QTY 2 #5 Mirage Studios Donatello, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 8/86 QTY 2 #6 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 6/87 QTY 2 #7 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 2/88 QTY 1 #8 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 2/88 QTY 1 #9 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 9/88 QTY 1 #10 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 1988 QTY 1 #11 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47 5/92 QTY 1 #12 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28 2/90 QTY1 #13 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #62 8/93 QTY 1 And as Mikey said, "I love being a turtle." Here goes nothing... What service did you use to submit these under? BDubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 What a perfect time to engage the community. Sending this beauty off this morning for signature services. djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 8:20 AM, Ryan. said: What service did you use to submit these under? I went with the following: 18 Comics (Fast Track) $1,139.40 + High-Res Imaging - 18 Comics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaybuck43 Posted January 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 10:50 AM, BDubs said: I went with the following: 18 Comics (Fast Track) $1,139.40 + High-Res Imaging - 18 Comics My personal suggestion? If you don't need the books ASAP, don't pay for such expensive submissions. All of these would qualify for Modern. Modern Fast track with High Res would have run you $756, and you could have taken that $383 to either submit more books OR buy more books. Just my djzombi, alexanderjk, BlowUpTheMoon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 12:17 PM, jaybuck43 said: My personal suggestion? If you don't need the books ASAP, don't pay for such expensive submissions. All of these would qualify for Modern. Modern Fast track with High Res would have run you $756, and you could have taken that $383 to either submit more books OR buy more books. Just my Now that is financially sound advice! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 12:17 PM, jaybuck43 said: My personal suggestion? If you don't need the books ASAP, don't pay for such expensive submissions. All of these would qualify for Modern. Modern Fast track with High Res would have run you $756, and you could have taken that $383 to either submit more books OR buy more books. Just my Going to go this route for the third submission of the series I'm packaging now. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just dropped a box at Fedex containing the following TMNT Mirage Studio issues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 1985 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 9/86 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 4/87 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #12 9/87 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17 11/88 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18 2/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #19 3/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20 4/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21 5/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22 6/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23 7/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #24 8/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29 3/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #32 8/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33 6/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #34 9/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #35 3/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25 9/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26 10/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27 11/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30 4/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31 7/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36 8/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38 7/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #39 9/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #43 1/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44 2/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45 3/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #46 4/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #48 6/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #49 7/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #50 8/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51 9/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #52 10/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #53 11/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54 12/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55 1/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #56 2/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #57 3/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #58 4/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #59 5/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #60 6/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61 7/93 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 5/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 7/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 10/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 1/88 SuckGoatsDickMetalPSIuLittleBitches, djzombi, alexanderjk and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Third Submission Costs: Grading, Pressing | Modern Comic / Mail-In or Show Drop-Off Comic Grading - 50 Comics Modern $1740.00 High-Res Imaging $250.00 Handling $25.00 USPS $285.00 Subtotal: $2,300.00 Total 50 Comics $2,300.00 Second Submission Costs: Modern - Grading, Pressing, Fast Track - 18 Comics $1,139.40 + High-Res Imaging - 18 Comics $90.00 Handling $5.00 USPS $72.00 Subtotal $1,306.40 First Submission Costs: WalkThrough - Grading, Pressing - 6 Magazines $1,530.00 + Screening - 6 Magazines $135.00 Handling $5.00 USPS $71.00 Subtotal $1,741.00 Shipping to CGC - $52, $54, $132 Total Cost to Submit needed books to CGC for this Quest: $5,585.4 Edited January 16, 2022 by BDubs SuckGoatsDickMetalPSIuLittleBitches and alexanderjk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 $75 a book, assuming decent grades, isn't terrible. BDubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) On 1/16/2022 at 3:32 PM, Ryan. said: $75 a book, assuming decent grades, isn't terrible. Good to know. Last night I woke up around 3AM with a sudden thought that I don't think I flipped my second submissions when I put the packing slip in. Hopefully it won't cause serious delays as they are currently stacked inversely. "Nightmares of a CGC newb." Edited January 16, 2022 by BDubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Well, wishing you the best of luck, mate. The odds are against you, so hopefully lady luck is in your favour. djzombi and BDubs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 8:50 AM, Mecha_Fantastic said: Well, wishing you the best of luck, mate. The odds are against you, so hopefully lady luck is in your favour. Thank you for the well wishes! Cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 This looks from the bag to have been sold via Heritage Auctions prior to my purchase on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Pretty excited about CCS receipt already! CGC5013xxxxxx 399xxxx 1/24/22 6 13,000 MAGAZINE WALKTHROUGH Received at CCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 4:57 PM, BDubs said: So I've taken everyone's suggestion and guidance/expertise in the thread and submitted the following today for grade at CGC due to either scarcity within the consensus for 9.6 and 9.8 or multiple copies that may result in 1 of 2 (fingers crossed) receiving the coveted 9.8 grading... Second Submission to CGC #1 Malibu Comics Malibu Sun #13 5/92 QTY 1 #2 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1985 Fourth Printing QTY 2 #3 Mirage Studios Michaelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 1986 QTY 2 #4 Mirage Studios Leonardo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 12/86 QTY 2 #5 Mirage Studios Donatello, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 8/86 QTY 2 #6 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 6/87 QTY 2 #7 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 2/88 QTY 1 #8 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 2/88 QTY 1 #9 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 9/88 QTY 1 #10 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 1988 QTY 1 #11 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47 5/92 QTY 1 #12 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28 2/90 QTY1 #13 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #62 8/93 QTY 1 And as Mikey said, "I love being a turtle." Here goes nothing... I sent this package registered mail and there hasn't been an update since January 20th... Your item departed our USPS facility in SARASOTA, FL 34260 on January 20, 2022 at 12:31 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination. This is my worst nightmare as it contained all the low quantity CGC 9.6/9.8 comics for TMNT teens as well as a perfect condition Malibu Sun 13 first appearance of Spawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 I put $3,450 for insurance. I filed a claim this morning but hoping maybe CGC only picks up weekly. I dunno. The whole reason for registered mail is to ensure it isn't lost in transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderjk Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 4:12 AM, BDubs said: I sent this package registered mail and there hasn't been an update since January 20th... Your item departed our USPS facility in SARASOTA, FL 34260 on January 20, 2022 at 12:31 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination. This is my worst nightmare as it contained all the low quantity CGC 9.6/9.8 comics for TMNT teens as well as a perfect condition Malibu Sun 13 first appearance of Spawn... Fingers crossed for you, but for what it’s worth, something similar happened to one of my first submissions to CGC three years ago (well before USPS’s current troubles). Had visions of my thousands of dollars worth of comics just sitting on someone’s desk, waiting to be processed, or worse, sitting in the back of a USPS truck, getting crushed daily by other deliveries. A couple days later the books showed up on CGC’s site for processing. Guessing yours have arrived at CGC already, but weren’t signed for to show delivery. 🤞🏻 BDubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDubs Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 8:14 AM, alexanderjk said: Fingers crossed for you, but for what it’s worth, something similar happened to one of my first submissions to CGC three years ago (well before USPS’s current troubles). Had visions of my thousands of dollars worth of comics just sitting on someone’s desk, waiting to be processed, or worse, sitting in the back of a USPS truck, getting crushed daily by other deliveries. A couple days later the books showed up on CGC’s site for processing. Guessing yours have arrived at CGC already, but weren’t signed for to show delivery. 🤞🏻 So the Sarasota post office called and they have it in the locked box. She is VERY familiar with CGC and makes about 3-4 calls to concerned customers each day. She stated that I was correct in sending registered mail as its in a locked box until dispersed to CGC who is getting 25 - 30 packages a day and takes multiple loads or trips to get all the boxes. With registered mail it is signed at each station and allows easy tracking however is somewhat slower. Anyways, all good. Was impressed with how familiar they are with CGC!!! alexanderjk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Registered mail takes forever. BDubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
