William1759 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 9:22 PM, probablyfooj said: My metal cards came back today, some with grades, some marked NC "Not Suitable for Certification" and all were left raw with the grade slips slid into the cardsavers. Disappointed that we were able to submit these and get them back slabbed initially, and upon submitting more we were charged and raw cards were returned with no explanation. I'll be very unhappy if that happens. Not like there is anything we can do about it. Learned my lesson on CGC though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Racer210 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 8:22 PM, probablyfooj said: My metal cards came back today, some with grades, some marked NC "Not Suitable for Certification" and all were left raw with the grade slips slid into the cardsavers. Disappointed that we were able to submit these and get them back slabbed initially, and upon submitting more we were charged and raw cards were returned with no explanation. Can we get confirmation from cgc on this? Did y'all really give up trying as I suspected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Acker Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 8:38 PM, CGC Mike said: No certain ETA. But there's a concept in the mail to us right now. We should hopefully know how that works by next week. Hey Mike just would like to give a thought on this whole process. I heard they stopped grading because the metal cards shifted around inside encapsulation too much which caused damage on the cards. Wouldn’t a somewhat easy fox be to put little clear rubber corners on the cards almost like bumpers before encapsulation to ensure the cards don’t move around and hit the sides causing chips. I figured you could do that without having to change the size or anything of the slab itself. But instead just add the little bumpers to the cards corners before encapsulating. Just thought it could fix the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted September 21, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/19/2022 at 5:05 AM, V8Racer210 said: On 9/16/2022 at 9:22 PM, probablyfooj said: My metal cards came back today, some with grades, some marked NC "Not Suitable for Certification" and all were left raw with the grade slips slid into the cardsavers. Disappointed that we were able to submit these and get them back slabbed initially, and upon submitting more we were charged and raw cards were returned with no explanation. Can we get confirmation from cgc on this? Did y'all really give up trying as I suspected? We will NC metal cards that have brittle ink on them that will fall off in the holder. This is more common than you'd think. On a side note, the team is literally working on finalizing a solution to encapsulate metal cards as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGVIC Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I submitted 2 Metal Charizards, I see CGC posted the grades for my other cards I submitted but No grades for the Metal cards I hope they get graded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William1759 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 12:24 PM, CGC Mike said: We will NC metal cards that have brittle ink on them that will fall off in the holder. This is more common than you'd think. On a side note, the team is literally working on finalizing a solution to encapsulate metal cards as we speak. If CGC has had my metal card since march would they have already sent them back if they had brittle ink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted September 22, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 7:26 PM, William1759 said: If CGC has had my metal card since march would they have already sent them back if they had brittle ink? Yes, I believe they would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamelJR Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 9:24 AM, CGC Mike said: We will NC metal cards that have brittle ink on them that will fall off in the holder. This is more common than you'd think. On a side note, the team is literally working on finalizing a solution to encapsulate metal cards as we speak. What % have the brittle ink? (Thinking about sending mine in once the slab solution is confirmed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted September 22, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 11:52 PM, CamelJR said: What % have the brittle ink? (Thinking about sending mine in once the slab solution is confirmed) Sorry but, we haven't actually kept a tally and can't hand out percentages of metal cards that have brittle ink. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrblplayas Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 12:24 PM, CGC Mike said: We will NC metal cards that have brittle ink on them that will fall off in the holder. This is more common than you'd think. On a side note, the team is literally working on finalizing a solution to encapsulate metal cards as we speak. Whats the word? did you find a solution? Thanks for time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted September 23, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 1:04 PM, wrblplayas said: Whats the word? did you find a solution? Thanks for time We are working with 2 solutions. They will need to go through the drop test and shipping test. That means they will have to be shipped to someone, and shipped back to us for examination. I believe we are getting close to be able to encapsulate these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaoticcow Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 5:56 PM, CGC Mike said: We are working with 2 solutions. They will need to go through the drop test and shipping test. That means they will have to be shipped to someone, and shipped back to us for examination. I believe we are getting close to be able to encapsulate these. I have one that been sitting there since feb if you need a guinea pig wrblplayas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Lopez Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Hey Mike! Any progress on the shipping testing? Thanks for the support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted October 4, 2022 Administrator Share Posted October 4, 2022 I expect hurricane Ian put a small delay into this. Not much, though. I believe the cards were test shipped last week, Hopefully, there will be good news by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrblplayas Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 How did shipping go with this? Have we gotten approval to start grading these again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted October 8, 2022 Administrator Share Posted October 8, 2022 I doubt we will have an update until Tuesday at the earliest. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Racer210 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 Edited October 13, 2022 by V8Racer210 wrblplayas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William1759 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/7/2022 at 8:31 PM, CGC Mike said: I doubt we will have an update until Tuesday at the earliest. Mike Any news? wrblplayas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted October 14, 2022 Administrator Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 2:04 PM, William1759 said: Any news? We had to make a few adjustments and are doing another shipping test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrblplayas Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 @CGC MikeSo i just received back my submission and it included the 2 metal cards. I got the dreaded "brittle ink" designation even though CGC has graded hundreds of these. Did i get that designation because the encapsulation is not ready yet and can i resubmit? Or does that mean the won't encapsulate no matter what. Just checking. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
