CGC Announces Price and Policy Changes 9 9

[ThatNerdyCanuck]

Prices going up. Again...

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/11541/2023-price-changes/

[blazingbob]

How CGC feels about its customer base - BendOverBob

No more express tiers,  Walkthroughs up to 4% no limit on how much they charge/hose you.

 

Edited April 18, 2023 by blazingbob

[Timmay]

Perhaps they can use the price increase for Quality Control.

[NP_Gresham]

The goal should be to suppress demand until tat’s return to an acceptable level

 

[shadroch]

When the frogs get comfortable, a good cook turns up the heat.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Increased prices for the same shoddy service 

[austinhg]

I'm glad magazine tiers are getting cheaper, especially with the mess that's been the move to the new magazine holders. Not thrilled with the significant increase in Signature Series prices over the years, but I've changed my grading submissions to reflect the changes over the past year anyway.

Early Facebook comments show that flippers are mad, and for that I don't care.

[ADAMANTIUM]

Modern Tier only went up $1.

The rest of the tiers: Economy, TAT may have improved, but I haven't used it again after a near 8 to 9 month wait last year, went up $3, and all the other tiers were too rich for my blood anyway  

I am glad mags went down, now I get to send in an updated form for my mag and a past form for my moderns  

[Tec-Tac-Toe]

Is lube ....

[DougC]

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CCS Is Now CGC Pressing

As part of these updates, CGC is also moving its pressing, restoration and restoration removal services under the CGC Pressing brand. The same world-leading services are still being offered, but the Classic Collectible Services® (CCS®) brand will no longer be used. This change will further streamline the CGC submission process and workflow, building on improvements that have already resulted in significantly faster turnaround times for comic book, magazine and concert poster submissions. Enhancing the appearance of your collectibles is as simple as selecting pressing when choosing your CGC grading services on our user-friendly online submission form.

This part gave me a good laugh... At least we know they will still take pride in destroying your books.

[SpineTic]

 

[Black_Adam]

[Ryan.]

On 4/18/2023 at 1:35 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Economy, TAT may have improved

30 days??? 

[SpineTic]

On 4/18/2023 at 1:58 PM, ak47po said:

 

No 25 book minimum on pre-screens is the only good thing in this announcement.

[JollyComics]

It’s going to be my last membership after the renewal this month. I will pick all key issues to be graded for the last time. I am done.  They killed fun and enjoyable collectibles. 

[Cman429]

_{$6 increase on Sig series is steep but if they keep turnaround times as is I can live with it since I was paying $15 for the fast track back when you waited 6 months to get books back. Between comic creators charging $30-50 for witnessed sigs now and the $45 grading fee, there’s very little reason to visit artist alley at comicons anymore tho unless it’s a legend or a very very key book.} 

Edited April 18, 2023 by Cman429

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 4/18/2023 at 1:11 PM, NP_Gresham said:

The goal should be to suppress demand until tat’s return to an acceptable level

All comics are 30 days or less...?

[awakeintheashes]

On 4/18/2023 at 1:25 PM, austinhg said:

Early Facebook comments show that flippers are mad, and for that I don't care.

With the elimination of the minimum for pre-screens, you’d think it would be welcome among the 9.8 or bust crowd. Granted, the reject price went up to $9 which is almost double what it was not too long ago.

[Ed Hanes]

On 4/18/2023 at 11:44 AM, awakeintheashes said:

With the elimination of the minimum for pre-screens, you’d think it would be welcome among the 9.8 or bust crowd. Granted, the reject price went up to $9 which is almost double what it was not too long ago.

what I would like to see for prescreen is give some estimated grade on rejects

[ramrodcar]

It's disappointing that once again, the value limits on each tier have not increased at all. For non SS comics, it'd be easier to swallow this if say Modern/Economy (Vintage) were $750 limit, and Standard was $1500. There's too big of a gap between the tiers, and I can't remember for the life of me when there's been an increase on value limits for Modern/Economy. A $400 limit is not realistic in 2023.