It's been a while... is there an optimal submission strategy? 0

[redgar-red]

It has been a while since I have re-newed my membership.  I have way too many books that need to be submitted and I just need to start getting it done.

I have a variety of books that I would like to get graded, all eras -- Modern / Copper, Silver, few Gold, and magazine.  I'd like to ask the community what is the best strategy to be the most effiecient --> cost over speed.  I am not wanting to wait 6 months for books, but I don't want expeditited services to save a few days.

Hope this makes sense, but was hoping for some feedback / opinions on the following:

1. Is there an optimal number of books to ship at one time (I am speaking mostly for the Modern and Vintage tiers)?  5 / 10 / 50 / 100?

2. I am assuming that it is best to ship all the same tier together, but wanted to ask?

3. Can you specify a single book in the submission for pre-grading?  If I had 10 books and one of them was a crusty Hulk #181, could I ask for the pre-grade on only that #181 or is it applied to the whole shipment?

4. Same question as #3, expect for pressing services ?

5. How are books that are on the border of $400 handled?  Some books are only worth $400 after they are graded and if they are high enough --> would I get a call and someone say "This book is a $500 and we have charge."?

Thanks in advance -- sorry for ramble.  I have procrastinating long enough -- got too many books and need to get them slabbed.

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 8/1/2023 at 10:32 AM, redgar-red said:

1. Is there an optimal number of books to ship at one time (I am speaking mostly for the Modern and Vintage tiers)?  5 / 10 / 50 / 100?

2. I am assuming that it is best to ship all the same tier together, but wanted to ask?

3. Can you specify a single book in the submission for pre-grading?  If I had 10 books and one of them was a crusty Hulk #181, could I ask for the pre-grade on only that #181 or is it applied to the whole shipment?

4. Same question as #3, expect for pressing services ?

5. How are books that are on the border of $400 handled?  Some books are only worth $400 after they are graded and if they are high enough --> would I get a call and someone say "This book is a $500 and we have charge."?

1. CGC will return-ship in batches of 25, so it's best to submit 25 books at a time on the same invoice. (Each invoice ships separately, i.e. Modern would be 1 box, Unlimited would be another.)
2. You can ship all books together, but CGC will ship per-invoice as previously mentioned.
3. You can pre-screen a select amount of books sure, but I think that may be a separate invoice? Hopefully someone else who knows will chime in.
4. Adding pressing is definitely a separate invoice.
5. If you under-value your comics, yes, CGC will call you to charge you more money lol. Keep in mind that these values are for insurance purposes.

[redgar-red]

Thanks -- looks like the magic number is 25.

[Cman429]

Just to group your questions together, everything in one order must be the same. So if you have 4 books and want custom labels, it has to be custom on ALL 4 or none. Same with screening. Same with pressing/CCS. Either all books are pressed or none are. If you have 4 moderns and want 2 pressed and 2 not, either order it for all 4 or submit two separate orders.

Now the good news is you can send all your submissions together. So if you have 2 vintage, 2 modern and 3 prescreen, you can ship them all in the same box, just make sure everything is organized & paperwork is in order. You’ll just get 3 separate shipments back from CGC (and pay shipping 3x). 

[redgar-red]

On 8/1/2023 at 10:38 AM, Cman429 said:

Just to group your questions together, everything in one order must be the same. So if you have 4 books and want custom labels, it has to be custom on ALL 4 or none. Same with screening. Same with pressing/CCS. Either all books are pressed or none are. If you have 4 moderns and want 2 pressed and 2 not, either order it for all 4 or submit two separate orders.

Now the good news is you can send all your submissions together. So if you have 2 vintage, 2 modern and 3 prescreen, you can ship them all in the same box, just make sure everything is organized & paperwork is in order. You’ll just get 3 separate shipments back from CGC (and pay shipping 3x). 

Thanks -- it's the 3x shipping that I am trying to avoid.  I will just be keeping it simple.... a stack of 25 at a time... for now.  I appreciate it!

[StillOnly25Cents]

On 8/1/2023 at 9:32 AM, redgar-red said:

I have way too many books that need to be submitted and I just need to start getting it done.

I have a variety of books that I would like to get graded, all eras --

got too many books and need to get them slabbed.

like or need? and if need, why?

[redgar-red]

Need might be a strong word... I have 4k-5k comics in my collection.  There are no grand slams, but I have put together a curious collections of titles that either: a) I enjoyed when I was younger b) acquired for investment c) just found interesting.  Some of the comics merit the cost of grading.  I have pressed comics for the last 10 years, but have not really applied my pressing along with grading to maximize the investment potential.  I would now like to see how to maximize the value of the key books that I have and then decide what I should do next.  I was hesitant to do this a couple of years ago because the time required to get books back was way too long.  It now appears to have improved a lot.

Hope that makes sense.