DaveSFU Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 On 7/3/2024 at 5:02 PM, DanJD said: My 9.8 is coming back 9.6 and has some spine ticks and bends that weren’t there when I sent it in. Some from the image look like they should have been removed from the press I waited and paid for. Very happy with the signatures and placement though and like how their signature colors match Wolverine’s hair! Im also getting back stuff from this signing event that has a bunch of spine ticks and bends that were 100% not there when i sent them in (or else i wouldnt have sent them). On the flip side of that, i also got back a double signed X-Men 138 that has 3 color breaking spine tick/bends now that werent there before, but its graded 9.8. Im about to send multiple books back to be re-pressed and graded. lollyclown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanrus Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Mine stuck in grading and encapsulation for two weeks now… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiparker824 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Still waiting… one sub stuck in G/QC, other in SFG. Been 8 weeks now since the signing wrapped. Although based on what some of you are reporting with damage and sigs missing I’ll take late at this point… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 7/3/2024 at 4:02 PM, DanJD said: My 9.8 is coming back 9.6 and has some spine ticks and bends that weren’t there when I sent it in. Some from the image look like they should have been removed from the press I waited and paid for. Very happy with the signatures and placement though and like how their signature colors match Wolverine’s hair! My book was delivered today. Very disappointed with how CGC handled my book. It came back with 5 spine ticks (three color breaking) when I sent it there with none and was shipped in the graded comic slab. I probably should not have sent a 9.8 graded book in to begin with, but even if it was a high quality raw book, the outcome would have been the same. I expected them to realize these are people’s important belongings and not man handle them. Zero care when handling the book to cause that much damage. lollyclown and melanrus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 7/8/2024 at 3:56 PM, DanJD said: My book was delivered today. Very disappointed with how CGC handled my book. It came back with 5 spine ticks (three color breaking) when I sent it there with none and was shipped in the graded comic slab. I probably should not have sent a 9.8 graded book in to begin with, but even if it was a high quality raw book, the outcome would have been the same. I expected them to realize these are people’s important belongings and not man handle them. Zero care when handling the book to cause that much damage. Also, it doesn’t look like it was pressed at all… melanrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 7/8/2024 at 3:59 PM, DanJD said: Also, it doesn’t look like it was pressed at all… jcjames, The Man Without Beer and lollyclown 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Guru Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 7/8/2024 at 5:03 PM, DanJD said: Need pics before and after pressing for full disclosure. I refuse to press at this point as the one time I did the staples became recessed as I guess they used too much pressure. melanrus and lollyclown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanrus Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) What a horror story. I sent in a xmen #94 in slabbed 9.0 grade and had it pressed too (for Claremont signature). For two weeks it’s been stuck in grading/ encapsulation. Cgc rep told me yesterday it’s already been graded, just waiting for encapsulation. Now I just checked, it’s in grading/quality control so it’s nearly ready to ship to me. My book hasn’t been pressed before and I really think if pressed properly it would jump to a 9.2 or 9.4. Edited July 9 by melanrus DanJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanrus Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) Also I’ve dropped a 9.8 book before that was bagged and board only and it created pretty much same spine creases as your Wolverine 9.6 has. (I tried to grab it mid air so that just made it worse) Just happened month ago (not a very valuable book that got creased). Just a theory. Edited July 9 by melanrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/9/2024 at 9:24 AM, melanrus said: Also I’ve dropped a 9.8 book before that was bagged and board only and it created pretty much same spine creases as your Wolverine 9.6 has. (I tried to grab it mid air so that just made it worse) Just happened month ago (not a very valuable book that got creased). Just a theory. Yeah. Something didn’t go correctly. That can’t be normal handling that caused that amount of damage. Here is another picture of more damage towards the top in the light. Is that what a freshly pressed book is supposed to look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanrus Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 That doesn’t even look 9.6 with all those creases and it does make me unsure how the book was pressed and by someone with much experience? Just shocked at the creases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiparker824 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/9/2024 at 7:20 AM, melanrus said: Now I just checked, it’s in grading/quality control so it’s nearly ready to ship to me. One sub has been in this status for this signing since 6/26 for me… so I’m not sure how near shipping G/QC really is at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/9/2024 at 10:38 AM, melanrus said: That doesn’t even look 9.6 with all those creases and it does make me unsure how the book was pressed and by someone with much experience? Just shocked at the creases. It was brought to my attention by another member that there might be an issue with the inner well bending books. I checked my book and as you can see, the entire book is curved in the inner well. This would explain the difference in appearance of the book when it arrived versus the CGC imaging right after encapsulation. I hope no one else experiences this if this is real. melanrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSFU Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) On 7/9/2024 at 10:42 AM, DanJD said: Yeah. Something didn’t go correctly. That can’t be normal handling that caused that amount of damage. Here is another picture of more damage towards the top in the light. Is that what a freshly pressed book is supposed to look like? Almost every single book i sent in for the signing is coming back like this. All were supposed to be pressed and none of them had spine ticks going in. I just sent 11 back to CGC yesterday to be pressed again but 18 more showed up today all with spine ticks in the same exact spots so now im getting ahold of Customer Service. Edit - even the 3 books graded 9.8 out of the 18 have spine ticks Edited July 10 by DaveSFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 2:19 PM, DaveSFU said: Almost every single book i sent in for the signing is coming back like this. All were supposed to be pressed and none of them had spine ticks going in. I just sent 11 back to CGC yesterday to be pressed again but 18 more showed up today all with spine ticks in the same exact spots so now im getting ahold of Customer Service That is terrible. Sorry to hear that. Check the side of the slab to see if it’s warped. Attached is another picture that’s a little clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSFU Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 3:25 PM, DanJD said: That is terrible. Sorry to hear that. Check the side of the slab to see if it’s warped. Attached is another picture that’s a little clearer. Yep, every single one is warped. DanJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSFU Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) Great looking 9.8 with that color breaking crease. attn: @CGC Mike Edited July 10 by DaveSFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSFU Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) Attn @CGC Mike Edited July 10 by DaveSFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Guru Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 3:25 PM, DanJD said: That is terrible. Sorry to hear that. Check the side of the slab to see if it’s warped. Attached is another picture that’s a little clearer. Thats 100% normal. Every single slab I have is like that and I have hundreds. That is just how the books sit in the slab and more an illusion that they are warped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJD Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 7:14 PM, Gator Guru said: Thats 100% normal. Every single slab I have is like that and I have hundreds. That is just how the books sit in the slab and more an illusion that they are warped. I don’t know what your books look like, but all of these are 9.8s of mine from various years and look pretty straight to me. I would call that far from normal. MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
