Latest CGC Grades

[nycjadie]

Interesting. None of the Harby 1s are mine, and neither is the Solar 15. Somebody is pressing some Harby 1s I suspect!

[GGSAE]

Hey Steve, sorry if I missed it but have you been using CGC to press books while you submit? And if so, can you give us an example of a book that you have in your possession that you could show us?

[nycjadie]

I don't really press many books. I do press and clean expensive books like my Hulk 181 and Giant Size X-Men 1. Not sure there is much to see and I don't take before after pictures.

[nycjadie]

UPDATE - After spending a few hours sorting through 6 invoices that were royally screwed up, CGC has made its best attempts to fix everything. It does not help that each invoice had different instructions. We still have some disagreement, as CGC said I did not indicate having a minimum prescreen request on some of these (which I recall submitting in the drop down box on the new form). In any event, to make a very long story short:

-They are returning 9 9.6 slabs that I don't really want (approx $140 in fees incurred).
-They are pressing and regrading 32 books at no charge (approx $384 in fees).
-They are reimbursing $204 in shipping charges.

The net-net:
-I figure I'm getting about $244 in free pressing after accounting for the prescreen bungle.
-I get to compare the grades I received before pressing was done, and then again afterward. I'm actually very excited about this, and will find it invaluable to compare the benefits of pressing with actual before/after grades performed by CGC. Once this is done, I'll share with the boards, because I think it will be extremely valuable (especially for me, as I'm pretty familiar with the defects and look of the books as slabbed).
-I also wasted several hours sorting, figuring out issues, unpacking, repacking, posting, cataloging, etc.

UPDATE: The Fast Track promised hasn't really been a fast track. So, it took 2 months for them to press my books. The two invoices just moved to Fast Track grading today. All in, they've had my books for 5 months now. I'm expecting to receive them in the next month or so. My last modern submission took only 2 weeks to turn around, and they weren't even on fast track. Crazy.

[Ricomortis]

UPDATE - After spending a few hours sorting through 6 invoices that were royally screwed up, CGC has made its best attempts to fix everything. It does not help that each invoice had different instructions. We still have some disagreement, as CGC said I did not indicate having a minimum prescreen request on some of these (which I recall submitting in the drop down box on the new form). In any event, to make a very long story short:

-They are returning 9 9.6 slabs that I don't really want (approx $140 in fees incurred).
-They are pressing and regrading 32 books at no charge (approx $384 in fees).
-They are reimbursing $204 in shipping charges.

The net-net:
-I figure I'm getting about $244 in free pressing after accounting for the prescreen bungle.
-I get to compare the grades I received before pressing was done, and then again afterward. I'm actually very excited about this, and will find it invaluable to compare the benefits of pressing with actual before/after grades performed by CGC. Once this is done, I'll share with the boards, because I think it will be extremely valuable (especially for me, as I'm pretty familiar with the defects and look of the books as slabbed).
-I also wasted several hours sorting, figuring out issues, unpacking, repacking, posting, cataloging, etc.

UPDATE: The Fast Track promised hasn't really been a fast track. So, it took 2 months for them to press my books. The two invoices just moved to Fast Track grading today. All in, they've had my books for 5 months now. I'm expecting to receive them in the next month or so. My last modern submission took only 2 weeks to turn around, and they weren't even on fast track. Crazy.

Steve,

That is exactly how long my last submission took.... 2 weeks. The kicker is... They were Signature Series all the way from ECCC and I had them in hand in 2 weeks. That IS crazy!

[nycjadie]

UPDATE - After spending a few hours sorting through 6 invoices that were royally screwed up, CGC has made its best attempts to fix everything. It does not help that each invoice had different instructions. We still have some disagreement, as CGC said I did not indicate having a minimum prescreen request on some of these (which I recall submitting in the drop down box on the new form). In any event, to make a very long story short:

-They are returning 9 9.6 slabs that I don't really want (approx $140 in fees incurred).
-They are pressing and regrading 32 books at no charge (approx $384 in fees).
-They are reimbursing $204 in shipping charges.

The net-net:
-I figure I'm getting about $244 in free pressing after accounting for the prescreen bungle.
-I get to compare the grades I received before pressing was done, and then again afterward. I'm actually very excited about this, and will find it invaluable to compare the benefits of pressing with actual before/after grades performed by CGC. Once this is done, I'll share with the boards, because I think it will be extremely valuable (especially for me, as I'm pretty familiar with the defects and look of the books as slabbed).
-I also wasted several hours sorting, figuring out issues, unpacking, repacking, posting, cataloging, etc.

UPDATE: The Fast Track promised hasn't really been a fast track. So, it took 2 months for them to press my books. The two invoices just moved to Fast Track grading today. All in, they've had my books for 5 months now. I'm expecting to receive them in the next month or so. My last modern submission took only 2 weeks to turn around, and they weren't even on fast track. Crazy.

Steve,

That is exactly how long my last submission took.... 2 weeks. The kicker is... They were Signature Series all the way from ECCC and I had them in hand in 2 weeks. That IS crazy!

I'm super psyched about that. Good times. However, my screwed up submission will have taken 6 months, at best!

[nycjadie]

Cheesasaurus Rex - 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 , now 9.4, 9.2,9.0

Super Mario Bros NN Random House Cassette Book - 7.0 / no change

4 Archer 0 Golds - 9.6, 9.4, 8.5, 7.5 (really surprised at the 9.6 - these were Craigslist finds)/ now 9.6, 9.6, 8.5, 7.5

Turok Evolution EB Games - 9.0, now 9.6

Death Defying Doctor Mirage SDCC Convention - 9.4/now 9.8

FCBD Valiant 25th Anniversary Tommy Edwards Cover - 8.0 (the Ultimate Comics no sticker version - only 100 copies). Now 9.2.

[nycjadie]

Above are the changes that pressing made on the grades. No negative drawbacks. A few stayed the same. Some drastic increases. Should have the oyster grades next week. Super pleased on most of these. A few surprises as well.

[greg]

Cheeserrific!

[nycjadie]

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