CGC raises prices16611

Originally Posted by beastboy1980
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Originally Posted by etapi65
$39 for signed comic? Ouch. Once you add shipping, that's going to have to be one he'll of a book and sig. I can get VSP through cbcs cheaper (assuming 1 sig)

what is the VSP ?

Originally Posted by sckao
There are a couple of ways to look at this. If you're slabbing for your personal collection and you have no interest in the marketplace, then the cost of slabbing actually doesn't factor that much into it unless it exceeds some pre-conceived maximum ceiling in your own mind.

If you're slabbing with an eye on the marketplace, then profit and timing is an issue. If the value cut-off for a 9.8 is then $100, then the cost of a slab with all its associated fees must be low enough for the submitter to make that submission. That increase in pricing only really affects the marginally profitable books in my opinion. For the books that will sell for 10X that price, the increase is negligible

Maybe the value cut-off rises from $80 to $100 for some people... or $100 to $150 then.

Originally Posted by Lord_Raiden
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Originally Posted by sckao
There are a couple of ways to look at this. If you're slabbing for your personal collection and you have no interest in the marketplace, then the cost of slabbing actually doesn't factor that much into it unless it exceeds some pre-conceived maximum ceiling in your own mind.

If you're slabbing with an eye on the marketplace, then profit and timing is an issue. If the value cut-off for a 9.8 is then $100, then the cost of a slab with all its associated fees must be low enough for the submitter to make that submission. That increase in pricing only really affects the marginally profitable books in my opinion. For the books that will sell for 10X that price, the increase is negligible

Maybe the value cut-off rises from $80 to $100 for some people... or $100 to $150 then.

This is the second raise in like 10 months IN ADDITON TO TAKING AWAY THE 10% discount, for the middle tier members, and making the upper tier discount drop from 15% to 10% and dropping the dealer discount from 20% to 15%

So it’s nit only the jump, it’s the loss of another 10-20%

I’ve got stuff at CGC, but for $18 vs $24 now, I’m going to be shifting to CBCS

Originally Posted by beastboy1980
if i had 3 million to invest in it would not be in these times on a comic book
it would be in real estate ,

not saying the sale is not real

Originally Posted by Galen130
The last 20 books I sent in April 2020 didn’t get back to me until November. All 20 had to be sent back for Mechanical Error.

Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd
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Originally Posted by Galen130
The last 20 books I sent in April 2020 didn’t get back to me until November. All 20 had to be sent back for Mechanical Error.

Dayum!! And I thought that when I got three in December and one more two days ago (first of the new year) that I was cursed.

Originally Posted by EbayMafia
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Originally Posted by Galen130
When I called about those two, I told the representative I talked to that they were losing my business after almost five years. He was sorry to hear that…he wasn’t by the sound of his voice.

lol. He wasn't sorry. Nobody gave a shit. We need to understand the reality that in 2022 there are no "customers" in the traditional sense. There's just people waiting in lines. It's like people in the old Soviet Union waiting in line to buy bread. Nobody's gonna fall on their knees and beg for forgiveness if we get frustrated and decide to stop waiting in the line. We can threaten to pound sand or even threaten to move to another line...they have no reason to care. Much like the old Soviet Union we will become a two-tier society...those that will pay a massive premium to expedite, and those who will wait in long lines. Everybody in those long Soviet lines had money because money was easier to come by than bread.

Originally Posted by Galen130
I already voiced my opinion on this, but my biggest turn off was their piss-poor QA/QC, especially after they raised prices the first time. The last 20 books I sent in April 2020 didn’t get back to me until November. All 20 had to be sent back for Mechanical Error. Every slab had a pressure fracture on the seal, one book was slabbed with a finger bend (my guy pressed it before sending it in), and another book was graded a 9.8 with two ink-breaking creases.

They replaced every slab, but didn’t fix the bent book (at my request) and they didn’t downgrade the obvious ‘not’ 9.8. Two of the slabs were returned with switched labels. WTF??? Those were returned…again. When I called about those two, I told the representative I talked to that they were losing my business after almost five years. He was sorry to hear that…he wasn’t by the sound of his voice. It’s not about the customer, as far as I’m concerned.

This whole experience has put me off my tea. I have low tolerance for B.S., so if I’m not happy, I walk away. CGC can pound sand…I have no desire to send in comics for grading to anyone anymore. I’ll buy slabs from someone else instead. Here endeth the rant.

Originally Posted by Galen130
I like to think that I'm still a man of action. I don't thump my chest, bitch and moan (maybe a bit), or threaten to stop doing things then continue to do so anyway. I'm not all bluster.

Originally Posted by GAC
I say bring it on!!

The more CGC increases their prices the more clients convert to CBCS.