The cgc to start charging dealers an annual membership fee of $199.16658
 If I could, I would. I swear.
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| CCG Authorized Dealer NGC PMG CGC CSG IMPORTANT DEALER MESSAGE Authorized Dealer Membership Update To our valued Authorized Dealers: Thank you for being an Authorized Dealer with CCG. We are proud to serve you with world-class authentication, grading, encapsulation and conservation services; industry-leading guarantees; and superior digital tools. CCG is focused on continually expanding and enhancing its dealer services. Among the new dealer benefits, either recently released or coming soon, are optimized online submission forms, advanced submission tracking tools and a new dealer locator. To support these and other efforts, we will be instituting a dealer membership fee of $199 per year starting February 18, 2022. This low annual membership fee gives you full access to all of CCG’s most valuable benefits. Your membership includes: • 15% discount on grading tiers • Full access to an array of digital tools designed to support you and your customers (such as population reports, price guides, dealer portals, etc.) • Authorized Dealer logos to display in your online and offline materials • Listing in the Dealer Locator with backlinks to your site • Access to APIs and data downloads to enhance your inventory systems and website • Exclusive Authorized Dealer news and events Our industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, and we’re committed to providing best-in-class services to help you deliver the most value to your business. The advantages of being an Authorized Dealer will only get even better. Please note that all payments for this membership must be made via credit card at cgccomics.com/dealers/benefits/. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service at Service@collectiblesgroup.com or 941-360-3994. Thank you again for your membership. Sincerely, The Certified Collectibles Group Get your membership CCG P.O. Box 4711, Sarasota, FL 34230 To update your email preferences or unsubscribe, click here. |
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 Please continue to ignore anything I post.
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 I’m not an ant. I’m a rootin tootin Hornet!
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Zombie_Head private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Cgc is off the chain they need to put them back in check. | ||
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| they really want to milk the cow this year | ||
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If I could, I would. I swear.
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DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
| It seems to me that they are starting to cut it up for beef. | ||
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 being an ass and being a clown are two very different things.
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Nice - if CBCS could see dealers coming over that would be a boost to their market share. Although....as a dealer $199 isn't much, I'm guessing dealers have much more submissions than us normal folk |
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00slim private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Between an added price tag AND the price hikes? There will be some dealers who switch over this. | ||
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 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Ok, while this may not piss off their bigger dealers to the point of telling cgc to pound sand, i can see agitating more of the smaller dealers. Will see if it starts an influx of new dealer accounts at CBCS. | ||
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 I called CGC about the giveback benefit.
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beastboy1980 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| cgc is a utter disgrace i just got off the phone with them and said to them nicely all you are telling me is to send in comics to cbcs the guy said its going to help out tots i said really thats a utter joke its a greed grab |
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I called CGC about the giveback benefit.
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beastboy1980 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| if cbcs can slowly tick down there times they will hurt them big time |
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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| @Scifinator I agree. If smaller dealers have to pass that extra charge on to their customers, they stand to lose those customers, and they likely can't afford that. | ||
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| The definition of greed is an intense desire to accumulate large amounts of something, such as food or money, especially if you try to acquire more than you need or more than your fair share. An example of greed is when you are obsessed with getting more and more money. No shame to their game.  CGC Trading Cards Grades 1 Million Cards! CGC Trading Cards™ is excited to announce that it has now graded more than 1 million trading cards! The lucky one-millionth card is a (1998) Japanese Pokémon Scyther card graded CGC Pristine 10. It took less than 18 months for CGC Trading Cards to achieve this important milestone, demonstrating how quickly collectors and dealers embraced its expert authentication, grading and encapsulation services. Trading cards have become an incredibly popular collectibles category. The world-class experts at CGC Trading Cards use innovative technology to authenticate and grade cards as well as superior, state-of-the-art holders to protect and display them. The value of CGC Trading Cards’ services has already been repeatedly reflected in prices realized. “What an excellent way to start the new year!” says Matt Quinn, CGC Trading Cards Senior Grading Finalizer. “Achieving this milestone in such a short time shows how much trust collectors and dealers have in CGC Trading Cards.” |
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If I could, I would. I swear.
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Quote:Originally Posted by OGJackster Wow, what are the odds of that being the one-millionth card?  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I'm sure it's legit. It's not like they pad their comic book census by listing invisible comics!! Oh ... wait ... |
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| Let's see... 1) How long until this becomes standard by all comic grading companies? 2) Does this help pay for CGC to have customer service representatives that answer the phone and get back to people? 3) Does this cause some dealers and customers to send books to another grading company shortening the TAT's at CGC and lengthen them at the competitor's? 4) Does it cause social media engagement? |
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics The 15% discount means that you just need to send about $1350 in orders to make up the $200 fee; I imagine dealers clear that easily. I assume it's more than they used to pay, though? |
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theCapraAegagrus private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Wasn't the 5,000,000th comic a 9.8 ASM 361? Doesn't seem farfetched that they would just organize an order so that the milestone collectible is something worth marketing. |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus Doesn't seem far-fetched at all. Quite the opposite. As the KGB might say "There are no coincidences". |
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| The sad part for CBCS is that with 8 month TAT's they are not in a position to benefit from CGC's actions. The long TAT's are also likely to derail the magazine slab launch. What should be a great opportunity to make a Publicity splash (particularly with signature verification on magazines) will likely get a muted response and fizzle due to long TAT's. The TAT's don't even have to return to 8 weeks for people to get excited about them. Now that we are conditioned to long TAT's, just get them down to 12-16 weeks and it will be huge. The easiest way to start fixing TAT's is to institute a minimum submission size...probably around $250. It's much better than raising prices. When you raise prices everyone complains. When you institute a minimum submission size, the customers that are important to your business don't complain. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater Maybe that is the point. Raising their prices will definitely cause some customers to go to cbcs, but if cbcs isn't ready for the added volume then they're going to be buried with submissions. They're already struggling with customer service and turnaround time. |
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I called CGC about the giveback benefit.
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beastboy1980 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| i see cbcs has getting control of there tots cgc to me is going to just get less orders. |
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I called CGC about the giveback benefit.
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beastboy1980 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| cgc to me is like john gotti pay me my money by 2/18/22 or its in the hole for you they look like the mob |
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 "Forum Overlord" bah ha ha ha...
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| On the brighter side of things, just imagine if CBCS wasn’t around to give them a competition, then I reckon that they will charge you whatever they want to charge you without the courtesy Vaseline. | ||
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being an ass and being a clown are two very different things.
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia I nominate EbayMafia for some sort consulting position at CBCS |
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If I could, I would. I swear.
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia I mentioned this to Ricketts some time ago. There needs to be a minimum per tier as well as a dollar minimum. They aren't going to turn away an Action 1 because it's just one book. |
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| No dealers will switch because of this... unless they aren't really dealers anymore anyway. Elite Members already pay more than that for a lower discount (10%). And I bet many Elite Members submit more than many dealers who used to submit but no longer do for whatever reason. The value proposition then isn't really that great for Elite Members when the Dealer Membership is lower with a better discount. |
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 Hello, my name is Stu and I'm a shill.
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Quote:Originally Posted by beastboy1980 "their tats". |
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| I think CGC believes they’re too big now to be hurt by any competitor. I doubt there is any strategizing at play, here. This is a cash grab. Nothing more, nothing less. | ||
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