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Collector Rio_d private msg quote post Address this user
@Bronte it's mostly for if something happens to me, my wife will know to sell the ones in plastic.
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Hmm... Moderated again! figment private msg quote post Address this user
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@figment - Wow, 28 weeks for consumer! That’s way ahead of estimated TAT.


I'm convinced they waited for grading with the rest of the Consumer pile, but then got the QuickStream treatment afterward. It's the only thing that makes any sense as I've other Consumer only orders (received earlier) that are still sitting at Labels.
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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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If your end goal is to have a book graded, you might as well do it now vs later. TAT might decrease, but time that passes while a book is at home might yield price increases, possible longer TAT and possible higher fees if the book has gained values beyond the tier it is in currently.

I'm not sure waiting is the best bet if the end goal is slabbed product....


logically that does make sense.....it's still a hard pill to swallow though, 2 years is absolutely insane
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Originally Posted by KatKomics

I for one don't believe those TATs at all - I can't remember what the TATs were in March/April/May of last year but they weren't 53+ weeks. Now that normal press and grade is 2 years more people will fast pass their orders which will just drive the normal tiers even longer.


I can certainly believe it. Pressed books were likely very close to 53 weeks by late March/April of 2021. I remember that turnaround times took a sharp spike around late March because I had several orders submitted to CBCS around that time. The one earlier in the year was a reasonable 16-ish weeks while the one just a few months later (around March/April) ballooned to over 20 weeks.

Assuming Pressing is always equal to or greater than grading, you’re looking at 40+ weeks for pressing orders around March/April of last year and I think there’s anecdotal evidence in the TAT showing people only now getting their pressing orders from about a year ago.
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Originally Posted by etapi65
In addition to stated TATs, I feel like they could also have a page that says something like
Now shipping:
July 2021 regular submission
April 2021 press
May 2021 VSP


So I've never used PSA but I have some Garbage Pail Kids I really want to send in sometime but I do LOVE their TAT dashboard and I wish CBCS would do it
https://www.psacard.com/communication
Shows the complete through date and also the % of the month that is completed for each service level. That would be so helpful for us to know that progress is being made and just a general idea. I do feel a lot of complaints would not be happening if we were in the dark for just so long on progress.
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Collector Supertom private msg quote post Address this user
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P.S. The way it's phrased kinda makes you assume that even if you have 2-days stuck with moderns, they'd still be graded in the 2-day timeframe, then sit encapsulated until the rest are graded. I don't think that's correct either.


The first submission I sent to CBCS was this way; I used my membership coupons for 2-Days and didn't know they would wait with the slow stuff. The 2-Days were actually graded in a couple days. They might have changed procedure since then though.


Yeah, my submission was 14 books, 3 of which were 2-day modern(UF4, X-Men 94, X-Men 129)and one re-holder (DD 131). The only book that's advanced is the re-holder which is in "Grading" (odd that's even a stage for a re-holder). All others have been stuck in "Received" since last Oct even though customer service told me they were in Pre-grading a month ago. So, moral of the story, I have no clue what's going on with my books. I think they've thrown a lot of their standard procedures out the window at this point. Like sailors bailing water out of a sinking ship, just hoping they can buy themselves enough time to make it to land.

Based on other posts of July orders making their way into grading I'm just hoping they'll arrive in 2 months putting my TAT around 39 weeks, and a full year since I shipped them off to a 3rd party presser. My biggest fear now is whatever improvements were made by the press will have reverted making half of this venture pointless.
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
2 year TAT w/ pressing is not so bad at my age.
Just keep me above ground and someone alert me when the dashboard indicates shipped.


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Collector Supertom private msg quote post Address this user
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@Scifinator And we have basically hit 2 year turnarounds on pressed books! I really hope CBCS is able to do something and no one ever actually has to wait that long to get their books back


if they are backed up and have 2 years worth of work they need to stop accepting submissions.


Man, I was saying this 6 months ago! I think this is where I'm supposed to yell at you for not knowing how businesses work and how stopping submissions would crush their market share.
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Hi people I'm not trying to argue or anything just want to if anyone can answer my question cause i dont know.I just got thisear Michael Gee,

Just letting you know that your tier 21-25A2E2E-MD has been moved into the Pressing area of CBCS. Please check CBCScomics.com for updated turnaround times for Pressing, as they could vary.

We will do our best to get your tier pressed and moved to grading as quickly as possible. As soon as that happens, we will send you an email. At any time, you can check the status of your tier at https://www.cbcscomics.com/account and log into your account. Once you are logged in on your dashboard you can view the status on any order by clicking on its link.

Thanks again for submitting to CBCS and we look forward to pressing your books!



Happy collecting!
The CBCS Pressing Team - So where have they been since july 7, 2021??? Really, i wont get f--king pissed off (like last time) just want to know. have they really been getting sign all this time??Was it because of the the two signature??? And they still need to get graded right?? no need to tell how long it will take.they remove the one book that didnt get sign. What can I do to the next time to make this better?? just want to know what i did wrong thanks for any help you can give.
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COLLECTOR dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user
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have they really been getting sign all this time??


Yes


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Was it because of the the two signature???


Possibly

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And they still need to get graded right??


Yes

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What can I do to the next time to make this better?? just want to know what i did wrong thanks for any help you can give.



Nothing really. The only thing you did “wrong” was submit a book for an already lengthy process (signature events always took several months just to get signed before the current pandemic and volume issues) at a time when submission volumes are insane and all collectible services are taking longer for everyone everywhere

In the future you could use expedited services and add-ons like 2-Day Modern grading and fast pass for grading and pressing to speed your books through the process but the signings themselves are always at the mercy of the talent and their handlers
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Originally Posted by KatKomics

if they are backed up and have 2 years worth of work they need to stop accepting submissions.

Or people who don't want to wait 2+ years need to stop submitting books. For those who are willing to wait, why would they turn them away?

As for me going forward, I'd only send in quickstream or 2 day modern, no press. Learned my lesson the hard way.
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC? Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user
@Supertom @KatKomics - Not yelling, but if people are submitting press orders when the estimated TAT is 26 weeks, 50 weeks, or 71 weeks, etc., as long as they have the room to properly store them, as @Dawnstar stated, Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawnstar
For those who are willing to wait, why would they turn them away?
Yes, I know that those of us who submitted back in the 1st & 2nd qtrs of 2021 (myself included) did not see this kind of a backlog coming. But from a for profit business perspective, capture the market share and do what you can to eventually whittle the TAT down while doing your best to maintain quality. If you run out of room/space, that would be a point at which I would halt submissions.
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
Y'know the funny thing is I thought I had the best solution for this backlog in the industry and that was to simply send in 10 - 13 books per month, every month to either of the big two.

I committed to it; have done it (starting last May), felt like my own solution provider instead of complainer, and yet I still sit here without a book to be had from either co. So much for fielding THAT solution. Ptooey!
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Collector Reelgee private msg quote post Address this user
wow thanks@Nuffsaid111 wow really??
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Collector Supertom private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by KatKomics

if they are backed up and have 2 years worth of work they need to stop accepting submissions.

Or people who don't want to wait 2+ years need to stop submitting books. For those who are willing to wait, why would they turn them away?


Maybe that's a valid point now, but the problem is, none of us who are currently waiting, signed up for 32+ week TATs. If last July/August the TATs were updated to what they are now, that may have slowed things down enough and prevented the current situation.

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If you run out of room/space, that would be a point at which I would halt submissions.


I just keep thinking about the amount of risk they're taking by storing this massive horde of books. Millions of dollars worth of collectibles. I'm not sure how they could even be fully insured for the value of what's in their vault with how quickly they were buried with submissions.
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
@Reelgee unfortunately - yea. One day I hope to begin seeing them come in on a monthly basis, but I'll be in that coffin by then is my fear
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@Nuffsaid111 LOL i feel ya thats the only reason I'm doing this so the family wont get screw too bad when i'm gone only 6000 to go.I figure i start with favorites then keys hopefully the rest of the raws they can get at least 5 bucks plus who ever willing to buy
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Originally Posted by KatKomics

if they are backed up and have 2 years worth of work they need to stop accepting submissions.

Or people who don't want to wait 2+ years need to stop submitting books. For those who are willing to wait, why would they turn them away?

Maybe that's a valid point now, but the problem is, none of us who are currently waiting, signed up for 32+ week TATs. If last July/August the TATs were updated to what they are now, that may have slowed things down enough and prevented the current situation.

As someone who is still waiting for a July order with press, you are preaching to the choir. Not to mention, at that time they also had an 8-week TAT still listed on the pricing page. Apparently I was supposed to know to ignore that and look somewhere else for the more current TAT page (which also turned out to not be correct anyway).

But the point is that even with the insane TAT's now being listed accurately or at least in the ballpark, tons of people are still sending in tons of books. Despite all the gripes here (from me included), the grading business is not hurting from it. The hard truth is that the days of getting your books back in a reasonable amount of time for a reasonable price are OVER, at least until the inevitable raw revival happens a decade from now lol
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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by Supertom
none of us who are currently waiting, signed up for 32+ week TATs. If last July/August the TATs were updated to what they are now, that may have slowed things down enough and prevented the current situation.


exactly!! if I knew my March, April and May orders last year were going to be closer to 1.5 years than 8 months then for a few at least - I would have added fast pass/fast press to them i.e. in November I have a 1 book order with fast press and pass in hopes it makes it to MCS by this December (Super Mario Special Edition #1 [1990] - should pull mid to high 9's)
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For our viewers at home...

This order was 2 modern books, one of the books was VSP and also Fast Press so kinda wonky
Sent - 5/24/21
Processing - 6/24/21
Grading - Forgot to write down and can't find it now
Shipped - 3/15/21
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
Here's my status input for my oldest sub to assist others:

Grandfather Sent - 6/25/1928
{Great Depression occurred}
Processing - 8/25/1938
{WW2 occurred}
Grading - 2/11/1960
{I was born}
Labels 9/25/1980
{Tom Hanks got off that island}
Shipped 3/13/2022
I'll let my grandfather know they're coming.

Hope this helps!
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Hmm... Moderated again! figment private msg quote post Address this user
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Here's my status input for my oldest sub to assist others:

Grandfather Sent - 6/25/1928
{Great Depression occurred}
Processing - 8/25/1938
{WW2 occurred}
Grading - 2/11/1960
{I was born}
Labels 9/25/1980
{Tom Hanks got off that island}
Shipped 3/13/2022
I'll let my grandfather know they're coming.

Hope this helps!


I didn't think they still graded stone tablets. Still, 94 years is a little excessive, even for that old technology.
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I received an email today that one of my invoices has finished grading and is in the encapsulation stage which I kind of already knew since an employee with CBCS was kind of enough to update me on Monday and mentioned it was in heat-sealing. This invoice was made up of comics that were sent in last July for the Tynion/Dell'Edera signing, no pressing, no fast pass. They did move through grading fairly quickly as last week I was told they were in "Pre-Grade" so I was quite pleased to see they were getting ready to ship fairly soon. I still have about half a dozen invoices still out there though in various stages. Now if only I will hear back from CBCS about a few books that were encapsulated into the wrong style of case.
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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
Holly sh!t my march 6th order is ready for pickup in Dallas!!

Now to e-mail MCS and let them know!!!

Don't get too excited about the Star Wars #1...it's probably a 5.5 or 6, the Teen Titans should be 9.6, What if?? - not sure!!! 9.0??? all the others should be 9.8's



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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
Now if only my April order would catchup to my May order and change to 'ShipToCanada'!!!
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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
FYI - for people getting books picked up by MCS - sounds like they are doing a pickup run next week!

Then of course a few weeks for them to scan the books etc. -but with luck by mid April could have books up for sale or auction!
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC? Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user
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Now if only my April order would catchup to my May order and change to 'ShipToCanada'!!!
@KatKomics - Always so negative...Booohooohooo where's my May order.... With April and June completed, ShipToCanada shoe should come stompin' through #Soon. Congrats.

On your MCS pickup, the CBCS notes likely won't show up until a couple/few weeks after MCS actually picks up.

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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC? Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user
@KatKomics - Obviously Canada customers getting their April-June Press & Grade submissions back bodes well for me as most of my press submissions were sent in at the end of May thru July. ....Yours did have press, right?
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past performance is no guarantee of future actions. KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
@Scifinator oh yes...all my orders have either press or press screen!
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You can't get good wood on the ball every time. HotKeyComics private msg quote post Address this user
My 2 days and rapid delivered last Tuesday left grading for encapsulating today
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