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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
Here is some more updated info so you can get an idea of TATs for comics submitted last year. Remember, you are looking at combined Press & Grade for these updates in bold.

#DDAD Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 6:00am Pacific
#4D21 Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 6:56pm Pacific
#1FC5 Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 7:55pm Pacific


Delivered to CBCS on June 8th in two separate boxes. (All standard, w/out any FAST P's and one with VSP added).

5 of the 11 had press completed within 43wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 44wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 45wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 49wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in <50wks.
2 still in pressing room (most likely completed, just not updated to grading yet)

#-----4D21-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In HeatSeal 5/24, In Grading Room 5/23, Just under 50 wks In Pressing Room.

#-----3BBA-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 4/20 = 45wk/217 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 4/18, 45 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----1FC5-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT,
In HeatSeal 5/24, In Grading Room 5/20, 49 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----0B3E-MD 60 Comics - In Pressing Room.

#-----FD6C-MD 101 Comics - Ready for Pickup 5/13 = 48wk/237 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 5/10, In Grading Room 4/11, 44 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----DDAD-MD 31 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT,
In HeatSeal 5/24, In Labels 5/20, In Grading Room 4/7, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----943E-MD 26 Comics - Ready for Pickup 4/19 = 45wk/216 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 4/11, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----905B-MD 30 Comics - Shipped 4/14 = 44wk/213 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, 4/13 Shipping, In Labels 4/12, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----7E7E-MD 30 Comics - Shipped 4/27 = 46wk/222 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Shipping 4/22, In Labels 4/18, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room

#-----6C85-MD 30 Comics - Shipping 6/8, In HeatSeal 5/24, In Labels 5/20, In Grading Room 4/5, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----4259-MD 30 Comics w/2 VSP - In Pressing Room.


Delivered to CBCS 6/21/21
#-----C148-MD - 30 comics - In Grading Room 5/31, Previously only mark Received, never marked In Pressing.


Delivered to CBCS 6/29/21
#-----6136-MD - 102 comics - In Grading Room 6/8, Received

#-----82E4-MD - 34 comics - In Grading Room 6/7, Received


Delivered to CBCS 7/6/21
#-----C197-MD - 21 comics - Received

#-----EB2E-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----E175-MD - 34 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----D6B1-MD - 32 comics - In Pressing Room


Delivered to CBCS 7/14/21
#-----19FC-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----24FC-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----6D64-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----D6B1-MD - 60 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----7189-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8142-MD - 68 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8596-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----A44C-MD - 60 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----B5DA-MD - 29 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----876C-EX - 30 comics - Received


Delivered to CBCS 9/20/21
#-----6A82-MD - 27 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----6A82-EX - 27 comics - In Pressing Room 5/27, Received


Delivered to CBCS 2/24/22
#-----EAC8-CN - 2 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----EAC8-EX - 11 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----EAC8-MD - 17 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----BD64-EX - 2 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----BD64-MD - 39 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8043-MD w/VSP - 14 comics - In Pressing Room


I will continue to update until completed.
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I called CGC about the giveback benefit. beastboy1980 private msg quote post Address this user
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As long as yo I put them in September of 2021


put them in jan of 2022

how are they not grading new books from this year yet


As you can see from @marsboy01 his books from last August were just graded and sent to encapsulation.
My September 2021 books are in grading now.
So unless you had an express tier, all standard 2022 tier submissions will be awhile. Like December maybe.
I have a February 2022 submission I am not expecting back anytime before Chistmas or maybe January.


there slow service is shocking. my last orders were never like this and this was only months ago before the new price hike and membership change.
i was thinking my first order should have been coming back in july not december
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@Nearmint67 Finally had my rep reach out to me today,because of the post on here? who knows, he says he was away all week at a business thing. But now I have to get a hold of a different person and see if they can help me now. I hate this getting passed on to someone else nonsense. But hopefully i can get them fixed.
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Mine were dropped off this monday recieved wen and are in grading today so yeah it helped me out
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@Nearmint67 Finally had my rep reach out to me today,because of the post on here? who knows, he says he was away all week at a business thing. But now I have to get a hold of a different person and see if they can help me now. I hate this getting passed on to someone else nonsense. But hopefully i can get them fixed.


Yeah, that's a mess. Sorry you are having such a bad experience.
I have been grading with CBCS since 2017 and the worse thing I have had to deal with is the turn around times of the last 2 years. Stay on top of them and they will fix things for you.
I would certainly be making them pay for all of the damages as well as expedited shipping as you have already waited your allotment of time.
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No rust here... Nearmint67 private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by beastboy1980
there slow service is shocking. my last orders were never like this and this was only months ago before the new price hike and membership change.
i was thinking my first order should have been coming back in July not December


Yeah, man we are all feelin' the same pain.
I was notified yesterday that my September submission (30 moderns, grade only) were indeed graded and now moving into labels. And then they commented that my books will be another month or two before they go into shipping.....which if that is accurate, it will be approx. 11 months on that batch as they were "Received" last Sept. 12th... And that's no pressing, no signatures, just grade.
uuggh..... lol...
Oh well. Good thing is, I (like everyone else) will eventually get my books back.
So I am not even going to guess when my February 2022 submission will come back.
Nor my June 9th "Received" submission.
Most likely, 2023 before I see those books. Unless they wise up and separate the grading department into two divisions.
Division 1 for standard tier.
Division 2 for all express tiers.
Otherwise, all standard submission will continue to be line jumped by express submissions.
Wrong business model!!!!!
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#6C85 Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 12:31pm Pacific
#DDAD Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 6:00am Pacific
#4D21 Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 6:56pm Pacific
#1FC5 Updated by email from CBCS on 6/9 7:55pm Pacific


Delivered to CBCS on June 8th in two separate boxes. (All standard, w/out any FAST P's and one with VSP added).

5 of the 11 had press completed within 43wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 44wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 45wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in 49wks,
1 of the 11 had press completed in <50wks.
2 still in pressing room (most likely completed, just not updated to grading yet)

#-----4D21-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In HeatSeal 5/24, In Grading Room 5/23, Just under 50 wks In Pressing Room.

#-----3BBA-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 4/20 = 45wk/217 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 4/18, 45 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----1FC5-MD 30 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT,
In HeatSeal 5/24, In Grading Room 5/20, 49 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----0B3E-MD 60 Comics - In Pressing Room.

#-----FD6C-MD 101 Comics - Ready for Pickup 5/13 = 48wk/237 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 5/10, In Grading Room 4/11, 44 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----DDAD-MD 31 Comics - Ready for Pickup 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT,
In HeatSeal 5/24, In Labels 5/20, In Grading Room 4/7, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----943E-MD 26 Comics - Ready for Pickup 4/19 = 45wk/216 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Labels 4/11, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----905B-MD 30 Comics - Shipped 4/14 = 44wk/213 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, 4/13 Shipping, In Labels 4/12, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----7E7E-MD 30 Comics - Shipped 4/27 = 46wk/222 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, In Shipping 4/22, In Labels 4/18, In Grading Room 4/4, 43 wks in Pressing Room

#-----6C85-MD 30 Comics - Shipped 6/9 = 52wk/255 Business day Combined Press & Grade TAT, Shipping 6/8, In HeatSeal 5/24, In Labels 5/20, In Grading Room 4/5, 43 wks in Pressing Room.

#-----4259-MD 30 Comics w/2 VSP - In Pressing Room.


Delivered to CBCS 6/21/21
#-----C148-MD - 30 comics - In Grading Room 5/31, Previously only mark Received, never marked In Pressing.


Delivered to CBCS 6/29/21
#-----6136-MD - 102 comics - In Grading Room 6/8, Received

#-----82E4-MD - 34 comics - In Grading Room 6/7, Received


Delivered to CBCS 7/6/21
#-----C197-MD - 21 comics - Received

#-----EB2E-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----E175-MD - 34 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----D6B1-MD - 32 comics - In Pressing Room


Delivered to CBCS 7/14/21
#-----19FC-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----24FC-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----6D64-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----D6B1-MD - 60 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----7189-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8142-MD - 68 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8596-MD - 30 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----A44C-MD - 60 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----B5DA-MD - 29 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----876C-EX - 30 comics - Received


Delivered to CBCS 9/20/21
#-----6A82-MD - 27 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----6A82-EX - 27 comics - In Pressing Room 5/27, Received


Delivered to CBCS 2/24/22
#-----EAC8-CN - 2 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----EAC8-EX - 11 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----EAC8-MD - 17 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----BD64-EX - 2 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----BD64-MD - 39 comics - In Pressing Room

#-----8043-MD w/VSP - 14 comics - In Pressing Room


I will continue to update until completed.
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Collector circuitryusa private msg quote post Address this user
First Post. Hi. I've been reading all your posts for a few months now. Quite amusing at times, sometimes informative.... Same on the other guy's forum.
Submitted in the Fall to take advantage of their unique VSP process not offered elsewhere. Thought it was pretty neat.
In any event, using my handy-dandy calculator, I'll basically just go back to normal life for a long while before I see these back.
But you know what, they have been sitting in a closet for 20-30+ years, I'd rather wait and make sure they are done correctly than to complain about waiting so long.
Enjoy the data!

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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
@circuitryusa - Welcome to the Forum with your great 1st contribution post!

Cheers!
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Collector circuitryusa private msg quote post Address this user
@Scifinator, thanks for the welcome. I'll post again in many months as my stuff moves along too.
Not nearly as much detail and content as yours ;-) but hopefully helpful to the group here.
Now that I see how small my resulting image is, I'll zoom in better next time on the pertinent TaT info.
Thanks!
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Collector Bige private msg quote post Address this user
Now my comics are shipping for 2 days not moving. I guess they will be walked here like my nyccc books and take weeks to get here. I label was made 2 days no movement.
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Collector los2863 private msg quote post Address this user
What’s the next step in the process once the order hits billing and you receive the acknowledgment of payment?
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No rust here... Nearmint67 private msg quote post Address this user
@circuitryusa Howdy... Welcome to the forum. Plenty of room in here.
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Collector Kasperb991 private msg quote post Address this user
@los2863 that means it is recieved then.. give it a day or so (depending on the speed you picked) and it will move to grading pro idea you didn't pick the pressing option. For an example I have books that were delivered Monday, marked recieved on Wednesday, grading on Thursday, (and they have 14 business days for the express pass I picked from the day they were recieved to have them graded slabbed and mailed back to me or my money back so NLT the 28th they should be shipped in theory) if you picked any other service then thst has its on Turn around time ie pressing 53 weeks, vsp (insert time here as I do not know it) these will be done first then when completed the TAT for grading starts so let's say VSP takes 15 days then your TAT for grading is at 5 you can expect the books to take roughly 20 business days or about a month factoring in weekends holidays etc..
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@kasperb991 Thanks for the response.
My order is actually thru of that already (fast p’s order from September). Had a few books screened so the invoice was for the books that passed. Since Monday the books have actually progressed from Pressing, Grading, labels, heat seal, billing.
Pretty crazy, heard nothing for months and all of sudden bam!
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@Kinsella5 Going to be a while because of the pressing back log...
@Bobashek should be any minute man. Not sure how those books are not done already.


Going to be awhile? The last time I read the pressing update they were finished with June 2021 pressing months ago. When the books were dropped off with CBCS at a convention, the TAT for pressing and grading combined was about six months. It's been twelve. What would help is if the dashboard actually was up-to-date. A year later and the invoice still shows "Received". Bobashek and I actually submitted books at the same convention so if you are wondering how his aren't done already, you could technically say the same thing about mine. ;-)
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@Nearmint67 Finally had my rep reach out to me today,because of the post on here? who knows, he says he was away all week at a business thing. But now I have to get a hold of a different person and see if they can help me now. I hate this getting passed on to someone else nonsense. But hopefully i can get them fixed.


How does one find out who their rep for their area is? I have a few issues with CBCS with regards to books i received that I feel are quite serious and have gotten nowhere with customer service. Defective cases on over 50 signature series books, I'd love to get it resolved soon but the lack of customer service has really been a major letdown.
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@Kinsella5


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Collector The_IronJedi private msg quote post Address this user
@Scifinator - Any idea how your TAT table translates to books that did not go to pressing? I submitted middle of March (approximately 80 working days ago, pre-price change) and am hoping that they will be in grading before September. Is that a legitimate expectation?
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Still in the queue for books submitted Orlando Megacon 2021; hit labels around 3/16 and hit heat seal about 2 weeks ago.

Submitted more at Megacon Orlando 2022; did the express to try it out. they're supposed to reach TX the Wednesday after the con, which would be 5/25/2022.

Just receive the notice that they've received the order today. That's 8 (I think) working days to get a 14 day TAT into "received" status. I'm fairly certain my 14 day actually begins today. I'm also pretty sure I'm not getting them in 14 as I was talked into combining shipping with the express order and "slab only/Art" submission being told since they're not getting graded it won't slow down the shipment back. But since labels and heat seal seem to be bottle necks I'm guessing I'll get everything back in 3-4 months. Still much faster than any economy tiers, but we'll see; maybe it will all come back within the express TAT.


As of 10:00 6/8/2022 (after my first post 6/7/2022); the express submission dropped at Orlando Megacon 2022 is in labels.

Got shipping notice.
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@Kinsella5




Thanks, they should send this out via email to everyone, if they did, I and others I have talked to never received it.
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So here is what I experience: CBCS received my 50 book submission on 9/24/2021 and it is getting shipped today 6/8/2022 that is 257 days. I sent out 25 books to CGC they received on 12/8/2021 and it was shipped out 6/2/2021 which was 176 days (in all fairness the TAT for CGC at the time was 90 days)

Next week I will be sending out 25 books to cgc and cbcs and we will see!!!!!


let's make it 259 days as the items still have not shipped. when CGC says shipped it is hipped these are stuck in shipping since 6/7/2022. sooooooooo probably 270 days
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If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8. xkonk private msg quote post Address this user
@Kinsella5 they sent it out a few months ago. I couldn't say who all it went to. https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/17127/page/1/cbcs-update--magazine-news/
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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@Kinsella5





not so sure about the Canada rep....last week at the Niagara Falls convention it was Steve Paulus manning the table......
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
FYI,

November 2021 order - 1 book with fast press and fast pass is now ready for pickup! (MyComicShop - will be picking that book up directly so I can sell it!!)
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@Kinsella5 they sent it out a few months ago. I couldn't say who all it went to. https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/17127/page/1/cbcs-update--magazine-news/


Thanks never got that email or the one announcing magazine grading even though I knew that was in the pipeline. But then again up until recently I never really would get an email regarding invoices and the various stages the books would go in, and nothing ever in the junk folder. At least lately I have been getting progress reports but its really only been on two of the six invoices worth of books, better than nothing however.
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Collector Mintcondition private msg quote post Address this user
My books have been in heat/seal for 3 weeks now. Books were received in August modern with no press.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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@Kinsella5 they sent it out a few months ago. I couldn't say who all it went to. https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/17127/page/1/cbcs-update--magazine-news/


Thanks never got that email or the one announcing magazine grading even though I knew that was in the pipeline. But then again up until recently I never really would get an email regarding invoices and the various stages the books would go in, and nothing ever in the junk folder. At least lately I have been getting progress reports but its really only been on two of the six invoices worth of books, better than nothing however.


Huh..... Magazine grading starting in April 2022...

You guys in the US use the same calendar as the rest of the world yes?

I mean....you don't use the same system of measurement and your spelling is wrong....so maybe the Calendar is off too??
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Huh..... Magazine grading starting in April 2022...You guys in the US use the same calendar as the rest of the world yes? I mean....you don't use the same system of measurement and your spelling is wrong....so maybe the Calendar is off too??

You guys in Canada don't seem to proofread postings before commenting on them. I wasn't talking about when magazine grading started, I was talking about the official announcement email that was sent out to everyone months ago as well as the email that was sent out with the various reps and their contact info, etc. I didn't get those emails, nor has anyone I spoke to about it.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
@Kinsella5 oh no..I proof read...and then I read the e-mail you didn't get and it reminded me about the #SOON magazines
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