CBCS Pressing1872

Originally Posted by Gaard
Screening seems to be one of those "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenarios. If you don't, you run the risk of paying for pressing that you don't need. If you do, you run the risk of multiple shipping charges.

I think having the option to choose is a good thing.

Originally Posted by kaptainmyke
Ooooh can you still raw grade a magazine format?

Originally Posted by Drogio
As someone who is one of the first (I believe) to opt in on Steve's/CBCS's in-house pressing services I want to share my experience/lessons learned thus far.

I had just submitted 5 books for grading (they were in transit to CBCS) when the in-house pressing was offered...therefore I did not write it on the invoice. I emailed CBCS customer service to tell them to add pressing to 2 (of the 5) books.

They did add it to my order...however when you request pressing on less than the total order, CBCS will break up the order into separate invoices. That means you're going to get charged for two return shipments (not one).

So be aware. I called up after I saw two invoices show up under my submissions and asked for more information. The story is that they are treating pressing as separate invoices from non-pressing...and this is consistent with how they handled it with past invoices when they farmed out the pressing. This was my first CBCS submission so I did not know this.

One might thing "big deal...it's just another $20)...but the reason I submitted 5 comics was that I did it under the "20% discount with 5 or more submissions" promotion...so breaking them up into 2 and 3 item invoices also has me losing that discount...so in the end the simple request to add pressing is costing me about $50 more than I thought it would.

I'm not blaming CBCS for the confusion...part of it was my fault not asking about what adding the pressing would do to complicate my order and discount...in fact, I spoke to customer service and I believe they understood and (being a first time customer) are going to work with me and see if they can re-combine the order back together and also hopefully I can get my discount too. I was told to call back once I got the email the pressing was completed.

Bottom line...before writing "add pressing" to your invoice...you might want to talk to customer service and avoid a misunderstanding given CBCS is still working out the logistics.

Originally Posted by bennyb86
Might be a silly question but I'm new to pressing, I sent in one book for pressing (never had anything pressed before from my entire collection) and now i'm kicking myself for not taking a "before" picture of the comic but is there any way to get like notes on what was all done to a book during pressing? If that makes any sense

Originally Posted by SteveRicketts
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Originally Posted by Gaard
Screening seems to be one of those "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenarios. If you don't, you run the risk of paying for pressing that you don't need. If you do, you run the risk of multiple shipping charges.

I think having the option to choose is a good thing.

They're still all shipped back together.

I guess I don't understand. Need to know the specific situation. If you choose screening for all and some get pressed and others don't, they still "stay together" throughout the whole process? I did not choose screening, but requested two of the 5 I sent in get pressed...cbcs subsequently invoiced the pressed/unpressed comics separately and then shipped them separately....I got the "straight to grading" books a few weeks ago...the pressed issues are still in processing...but either I'm whacked with two shipping charges...but maybe if I had chosen screening for all I would not have...and would have paid less in the long run...kinda still sour about the whole thing, to be honest...but I'm stil new at this pressing/prescreening stuff.

Orders that have some books going into grading, while other books going to pressing, are now being split onto different invoices.

The screened books are going to pressing, so they can stay on the same invoice with the books being pressed.

Originally Posted by SteveRicketts
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Originally Posted by Mathyus_42
If I submit several books to be graded, but only one want to be pressed, would I be charged a separate return shipping, or would they all come back to me at the same tine?
If this question has been answered already, I apologize.

It would be split up and put on another invoice, and shipped back separately.