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How is it that comics can be graded in 1 day at FanExpo, but sending directly into the facility takes months?


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How is it that comics can be graded in 1 day at FanExpo, but sending directly into the facility takes months? My resubmission from the raw-grade error is now 38 days in...


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How is it that comics can be graded in 1 day at FanExpo, but sending directly into the facility takes months?




One has hundred(s) of books being graded immediately and the other has thousands (tens) waiting in a queue.
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How do I know this? Because I've done it myself. lawguy1977 private msg quote post Address this user
@robtmcd My guess is that because they're headquartered in Plano, they have the ability to do that just for Fan Expo Dallas.
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Exactly, should HQ have more resources than a particular show. The math doesn't math for me.
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
HQ does have more resources than the particular show....just not proportionately so, to the incoming books.
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HQ need to hire a former manager of a Chick-fil-A to fix the turnaround times. That will fix the math.
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@Engstrom82 ty! I'm really nervous....😬
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
I'm not sure it's the math that needs fixing.
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Math is hard...
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HQ need to hire a former manager of a Chick-fil-A to fix the turnaround times. That will fix the math.



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Chik fil A has waffle fries....

Does CGC have waffle fries? No, they don't.

Chik fil A 1
Cgc 0 👍
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Should be in Tuesday!!! Ahhh i cant take it.
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@ComicNinja0215 @Engstrom82
You should write to Cody Lockwood for answers to your questions. At a con, he told me it was fine that boardies messaged him directly as he is here to help.

You can go to his profile and send him a message. He will help.

https://forum.cbcscomics.com/profile/Cody_Lockwood
I spoke to Cody last week and all he told me was that the books are graded and are in "Finalize", but that's not what it shows on the website. The site still says Grading. Any other time I've sent books in it goes Received >Grading >Labels >Heat Seal >QC >Shipping >Complete. I haven't received any e-mails saying my books have moved at all. I guess I'm just frustrated because I have friends who sent books in around the same time, and I see comments on here from people who's books went to grading after mine, and they've all gotten their books back already. Another friend send his books to the other guys a month after I sent this order in and he just got the shipping notification last night.
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I hear their hourly rate is outrageous! sportshort private msg quote post Address this user
That’s a beef I’ve had with CBCS also. That books are graded and shipped out of order. That,like non-existent customer service, should not be. So, I get you.
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
Wow, that's a lot of assumptions and putting words into people's mouths that they didn't actually say.

No one said orders should be held if they're done. He just said orders are getting graded and shipped out of order. How else do you explain one order going to grading AFTER another, similarly sized order, but shipping out a week (and counting) BEFORE the first order?

Let me put it to you like this: If you went to a restaurant and order a meal, then someone else came in 30 minutes later and order the same meal, but they got their meal 30 minutes before you got yours, you'd probably start asking questions, right?
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
Books are not graded on a first in, first out basis. There are just too many mitigating factors that make this logistically impossible.
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
Wow, that's a lot of assumptions and putting words into people's mouths that they didn't actually say.

No one said orders should be held if they're done. He just said orders are getting graded and shipped out of order. How else do you explain one order going to grading AFTER another, similarly sized order, but shipping out a week (and counting) BEFORE the first order?

Let me put it to you like this: If you went to a restaurant and order a meal, then someone else came in 30 minutes later and order the same meal, but they got their meal 30 minutes before you got yours, you'd probably start asking questions, right?

Comic book grading doesn't work the same way as a restaurant. Comic book grading offers different levels of service which affect all the other levels of service.

The restaurant is offering everyone the same service moving at approximately the same rate of speed.

My last submission contained five separate invoices. Even those five invoices aren't being graded and returned in the same order they were received by CBCS.
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
Wow, that's a lot of assumptions and putting words into people's mouths that they didn't actually say.

No one said orders should be held if they're done. He just said orders are getting graded and shipped out of order. How else do you explain one order going to grading AFTER another, similarly sized order, but shipping out a week (and counting) BEFORE the first order?

Let me put it to you like this: If you went to a restaurant and order a meal, then someone else came in 30 minutes later and order the same meal, but they got their meal 30 minutes before you got yours, you'd probably start asking questions, right?


The assumptions aren't assumptions because as @DrWatson pointed out, there are way too many factors....every submission is unique, to have a "first in first out". You're also dealing with schedules of all employees and convention season, etc, etc, etc.

If I'm at a restaurant and your scenario happens...what did I order vs. the other party? How big is my party vs. their party? Is it a holiday where people go out to eat...i.e. extra busy? Did a chef or sever call on sick? Too many factors you are not privy to, to make any sort of factual conclusion.
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
Wow, that's a lot of assumptions and putting words into people's mouths that they didn't actually say.

No one said orders should be held if they're done. He just said orders are getting graded and shipped out of order. How else do you explain one order going to grading AFTER another, similarly sized order, but shipping out a week (and counting) BEFORE the first order?

Let me put it to you like this: If you went to a restaurant and order a meal, then someone else came in 30 minutes later and order the same meal, but they got their meal 30 minutes before you got yours, you'd probably start asking questions, right?

Comic book grading doesn't work the same way as a restaurant. Comic book grading offers different levels of service which affect all the other levels of service.

The restaurant is offering everyone the same service moving at approximately the same rate of speed.

My last submission contained five separate invoices. Even those five invoices aren't being graded and returned in the same order they were received by CBCS.
Ok, but the guy's order I'm referring to was nearly identical to mine. He had a mix of modern and vintage, mostly modern, and he had 2 less books than mine. We both had the standard tier. My books went to grading on the 13th, his on the 19th. He said he got his books back yesterday and mine don't even say they've gone to labels or shipping. What's your answer for that?
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
@Engstrom82 go to your invoice...open the pdf invoice and check the status there.
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If it means anything, my six books were checked in early March. Th3 seventh, I believe. I just got th3 back yesterday; no fast pass or express.

Four modern books and two vintage. I hate to say it but it's more of a "they come back when th3y come back" mentality.
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@Engstrom82 go to your invoice...open the pdf invoice and check the status there.
It just says grading.
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I hear their hourly rate is outrageous! sportshort private msg quote post Address this user
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?


Not at all. I’m referring to when all things are equal. I’ve seen it enough times over the years. I’ve gotten used to it, So I don’t complain about it but I get it when people do.
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Hmmmm...so you guys think that a submission with Pressing and VSP (or any other different services or tiers) should go out in order of Received? So, they should hold completed orders from shipping because a previously received order isn't ready?
Wow, that's a lot of assumptions and putting words into people's mouths that they didn't actually say.

No one said orders should be held if they're done. He just said orders are getting graded and shipped out of order. How else do you explain one order going to grading AFTER another, similarly sized order, but shipping out a week (and counting) BEFORE the first order?

Let me put it to you like this: If you went to a restaurant and order a meal, then someone else came in 30 minutes later and order the same meal, but they got their meal 30 minutes before you got yours, you'd probably start asking questions, right?


The assumptions aren't assumptions because as @DrWatson pointed out, there are way too many factors....every submission is unique, to have a "first in first out". You're also dealing with schedules of all employees and convention season, etc, etc, etc.

If I'm at a restaurant and your scenario happens...what did I order vs. the other party? How big is my party vs. their party? Is it a holiday where people go out to eat...i.e. extra busy? Did a chef or sever call on sick? Too many factors you are not privy to, to make any sort of factual conclusion.

Dude, I already said that the orders were basically identical. Same tiers, same priority, he had 2 less books than I did. His books went to grading a week after mine did and his books are already back, while mine still say they're sitting in grading.
I don't understand why everyone is trying to skew this by adding in make-believe scenarios and saying things like "oh, there could be all kinds of variables" when there's not. If my vintage tier, standard priority book goes to grading on the 13th, and someone else's vintage tier, standard priority book goes to grading a week later, there's not a single good reason, or variable any of you can give me for the second book shipping out more than a week before the first book.
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If it means anything, my six books were checked in early March. Th3 seventh, I believe. I just got th3 back yesterday; no fast pass or express.

Four modern books and two vintage. I hate to say it but it's more of a "they come back when th3y come back" mentality.

This is the exact order I'm comparing mine to. You had 4 modern, 2 vintage. I have 4 modern, 4 vintage. You sent yours in early March. Mine were received March 3rd. I believe you said your books went to grading on May 19th, mine went on May 13th. Your books are back, mine are still sitting in grading and no one at CBCS, including Cody, will tell me anything about why they haven't moved when other orders are.
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I hear their hourly rate is outrageous! sportshort private msg quote post Address this user
Yea, I don’t understand the seeming anger about having an opinion about your personal experience. But I guess that’s life now a days. I vote for peace (and I’m not even a hippie). lol
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If it means anything, my six books were checked in early March. Th3 seventh, I believe. I just got th3 back yesterday; no fast pass or express.

Four modern books and two vintage. I hate to say it but it's more of a "they come back when th3y come back" mentality.

This is the exact order I'm comparing mine to. You had 4 modern, 2 vintage. I have 4 modern, 4 vintage. You sent yours in early March. Mine were received March 3rd. I believe you said your books went to grading on May 19th, mine went on May 13th. Your books are back, mine are still sitting in grading and no one at CBCS, including Cody, will tell me anything about why they haven't moved when other orders are.


I have never had this issue so I'm not sure whaybtonsaybother than constantly sending messages to Cody or Wade asking about your order. 🤔
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@sportshort peace be with you. Haha
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