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 It gets old smelling it everytime I go outside my door.
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort March 10th, moved to "Heat seal" today |
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It gets old smelling it everytime I go outside my door.
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Well the books finally arrived.        |
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I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort March 13th, received. Comics will "ship shortly" email. |
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| @Nearmint67 Did they grade higher, lower, or about what you thought? | ||
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| Several emails today: (3 books)The following CBCS submission will be shipped shortly (1 book) has been graded and has moved to production for encapsulation. (1 book) has been graded and has moved to production for encapsulation. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nearmint67 thats a nice haul! some real nice books! |
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| Lucky! Mine are still in received as of 1/15 | ||
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| Received an email today (3/13) that my books are now in the Grading stage. | ||
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 past performance is no guarantee of future actions.
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| well....my magazine order (2 books) are now in grading My 2 comic orders are in received....pretty sure they were in pressing at some point so just hanging out I guess waiting to make it into the grading room.... |
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| I am LIVID at the results. I just got the update my books are being shipped back but the grading information for all 5 books haven't been updated on their site. Two of the books dropped in grade. This is after paying for all of them to be pressed. I'll post pictures after I get them back. Here is the first one. It went from a 6.5 down to a 5.5.   CGC Grader Notes multiple stain back cover tear with crease bottom of back cover spine stress lines breaks color Here is the second. From a 7.0 down to a 5.5.   Title Crime SuspenStories Issue 15 Issue Date 2-3/53 Issue Year 1953 Publisher E.C. Comics Grade 7.0 Page Quality CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Grade Date 2001-07-06 Grade Category Universal Label Text "Ray Bradbury" written on 5th page in marker. Art Comments Craig, Gaines and Feldstein stories Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels and George Evans art, Johnny Craig cover Key Comments Old Witch appearance. Bondage cover. Grader Notes Spine Stress Lines Top Spine Tear Right Bottom Front Cover Chip Out Right Center Front Cover Tear with Crease Left Top Back Cover Chip Out Left Bottom Back Cover Chip Out Left Top Back Cover Tear with Crease Left Bottom Back Cover Tear with Crease WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!!! |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by flanders Still trolling me huh? Making fun of others misfortune. Real classy. |
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 We should have the forum rate our packages.
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| The signatures are verified now. I dunno if I’d consider it a total waste. | ||
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| @OGJackster Unfortunately that's the gamble we all play when resubmitting books. It has been my experience that CBCS hammers tanning on books. |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| @DrWatson agreed...@OGJackster Those are substantial decreases in grade but it can and obviously did happen. Sucks when it does. It's happened to all of us. | ||
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| @HeinzDad That was the free part lol! After paying for shipping both ways, grading, pressing and the decrease in value, I think I'm in the negative now. | ||
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 How do I know this? Because I've done it myself.
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@OGJackster been there, definitely feel your pain.  |
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| Half of the last submission to come back failed the grade screen. All further submissions are on hold until I see how the remaining submissions pan out. | ||
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@OGJackster I feel for you but in my case I had the opposite happen but in my case, could have been prevented if I wasn't being so greedy. I had a Sandman #1 that CBCS had graded a 9.6. I had some CGC credit that was expiring early last year so I felt if CBCS gave it a 9.6 then there was a good chance CGC would give it a 9.8 mainly because CBCS tends to grade a bit stricter from what I have both seen and heard from others. When the book came back to me from CGC it dropped to a 7.5. From a 9.6??? I said to myself. CGC offered to look at it again so they sent me a pre-paid label. It then came back to me....as a 7.0. Ugh. The reason being is that something CBCS never noticed, or perhaps had not opened the book to check was that on the upper left area where a white orchid appeared, there was a circular ring stain. It looks like a water or some sort of moisture stain. How it got there is beyond me as I was the original owner of the book and I never would place anything liquid next to a comic. I could understand them missing it by looking at the cover as it does blend in quite well with the artwork, however once the cover was opened it was clearly visible. It was the reason why it dropped to the 7.5 initially, why it dropped again to a 7.0 was puzzling. Lesson learned big time.     |
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| Oh, dear. Maybe it was a bead of sweat that dropped from the grader's brow after the book was assigned the grade. |
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Good lord!! how long are these shifts?! |
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| That's a water drop. It's perfectly round. | ||
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| @Kinsella5 That does suck! I Really don't see a whole lot of Grading Notes difference. For Crime SuspenStories, see are the complete CGC Notes: Title Crime SuspenStories Issue 15 Issue Date 2-3/53 Issue Year 1953 Publisher E.C. Comics Grade 7.0 Page Quality CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Grade Date 2001-07-06 Grade Category Universal Label Text "Ray Bradbury" written on 5th page in marker. Art Comments Craig, Gaines and Feldstein stories Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels and George Evans art, Johnny Craig cover Key Comments Old Witch appearance. Bondage cover. Grader Notes Spine Stress Lines Top Spine Tear Right Bottom Front Cover Chip Out Right Center Front Cover Tear with Crease Left Top Back Cover Chip Out Left Bottom Back Cover Chip Out Left Top Back Cover Tear with Crease Left Bottom Back Cover Tear with Crease |
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| @OGJackster It's the tanning. It's a killer and not mentioned in the cgc notes. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Yeah I figured something moisture-related, just unsure how it would get there as I would never keep water around my books. I can't say it happened at CBCS after I sent it in as I suspect it happened much earlier. Could have been a sweat drop when I was bag/boarding comics long ago. Still, I should never submitted it to CGC hoping to get a higher grade, I should have been happy with the 9.6 it had. Gordon Gekko once said "Greed is good" but not in this case, I basically screwed myself. I ended up selling it for around $95 shipped on eBay soon after I got it back from CGC. |
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I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Can tanning occur after slabbing? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by flanders It can depending on storage conditions. |
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