HeroesCon 2025 | CBCS Comics

I have no doubt it was profitable for them. I also know a lot of the artists had no idea why CBCS wasn't there. They told me they figured CBCS chose not to come to the show. I also know every time I walked by their booth there weren't many people in line. It seemed to me that there weren't a lot of their witnesses in line with customers. You could definitely tell who their witnesses were because a few of them had these huge flags saying CGC witness, the others had red witness shirts on. I saw them walking around talking to each other, not customers. I don't remember seeing any CGC witnesses in the lines I stood in.

A lot of people using their on-site grading got burned. I was talking to Knights of the Comic, a CGC facilitator and he said that they didn't budget for enough on-site grading and a large number of those people were going to have to pay to get their books back.

If I pay for on-site grading I expect to get my comic back before the show ends and not have to pay to get them back. It's just another example of how GCG doesn't care about their customer.

I blame the show organizers for allowing this. I have no idea how much thy had to pay, but I hope it was considerable. If not, it will help them prop up their numbers. I have a feeling Blackstone is gonna try and dump CGC. Too many people are electing to keep their books raw right now.

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	Quote: Originally Posted by Belarak I have no doubt it was profitable for them. I also know a lot of the artists had no idea why CBCS wasn't there. They told me they figured CBCS chose not to come to the show. I also know every time I walked by their booth there weren't many people in line. It seemed to me that there weren't a lot of their witnesses in line with customers. You could definitely tell who their witnesses were because a few of them had these huge flags saying CGC witness, the others had red witness shirts on. I saw them walking around talking to each other, not customers. I don't remember seeing any CGC witnesses in the lines I stood in. A lot of people using their on-site grading got burned. I was talking to Knights of the Comic, a CGC facilitator and he said that they didn't budget for enough on-site grading and a large number of those people were going to have to pay to get their books back. If I pay for on-site grading I expect to get my comic back before the show ends and not have to pay to get them back. It's just another example of how GCG doesn't care about their customer. I blame the show organizers for allowing this. I have no idea how much thy had to pay, but I hope it was considerable. If not, it will help them prop up their numbers. I have a feeling Blackstone is gonna try and dump CGC. Too many people are electing to keep their books raw right now. My experience outside the long wait was not bad. I dropped off 42 books for onsite grading and 3 for JSA verification and got all of them back on saturday right before the con ended for the day.
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for. 30.61K	30.61K drchaos private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 3
	Just got home to New Jersey about five minutes ago. Wow, what a show! Every single day from start to finish I got to the show early and stayed until the end of the day. Got three great sketches from Tim Seeley and some remarks as well. Not sure how many books I got signed over the three days but it was a lot. I will post more info once I catch up on some much needed sleep.
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. 7.95K	7.95K power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 6
	I would say it was a great convention. bought over 100 comics. bought two prints from artists, bought a graded comic and two that if I go to a show cbcs is attending submit them.
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. 7.95K	7.95K power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 3
	I don't mind buying an already graded comic from them (have 3 in collection. two I had bought at heroes con and one I got as a gift here) its just their history of damaging the comic or slab issue is what draws me away. with the money I would've paid cbcs at heroes con got two grade/slab worthy comics (keys and condition) and a cgc graded comic (ironic). I'm happy with my decision. those two worthy ones, I plan on submitting them next time I go to any show cbcs is there. there is a mini con near charlotte in August cbcs will be at but going on vacation same day. Charlotte has 2 to 3 min cons a year. so there will be others hearing of the wait time at cgc booth. made right call. I had spent 2 hours seeking a specific comic on day 1 (I had found vendors who had it but way outside budget, even a low grade. but found one within my budget without looking on day 2). I didn't mind searching, as I was getting a layout of the floor. knowing where was what and who had what.
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	I have no doubt it was profitable for them. I also know a lot of the artists had no idea why CBCS wasn't there. They told me they figured CBCS chose not to come to the show. I also know every time I walked by their booth there weren't many people in line. It seemed to me that there weren't a lot of their witnesses in line with customers. You could definitely tell who their witnesses were because a few of them had these huge flags saying CGC witness, the others had red witness shirts on. I saw them walking around talking to each other, not customers. I don't remember seeing any CGC witnesses in the lines I stood in. A lot of people using their on-site grading got burned. I was talking to Knights of the Comic, a CGC facilitator and he said that they didn't budget for enough on-site grading and a large number of those people were going to have to pay to get their books back. If I pay for on-site grading I expect to get my comic back before the show ends and not have to pay to get them back. It's just another example of how GCG doesn't care about their customer. I blame the show organizers for allowing this. I have no idea how much thy had to pay, but I hope it was considerable. If not, it will help them prop up their numbers. I have a feeling Blackstone is gonna try and dump CGC. Too many people are electing to keep their books raw right now.
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