Should I send comics in myself or have others do it for me?

I have been sending in a few select comic books myself. Some have been 9.8's for added signatures. I am still not sure how these 9.8's dropped a grade. Others I sent in through other means. One of those books I just got word was graded. This is a book that someone else sent in for me and I know I will start my withdrawal systems soon because I will not get it back till mid January.

He already has two others that I have been waiting patiently for. I also just sent in another 20. I figured I would skip ahead of the $5 added fee but afterwards I do not know what I will do as you can see in the journal before mine shows one customer is slightly upset with this new added fee. I can keep sending my books through someone else because they seem to have a better success with higher grades? Would my books have retained the 9.8 grade if they sent the book in?

I do want a full set of The New Mutants and The Sandman, but my own books to be graded. What I have, i have, what i don't...well i will have to see if I am going to add them. The good news is that one book with the John Romita signature that I sent over to my friend to get signed, before I knew I was going to send in books myself was graded a 9.6.

I thought the book would have been a 9.2, no better, but Keegan had it pressed. Yes I am still on the fence about pressing but I bought this book years age, slightly after my purchase of issue #129. At $5 it was a bargain. Would the book have gotten this grade without the pressing? I don't know. The two others were pressed and one stayed the grade I thought while the other one was slightly hire. Are points dictating why I want high grade books? And why does this journal have so many unanswered questions.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb