why should I pay for this again?

while I think that making the grader notes available is a good service to the consumer, as many of us are curious to why a book received a particular grade, I believe paying for the service is a little obsurd when I see the fees.

First, as someone who pays the $109 membership fee every year, I think it should be FREE with paid memberships. Otherwise, where is the bang for my buck? Yeah I get four free submissions but what else? Shouldn't CGC be looking into more ways to make the membership fee more attractive? It's not like I have to be a member to submit to CGC anyways.

Second, this used to be a free courtesy service. From time to time, you could have called the toll free number and received the grader notes over the phone (so long as you didn't abuse it). That was cool. I guess those days are now gone.

Third, older books cost more for the notes? Why? What makes the notes different if it's a silver age book versus a modern book? I assume its the same process to retrieve the notes, so why are the associated cost different? It should be a flat fee for the notes regardless of the book's tier it was graded under.

Forth, why should I really care about the notes anyway? Once the book is graded and receives a numerical value, that's all I really care about. A 9.8 is a 9.8 and a 9.8 again. I don't care if it has a micro tear on the 3rd page. It's still a 9.8. Besides, don't you use the CGC label to note significant issues on the book anyway?

I guess I knida view this as one of those sucker bets in vegas. You know, the ones where the odds of winning are so heavily weighted in the houses favor that by the time you win it, you spent twice as much? Yeah CGC, this is that sucker bet. Thanks but no thanks. Unless it's free, I won't be using the grader notes service.

Also, I sent you guys some books back in January, remember those? Can I get those back please... thanks.