CGC won't like this.

I sent in 30 books which were received by CGC (according to their website) on 06/01 and I sent in 11 books which were received by CGC (according to their website) on 06/05. They were to be sent back to me via 40 days. I got the 30 books back this friday (09/05) and the other batch was recently graded (09/05) but have not yet been received. I contacted CGC about this and received the "we're very busy due to conventions and onsite grading" This I can understand to a fault.

The fact that the day after I contacted them my books (already 20 days overdue) were suddenly changed from "verified" to "scheduled to grading" to "graded" occurred within 2 days. Now, I grade everything myself before I send it in, and the grades I received were not what myself or the dealors that I purchased them from had graded them as.

Now I am no math major, but grading 30 books in a days time is impressive, especially by CGC standards. The same could be said by the fact that the 11 books I submitted were done identically ("scheduled to grade" to "graded" within 1 days time). I am incredibly disappointed in the quality of grading based on the range of grades that I submitted (dealers and myself submitted books ranging from 7.5 to 9.2) which came back at lower than expected grades. (6.0 to 9.0)

I would hate to think that was due to high volume and thus hasted the grading process, but one has to wonder. When you have others look at the final result and they conclude that an issue that looks 7.0 appears to be identical to one that is 8.5, it really makes your mind wonder.

CGC is a monopoly and can set the bar at any standard it wants, but this person will not be submitting any future books until CGC can decide some baseline to which they begin grading their books and providing there customers with a detailed list of their books defects.

Good luck everyone!