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It's a very solid guest list this year.

On 4/14/2024 at 2:08 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

not that I know of  eek!

I think @Monster's Lair Comics worked as a witness for a facilitator last year, maybe he can give us a heads-up? but idk

@Parzival yes, we can take some books for the show. Please message me to work it out.

On 12/24/2023 at 8:45 PM, TerrysComics said:

Too bad, I really liked the September dates. T.

I may be wrong, but I think that October is the regular month for the show. I don't mind it being a bit later, but I also don't have far to go so I don't need to worry about distance relative to other shows on the calendar.

On 1/3/2024 at 12:04 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

CGC still hasn't listed it under "events" for this year, but Lord willing will happen. I'll try to keep an eye out for it  

Just for attendance, not necessarily onsite grading as that has already been confirmed a no  

They were there last year, and seemed busy every time I saw them, so I am optimistic.

This was forwarded to me, off of Facebook:

I'd vote for Tim Boo Ba next, this is one of my favorite covers of all the pre-hero books.

On 12/23/2023 at 9:55 PM, bullmark said:

When I did the first figure I was thinking to do Orrgo or Goom but that 's probably my next .

love that guy too: 

That would be a good one as well. These are extremely cool, may be the post of the year on this thread in terms of being both fantastic and completely unexpected. It isn't often we get to see something we haven't seen before with these characters.

On 12/13/2023 at 8:33 PM, jayhawker said:

Here’s an upgrade that came in this week.

That’s a beauty! I still need to upgrade my copy. 

This may have already come up, but recently we have been getting slabs back with the top part of the label crunched. Just got back a box of 15 and each one has this to one degree or another. Do you know what may be going on here, @CGC Mike?

On 11/29/2023 at 3:41 PM, seanlinc said:

Small vintage submission received 11/7 was in GEI for almost 2 weeks then went straight to shipped today 👍

This has happened a few times for us lately. Sub spends more time in GEI than all the other stages combined.

On 11/28/2023 at 8:48 AM, mysterio said:

Mike, will this have any effect on the FIFO issues we have been having? If you check the invoices I posted our last three group submissions (10/26, 11/2, and 11/9) have each had one modern invoice ship while another is still in GEI. I understand that FIFO can't be expected to be perfect, but waiting on our 10/26 modern to get out of GEI after having received the slabs from another group shipped to CGC in the same box is a bit frustrating.

FYI, the other 10/26 shipped yesterday. That was 9 calendar days after the other modern that arrived in the same box shipped. 

On 11/28/2023 at 11:14 AM, CGC Mike said:

Those might have been a result of the move which took several days.  I feel that the new setup will help things to flow more smoothly, in regards to the FIFO and other issues that people have been experiencing.

That makes sense, thanks!

On 11/28/2023 at 10:57 AM, Willbert said:

Just to commiserate.... I'm right there with you on my 10/24 submission of 25 books. 10 modern books shipped back 11/02 and the other 15 modern with custom labels have been stuck in GEI after both sets were progressing on identical tracks. Pretty ridiculous really. The 20 Day turnaround time that CGC so proudly brags about has come and gone...no matter how they want to count it.

Just so you know, it isn’t the custom labels holding them up. One of the subs we just got back has Spidey labels while the one from the same box in GEI are regular blue. 

On 11/28/2023 at 8:32 AM, CGC Mike said:

Outside of some unboxing/re-arranging, the move should be completed.  

Mike, will this have any effect on the FIFO issues we have been having? If you check the invoices I posted our last three group submissions (10/26, 11/2, and 11/9) have each had one modern invoice ship while another is still in GEI. I understand that FIFO can't be expected to be perfect, but waiting on our 10/26 modern to get out of GEI after having received the slabs from another group shipped to CGC in the same box is a bit frustrating.

On 11/27/2023 at 5:28 PM, Chaz G. said:

Curious, were the 25 Modern books from 11/9 Fast Track?

Nope. If any were fast track it would say under the service. We haven’t done any fast track on moderns in a while, we let the chips fall where they may. 

No rhyme or reason...

@Kevin Boyd, any idea when you may have a comic creator guest list for Megacon?

On 11/14/2023 at 8:20 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

No worries. Thanks for looking into it though 😉 worth a shot!

I don’t think they’re doing onsite at any shows lately. I haven’t seen it listed. 

On 11/13/2023 at 12:25 PM, CGC Mike said:

Here is what the marketing manager has told me.  Can you send me some screenshots?

"Can he send an example of when this is not working? If you have a Spider-Man book and then a Thor book, you should be able to get a Spider-Man label on one and then a Thor label on another. It should never stop that from happening so I am curious about the issue he is seeing on his end."

Just did a submission and I was able to mix custom label types in the sub. Not sure where I went wrong, but I was wrong. Thanks!

On 11/13/2023 at 2:28 PM, Kevin Boyd said:

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Thanks for this! Does this mean Dallas Fan Festival is off the schedule?

On 11/13/2023 at 3:52 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

To be fair Mike was right in that it would only be two shipments

20 books reg label. 1st shipment 

3 wolverine and two Spidey. 2nd shipment.

Cgc mike was saying labels by themselves can all go in one shipment, which always has, and they didn't see a problem with being able to, just add the five books, upon adding the books add the label option for each individual of the five. No worries but was trying to help 😂

That hadn’t been my experience. When I’ve tried in the past each different label type required a different invoice. If that has changed and any/all custom labels can be used in a submission that would be a step in the right direction. 

On 11/13/2023 at 12:33 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Idk if he'll respond as probably at work, but it sounded more like to me he was asking for, "blue universal label on one the Spidey, and a Thor label on the Thor book...."

Not a sub of all labels, but a sub of regular labels ten books, including one or two limited custom labels... That's the only kind they've sorted, shipped separately and charged separately since the beginning.

In short he "would have got a custom label", but "not if he's going to have to separate it into another order submission, when he has ten books to sub, but only needs two custom labels, which would charge separate shipping. Cause it's not worth it to paraphrase, and he'd rather do the entire sub blue regular and to have them all back at the same time!". 

@CGC Mike but I understand if you await his response, just imo how I read it. 

@CGC Mike, he nailed it. If I could have both regular blue labels and custom labels in the same submission that would lead to more purchases of custom labels. As it is now, if I have 25 books and would like two of them to get Spidey labels and three to get Wolverine that means three different subs (20, 2, and 3 books) with three separate return shipments. 

@CGC Mike, this may have been addressed before, but if it could be possible to mix custom labels on one submission that would allow more custom labels to be used. I have had plenty of books I would have used a custom label with, but since it would have incurred the extra costs of a separate sub (handling fee and separate shipping) I did not.