readrideclimb Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) Hey all, hoping you can help clarify the CGC grading tiers a bit for me. I'm mainly confused about the Value tier. My understanding is that, being the max value of each comic cannot exceed $200, it correlates most with the Modern tier. However, I would think that they want you to send as many to them as possible to grade; yet am I to understand that it's $27 per book under the Value tier (when I'm sending 15 comics, as per the minimum) while it's only $20 per book when I send one (to be graded under the Modern tier)? If so, can someone explain the logic in this? Thanks, Chris Edited January 29, 2019 by readrideclimb clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, readrideclimb said: Hey all, hoping you can help clarify the CGC grading tiers a bit for me. I'm mainly confused about the Value tier. My understanding is that, being the max value of each comic cannot exceed $200, it correlates most with the Modern tier. However, I would think that they want you to send as many to them as possible to grade; yet am I to understand that it's $27 per book under the Value tier (when I'm sending 15 comics, as per the minimum) while it's only $20 per book when I send one? If so, can someone explain the logic in this? Thanks, Chris I think you mean it's only $20 per book in the Modern tier. Value tier costs 27.00 per book, Modern costs 20.00 . Modern has a cutoff date of 1975. Not sure what you are having trouble understanding = not sure what your question is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I also did not understand what information you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readrideclimb Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said: I think you mean it's only $20 per book in the Modern tier. Value tier costs 27.00 per book, Modern costs 20.00 . Modern has a cutoff date of 1975. Not sure what you are having trouble understanding = not sure what your question is ? Yes that's what I meant, apologies (I edited the post to clarify). My confusion is why they would charge more per book when you're sending them a bulk amount (more business for them) than when you're sending them 1 through 14 books. In other words, if I send them 14 modern books, they'll charge me $20 per book, but if I send them that 15th modern book, they'll tack on an additional $7 to all of those 14 books (plus the 15th) to make it $27 each? What am I missing here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, readrideclimb said: Yes that's what I meant, apologies (I edited the post to clarify). My confusion is why they would charge more per book when you're sending them a bulk amount (more business for them) than when you're sending them 1 through 14 books. In other words, if I send them 14 modern books, they'll charge me $20 per book, but if I send them that 15th modern book, they'll tack on an additional $7 to all of those 14 books (plus the 15th) to make it $27 each? What am I missing here? Where do you see that they charge you more with 15 books in the Modern tier? That is not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 This is from the website. No reference to a minimum or charging you differently for a Modern submission @ 15 books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readrideclimb Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Okay, when I saw the chart elsewhere, it showed the "15 book minimum" for Value, plus the $200 Max Value (which I associated with Modern). So if you send them 15 Modern books they'll still only charge you $20 per book? What's the advantage of Value then? Solely for books older than 1975 that are valued at less than $200? Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Value is for books OLDER than 1975 that are also valued at (or less than) $200. I assume it is easier to grade modern books and therefore the price difference. Either that, or they know that books after 1975 are not worth anything anyway... KIDDING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, TellItToTheJudge said: Why would you send in Moderns under the Value tier in the first place? You wouldn't. Absolutely no reason to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, readrideclimb said: Okay, when I saw the chart elsewhere, it showed the "15 book minimum" for Value, plus the $200 Max Value (which I associated with Modern). So if you send them 15 Modern books they'll still only charge you $20 per book? What's the advantage of Value then? Solely for books older than 1975 that are valued at less than $200? There's no 'advantage' to value tier. In fact, it has the slowest turnaround time of all. I feel the tiers are actually pretty straightforward if you don't try to over analyze them. You have a book 1975 - present, submit it in Modern. Anything older, use the appropriate tier based on value. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hmmm... I could see using value fast track for a bunch of my newer FF say 70 to 100 that don't need pressing. But then I will need another darn box or two to fit them all in! Modern day problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
