Hero Restoration pressing service 0

[Spider-Guy]

Hey guys was thinking about having hero restoration do some comic pressing for me and was wondering if any of you have experience with them? Im one to always be worried about other people touching my books so I'm a bit hesitant so wanted to see if anyone here can chime in. Thanks!

[mec3437]

Mike is awesome. He pressed about 20 books for me from Silver to Modern.  Super pleasant to deal with, and packs the books very well when he sent them back to me.  Hero Restoration is good to go in my book.  

[comicquant]

Mike is great and one of the best out there.  I had a couple of books that had issues and he called me personally to go over my options.  I'm sure most people who have used Mike's services will tell you the same.

[Sauce Dog]

Yup, I now only use Mike at Hero Restoration for any of my pre-submission pressing that I can't do myself (I'm comfortable working with newer stuff, but anything super valuable or golden age I leave to the professionals), as well as for restoration work (have found his work to be the best, especially for the costs compared to other restoration providers).

[956Ref]

On 2/27/2020 at 10:58 AM, Spider-Guy said:

Hey guys was thinking about having hero restoration do some comic pressing for me and was wondering if any of you have experience with them? Im one to always be worried about other people touching my books so I'm a bit hesitant so wanted to see if anyone here can chime in. Thanks!

Did you end up using their service. Im curious as I was thinking about trying them out too. Mostly because I wanted to try the CGC grade prescreen service. Where you send in 25 books and set a grade for a floor and they only grade and encapsulate the books that pass a prescreening. I was thinking of sending him the batch first; prescreen himself, press what he thought needed pressing and leave the rest alone. Then send them in for the CGC service, the thought process was that this would leave a higher rate of success. But I dont know if that possible.

[Sauce Dog]

6 hours ago, 956Ref said:

Did you end up using their service. Im curious as I was thinking about trying them out too. Mostly because I wanted to try the CGC grade prescreen service. Where you send in 25 books and set a grade for a floor and they only grade and encapsulate the books that pass a prescreening. I was thinking of sending him the batch first; prescreen himself, press what he thought needed pressing and leave the rest alone. Then send them in for the CGC service, the thought process was that this would leave a higher rate of success. But I dont know if that possible.

He totally can do that, as he offers a few levels of pre-screen service. The basic screen: Pre-screen for a minimum grade is $2 per book. (Can be screened for any grade). For example if you want to know which books are 9.0 or higher. He can also do a Full Grading pre-screening service for $4 per book. (For when you want more than a screen for minimum) Includes graders notes. For example, if you want to know the grades of your books and exactly what is impacting their condition.

[deadlyworldproductions]

Mike is INCREDIBLE. He will call you if he has a personal issue or concern, just to make sure he gets it right.

 

[ARMANDO M GOMEZ JR]

Has anyone ever done a pre screen thru hero restoration and how much was the total cost for the Pre screen plus the grading let me know I trust mike with any comics that  I send him I just want to know the total cost so can pay him right away 

Edited December 15, 2020 by ARMANDO M GOMEZ JR

[BoogieWoogie]

On 12/15/2020 at 4:38 PM, ARMANDO M GOMEZ JR said:

Has anyone ever done a pre screen thru hero restoration and how much was the total cost for the Pre screen plus the grading let me know I trust mike with any comics that  I send him I just want to know the total cost so can pay him right away 

I have 10 books with him now. For pressing, cleaning, and forwarding to CGC that ultimately came to just under $300. If you had 25 value tier books you're probably looking at around $635 or so? So around $25 a book after shipping and fees... then you've got the CGC grading costs.

This is my first time using them so I can't speak to the quality of their service but I elected to try them because I've heard good things. I sent them my books at the end of October and they haven't made it to CGC just yet because I haven't been charged for getting them graded yet. 

[Pat Thomas]

48 minutes ago, BoogieWoogie said:

I have 10 books with him now. For pressing, cleaning, and forwarding to CGC that ultimately came to just under $300. If you had 25 value tier books you're probably looking at around $635 or so? So around $25 a book after shipping and fees... then you've got the CGC grading costs.

This is my first time using them so I can't speak to the quality of their service but I elected to try them because I've heard good things. I sent them my books at the end of October and they haven't made it to CGC just yet because I haven't been charged for getting them graded yet. 

It all just depends how much he has going on. When I had some books restored about 5 years ago, he was just a 1 man operation, and there was a pretty good wait time for just about any service. I believe he's hired some people to do pressing and cleaning for most books, and mainly does the big jobs himself. Right now, USPS is compounding the turnaround time problems with their terrible service, so I don't know how much of your wait ends up being their fault instead of Mike's.

[Corallas]

Just got correspondence from Hero saying they are not doing the comprehesive grading right now , just the minimum screen.

[Hero Restoration]

Phew,

Gosh, 2020 was crazy! I am so glad that's over. LoL

Some changes to Hero Restoration in 2021 is a new 2nd location on East Coast!

We have added more experienced skilled staff.

We have a solid hand on Tat's, Some fast, some slow, all are currently on time except for the few holiday stragglers. Hehe