Grading & selling comics

[Bill]

Yes, but not for faster turnarounds (although that is a positive checkmark).
I’ve changed over because I’m tired of calling CGC customer service for mistakes and damages and other nonsense.

[Toy_Maker]

I just sent 11 comics to CGC yesterday to get pressed and graded. I think they all should be either 9.6 or better. One Moon Knight #1, #3, and five #8 issues, three West Coast Avengers #45 and a ASM #306. I will keep the ASM #306 and sell the rest. I am keeping my fingers crossed…

[dPcomics]

Who do you call for CBCS customer service? I’ve only gotten an Indian call center and they were never able to answer my questions. Is there a different phone number to get US based reps? I would love to call them today if so…

[dPcomics]

So this is a perfect example. First off, good luck, hope you get the grades you want.

So Moon Knight books might see a big jump all around as we get closer to the Disney+ series.

If you could get your books back a couple of months earlier, would you have gone with CBCS for this submission? Are you worried you’ll miss out on high sales of Moon Knight 8 while they’re hot?

I have a bunch of books I’d like to submit but I worry I’ll miss the boat on selling them for max value if they’re sitting at CGC for 4 months.

[D-Rog]

I gave a run down with pics last year…I’ll see if I can find it.

[D-Rog]

This is the old case (follow the link)…and @jcLu pointing out the concern with tampering. Be weary of this case.

@jcLu

@D-Rog… what do you think of this? A guy posted these pics in another group I participate in. He said he was cracking this to re sub, and when all was said and done, that he was able to open the CBCS slab, remove the book, and then was able to reassemble the slab, with very little evidence of tampering. He went on to say that this was not his initial intention, and if he used different tools to crack the slab then he feels he could open and close the cbcs slab with little to no evidence.

[D-Rog]

Here’s my response talking to some improvements they made with subsequent cases (newer cases which addresses some concerns. Still not today’s case:

@D-Rog

The label on the far right is the one with the tamper evident seal. Can’t swap labels without destroying the seal, my understanding.

These are just examples of older labels which don’t have the tamper evident seal.

The ones with the tamper evidence seal are ok.

Check out my books…ASM238, UF4, Spawn #1, and Batman 368.

[D-Rog]

And pics of the new slab (plus a dig
@Alana for good measure).

@D-Rog

Some Picks of the New CBCS case. Nice heavy material like CGC. Gone is the lack of a seal along the edges (now sealed) and those unsightly “tabs” along the top.

It’s like they converted to the CGC slabs but solved the newton ring problem!! (@Alana).

Hope this helps!

[D-Rog]

@dPcomics

That said, CBCS def improved their case and when you factor in the faster turnaround and lower price, I am considering using them if they can help me flip books faster while CGC is under construction.

Thanks for The clarification. More new CBCS cases can only help their marketability and resale value of the comics within. So we’ll see what happens with this CGC move.

I did send in a few books to CGC last week with fast pass on order to benefit from the old price structure and maximize my ROI. But after my membership expires I’m likely done with them all other things being equal.

[Bill]

I’ve not had a problem, thankfully, yet… in which I needed to call them.
But for those that I’ve seen that have had issues, I think if you email them at customerservice@cbcscomics.com OR they are usually really good with answering within the CBCS forum.

[Toy_Maker]

@dPcomics

So this is a perfect example. First off, good luck, hope you get the grades you want.

So Moon Knight books might see a big jump all around as we get closer to the Disney+ series.

If you could get your books back a couple of months earlier, would you have gone with CBCS for this submission? Are you worried you’ll miss out on high sales of Moon Knight 8 while they’re hot?

I have a bunch of books I’d like to submit but I worry I’ll miss the boat on selling them for max value if they’re sitting at CGC for 4 months

I have been lucky so far with CGC. I just started last year with the grading. I am at the elite tier and sent about 80 books last year. I was right about almost all the books I sent t in and the others I was off about a point. I’m in for the long term. I was hoping to get the books out earlier but life got in the way.

[enabler]

The CBCS May promo is only 5% off. I can only conclude CBCS is already seeing an upsurge in submissions from angry CGC users, or really doesn’t care to go for the kill after the CGC price hike fiasco.

[SpicyWasabi]

There’s a 10% off CBCS code posted in the CBCS forum by ggovel. Good time to take advantage with their already cheaper prices.

[comicsZ]

I have like 20 key books that need to be graded.I am going wait to see if CBCS can overtake CGC by the end of the year.

[dPcomics]

Overtake how? In terms of market preference?

[comicsZ]

Yes.

[dPcomics]

I don’t see that happening. The industry is built around CGC. CBCS will def see growth, but CGC is growing faster.

[D-Rog]

I don’t see that happening in a year unless CGC has a major gaffe that challenges their integrity industry wide.

Make no mistake though…a mass quantity of books are about to swamp CGC as people were getting books to them at the end of April before the price structure changed…and with con season is upon us even more books are coming in…they are going to be so backlogged for a while and CBCS is going to look like a really nice alternative…you’re hearing it from a small pool of people here already…that can only help CBCS goi forward.

I do think CBCS missed a huge opportunity to take a leap forward as they are only offering a 5% discount on grading services in the month of May…pretty pathetic as they’ve had better discounts in recent months.

Should have really stuck it to CGC with a 10% discount no limits on submissions. But maybe they determined that would just overwhelm them too.

[AngryMrBungle]

I’m only speaking of modern comics here but I am done with paying someone to officially grade modern comics. It’s completely insane that a raw Champions #1 NM sells for $20-$40 and a 9.8 sells for $350 or so. Get outta town with that garbage. I will keep mine rather than sell them for 8x below market value. I just cannot do it with modern comics anymore.

[infinityG]

I stopped submitting books a few months before the pandemic lockdown. I’m still on my hiatus from slabbing but I’m hoping CBCS doesn’t get flooded. Everything is so crazy right now. Hoping it settles just a bit so turnaround times are better. Back to raw books.