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I clean and press my own books and before all the new hires at CGC I was averaging 80% of my books getting 9.8. Now I'm averaging about 55% and I'm doing nothing different
Now that was a large submission. Even though I could see your frustration you still got back 51 books at a 9.8 grade so, kudos to you. I'm not into the new books though I do have some. I'm a Silver age fanboy, but it was fantastic checking out all those books in one sitting. Best to you going forward with your new business.
This is why I keep all my comics raw for now. I know they are a certain grade and I don't have the time or money to constantly be sending them back because someone didn't do their job.
I am always amazed to see that people are fond of Scottie Young covers. One trick pony covers. He should try drawing people sometime, his art is for kids. I like to look at the great covers made by Kirby, Romita, Colan, Jae Lee, Jim Lee, Frank Miller McFarlane, David Mack and many others. But maybe I'm just an old guy, remembering better times :)
Having no key notes and no graders notes is unforgivable. They are supposed to be an expert grading company. Given what people do to get higher grades, you would think adding notes would encourage resubmissions if faults are pressable. Bad for the customer and also bad for the company!!
It makes me wonder if CGC is simply stupid and doesn't know about the key notes. Like (hypothetically) they don't know that Amazing Fantasy #15 is the first appearance of Peter Parker.
*_I think if you send in 100 and the same person is grading the 100, either he thinks there "shouldn't be 100 9.8's" or, that "he has been told to not grade 100 9.8's." Then again, it could be the same grader later in the evening and he remembered he gave you 41/50 9.8's and "thinks he has to adjust that". After all the clean 'n' press 'n' re-submit business is booming still, so more strict 9.8 grading means more re-submissions._* *_No notes means he was told to not add notes, or adding notes takes time and the graders have a slab quota._* *_40% of all books CGC has slabbed are a 9.8._* *_You still have a "direct line to CGC". If you have time, either send them your video(must be the quickest) or send them notes on these books._* *_Only You Can Stop Bad CGC Grading!_* Edit: I added an "r".
Grading is subjective… we will NEVER get consistent grades unless done with computer scanners or other tech. People screw up all the time. They have different feelings, opinions, interests etc. I get people are upset by grading and inconsistency, but it’s NEVER going to change by people grading them.
Actually got the Exiles graphic novel in an Ollie's pack last week in perfect condition. Haven't read it yet though. Though it's not the Carter story. It's issues 52-58.
I haven’t even finished the video yet but I had to mention: as soon as you showed the GL #26 from the Johns run I immediately thought, that is the perfect slab to go with the prime1 GL statue, it’s the same exact pose…..your welcome lol 😉
Looks like the first grader messed up giving notes on the rejections. Cgc site says no notes will be given to pre screen rejects. But it does seem weird that so little hit 9.8 on the other 50. Shows how things can change from grader to grader.
On the grading discrepancy… It feels like shift work, quotas and evening supervision. Having experience with Quality Control and subjective calls. To me, I suspect that the evening shifts might be getting their quota of grading even if they reject a comic. So at the end of their shift it looks like they are doing same volume but actually f’ing the 🐕. This makes a strong argument for smaller submissions and/or no pre grading. Your submission might have given a grader an easy Night Shift. My stab at a conspiracy theory. Love your content and super impressed with your DC knowledge 🤯
After a certain amount of books I get grading fatigue and have to stop for a day or two. When I go back and look at them again I see things that I easily missed a tiny defect here or there. I'm in the middle of sending in another 25 book 9.8 prescreen and in my third week of putting it together double triple quadruple checking.
My OCD was kicking in watching your video with the slabs stacked that high. I might be tripping but that's a lot of weight on those slabs on the bottom. Suggest just stacking them 15 to 20 high
I had that same issue of Detective comics as a kid really really really love that cover I've always really love covers that one Central image with a lot of dead space and I think it's because of this one lol
@@MintHunterComics It would make a great video, just to see how many would get the 9.8; especially if you send them in “as is”. But like you said, it would be quite pricey. Maybe viewers could help pitch in?
Just a different person grading. It’s not being graded by a machine so person to person it will vary. In my opinion the company that can make it a standard test done by a machine will change the game.
Damn i was hoping Lemires Scottie Young Moon Knight would show up but it is tempting with the ongoing, even though ive got a handful of Moon Knight cgcs from that run 🤣
*_If I were you, I'd raise the price on the books you are going to sell, like that Black Swamp Thing one could/should go for more. Not understanding why you'd bother slabbing a book that will be worth $60, but the market is dropping and maybe it was worth more before._* *_Why are those Scottie Young books worth so little??_* *_I'd resubmit those other 50 books again, just to see; what if you get 50/50 in a 9.8.....could turn out to be your most viewed video._*
I've never thought about it before James but seeing 100 slabbed books like this, in tower form, is quite an awesome sight. I have few Batman issues but one is #522, I really like that issue too, and Kelly Jones is definitely the true heir to Bernie Wrightson. Mind-boggling that CGC would send back comics un-slabbed because someone slipped up, yet they'll happily take your money. Overall a great lot of comics but there are still questions for CGC to answer.
This is the same ratio I received with 150 books. It was humbling for my own account of my grading abilities. The saving grace was that all the books were keys and the lowest grade, 8.0, still had legs. So you think the lack of graders notes has to do with the possibility that graders notes only come with the slabbing since there is a serial number to connect it to? Great video!
Great vid! Does CGC charge a $9 reject fee for each reject and then $25 grading/encapsulation fee for the ones that actually got a 9.8? Thinking about sending in 25 books, but want to fully understand the charges.
I don't think it makes sense to add a notation to each label for every book since almost every comic is the first appearance of a character. That doesn't mean that because you have a character appearing in the book for a first time that its a "key" issue or has any significance. I personally like that they don't add the notations unless there is a first appearance of actual significance or some other significant event. Great collection by the way.
I have very little knowledge of swamp thing but it just seems all price guide aps or every time I look into that swamp thing #90 I don't see any mention of it having any key significance..I even have a copy of #90 probably a 8.5 or9.0 but every where I look it shows basically cover price value. Excuse my ignorance on this but need someone to school me on that swamp thing book
Great video like usual . What’s your eBay so I can check it out ? Also could you possibly make a video showing how you pack and ship a submission to cgc ?
Grading is subjective. two different graders probably. one was much harder to get a 9.8 out of. as far as the grader notes, pretty much every book is a key if you want to put every first appearance, every single event that happens in a book. honestly i think it's silly to put a first appearance unless it's a major character. even major character is subjective but many of the characters you mentioned I've never even heard of. I'm not a fan of "professionally" graded books anyway though. Especially current era books.
Great grade on the Swamp Thing! unbelievable! As far as CGC goes, I submitted 100+ books to CGC at the Baltimore comic con. Some were to be graded and 2 other batches were to be prescreened for either 9.6 or 9.8. Other i was never at 80% like your submission was, my experience was very similar. one batch was over 65% and the other was about 20%. No notes, etc. I sent CGC an email after receipt of the books and asked about the lack of comments and whether or not any of the rejected books could be improved through pressing and the response was they couldn't provide any advice on pressing. Of course, if notes were included I could determine whether or not pressing would be worth it. Is CGC rejecting books just to meet imposed turn around times? don't get it. i know grading can be subjective, but dang! i find the whole process to be very, very, very annoying. (may have left a "very." lol)
CGC been messing up labels all around I got serval books come back miss label on which cover it is and no key info. I think they do it to mess with the market
@@MintHunterComics granted, I’m not sending in one hundred at a time lol. You just see so many people (mainly LCS owners) attempting to devalue your graded books even though the grades are 9.8. Several videos I’ve seen, people attempting to trade at cons get sh*t on by owners knit picking a 9.8 as if it’s not an actual 9.8. It’s crazy. By the way, thanks for your content. Endless hours of fun for my kids and I as we try to navigate our way through starting a comic business.
Love those kind of videos. I keep rewatching the old MASSIVE UNBOXING ones. I was just wondering: do you have all, or rather most, of your slabbed GL issues also in raw form?
With you being so strict on the books you send is it too much to hope for a 9.9? If not then I’m not sure why they have 9.9 or 10! On a different note not sure if you have done a video on modern ratio books / Unlockable / one per store / store exclusive , worth or not?
I feel ur pain man. CGC is getting brooootal on grading lately, plus my Batman 1 (snyder run) came back with an eyelash or something smack in the middle of the capsule. Do I have to pay shipping both ways for their F up to get re capsule
Hello, I’m so surprised that your prescreens can get so high percentage. I only get around 50%. May I ask how did you get this? Do you have some tips? Thank you so much.
Hate to keep being that guy…stop grading! It’s subjective, humans do it. They screw up, have bad days, inflate grades. Graders were probably different people in different moods. That’s the only explanation. I’ve seen 9.8 with multiple spine ticks and 9.6 with almost no wear. Stop it! 😂
Check out "Conversations with Tom (Bilyeu)" episode "Get Uncomfortable" with author Michael Easter minute 21 ish...study talking about people trained to find problems...in a nutshell, they will find a problem whether there is one or not. So I would suggest on your next haul, send 50 9.8s and 50 9.4 to 9.6s. The results will be in the stack of 50 9.8s as a ratio...if it's higher then keep doing that.
Surprised at the amount of Marvel books. More surprised about SW 90. It certainly would be a big "Hmmmm" 🤨😒moment if you did re-submit those 50 and a percentage came back 9.8s
I had a much larger swing and miss with Pre-Screen 9.8 recently. I sent in 140 books that unfortunately did not get separated between different groups of graders .... like your submission it was all from the same collection and I was well below 50% .... can I ask did you submit using modern or economy?
The fact that half the books were split up, probably between two different graders, and one group hit 9.8 at 80%, shows how suspect CGC’s consistency is.
@@MintHunterComics interesting! I’d love to see a video of how you decide to press or not press - honestly I don’t think anyone has done a video like that yet
It's kind of hard to support you in your economic hardship when I see this kind of crazy spending. Good luck moving those books at a reasonable profit.
This has got to be the biggest CGC unboxing I've ever seen. I follow you on Instagram, so I'll have to check out a few of your listings. You have become a full time RU-vidr. Keep that unemployment coming while you look for another job. You may just pull off this flipping and RU-vid game though.
