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Derbydude wrote:One each of pullbox and regular Bloodshot please.
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gvp wrote:Hi ckb,

I was one of the PM folks. Could you please put me down for the following:

Bloodshot #1 pullbox X1
Harbinger #2 regular X1

*and if possible, a Harbinger #1? Thought I think I missed the boat on that.

Thank you so much and please let me know what I can do in terms of down payments, etc.
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caxiotis wrote:Could you put me on the wait list for x-o #3?
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Johnseye wrote:Interested in a Bloodshot #1 and Harby #2 if possible.

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caxiotis wrote:Please put me on the wait list for harby 2
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Pariah wrote:Waitlist for Bloodshot 1!

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jaden_sai wrote:Please put me on the wait list for: Bloodshot 1 regular, Bloodshot 1 pullbox variant

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Just a heads up, these are probably not too far from coming back from CGC.

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Got another box today - they should start to trickle in over the next week.

I am updating the VEI Master Set thread in the gallery forum with examples of the books if you want a preview.

Wow, you know there were 7 regular Bloodshot 1's on this invoice and they only passed one of them! This is a very unusual ratio for me to have rejected. Hopefully I do better on the other invoices.

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Wow! 1/7 regular BS#1. That's very unusual. I was afraid of this one too.

I saw a TON of BS#1 Regular covers from different LCS and these were very hard to screen. They all have a print defect on the bottom right front cover. Looks like a print roller crease. The black cover also makes it harder to get a 9.8 candidate.

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I figured that would be a tough one. Not 1/7 tough though.
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Uh..oh! That's AFTER CKB's pre-screen himself. This isn't looking good.
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:o no kidding. Must be the boss grader.... Not the entry level grader.

Sometimes I rant of how a book gets a 9.8, sometimes it comes back at you.

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I've got a full invoice of 30 of them coming so we'll see. I haven't take a close look at the ones that came back yet.

edit: I was incorrect above - I only submitted 21 since I had so much trouble screening them. My goal was to submit 30 but fell short due to lack of candidates, despite screens hundreds of them.
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Got the XO3's in today. I'm still waiting on the BS 1s and H 2s.

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Bloodshot 1 pullbox in today. Was 100% on those. Keep :hope: for the regulars.

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:hope: :hope: :hope: :hope:

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I just did the math and this is certainly going to be a problem. I have orders for 14 and I need 13 more (have 1 already). But the invoice that is coming with them only has 14 copies on it. I only submitted 21 total because I had so much trouble screening them.

I have enough BS1 pullbox and H2 and XO 3, so no panic there.

I may have to ask Greg to do the lottery. If you have signed up for a BS 1 regular and want to voluntarily bow out of that book only, send me a PM please!

edit: that 13 I need includes a few "wait listers" so there's still a glimmer of hope to avoid the lottery if you signed up on time.

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ckb wrote:I just did the math and this is certainly going to be a problem. I have orders for 14 and I need 13 more (have 1 already). But the invoice that is coming with them only has 14 copies on it. I only submitted 21 total because I had so much trouble screening them.

I have enough BS1 pullbox and H2 and XO 3, so no panic there.

I may have to ask Greg to do the lottery. If you have signed up for a BS 1 regular and want to voluntarily bow out of that book only, send me a PM please!

edit: that 13 I need includes a few "wait listers" so there's still a glimmer of hope to avoid the lottery if you signed up on time.

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The rest of the books came in today. You can find scans of examples here: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=38025&p=812880#p812880" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The problem child is Bloodshot 1 regular. I received 12 graded at CGC 9.8. I have orders for 12, but one is mine (sorry). One of the orders was for two - since there is a shortage I'm going to make a command decision and hope he is not violently against getting one instead of two. If he is I am going to violently take the heat - and that assumes all 11 other people also still want their slabs, it's been an eternity since these were submitted.

So, if you were on the waitlist for this issue I probably cannot help. I can replace it with a pullbox. I'm going to hold off dealing with the waitlist side of things until I have heard from all the on-time orders. So there is still hope.

Everyone will be getting a PM from me soon on these. I am going to offer special pricing on the Variants and the Flipbooks I have as well as a thank you to everyone. If there are any left over I will be offering them to the boards as well.

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12 is better than nothing! People shouldn't expect more from you who did all this work without any advance payments. Clearly there is going to be a demand for these books and will be difficult to find. You were able to get 12 and thats more than what anyone can ask for.

$40 / a slab is a steal for this much trouble. :D

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About how many of the regulars did you submit?
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400yrs wrote:About how many of the regulars did you submit?
21 total. At that time I was screening 30 of each book but I had trouble finding 30 candidates.

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ckb wrote:
400yrs wrote:About how many of the regulars did you submit?
21 total. At that time I was screening 30 of each book but I had trouble finding 30 candidates.
Out of hundreds of candidates... correct?

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Ricomortis wrote:
ckb wrote:
400yrs wrote:About how many of the regulars did you submit?
21 total. At that time I was screening 30 of each book but I had trouble finding 30 candidates.
Out of hundreds of candidates... correct?

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Yes, I had more than 300 of each of the regular and pullbox covers to look at. And then ordered 50 more regulars which were worse than the originals.


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