CGS "membership" Fee

[Peter 615]

Strike a light Paul that is a fantastic 1d (I've said it ) I'm sitting here with both feet raised above my torso.Both my ankles have swelled but....going to see a Porsche later today.However the 1d could tick another off my bucket list.

[RLC35 288]

10 hours ago, Paulus said:

Thanks Bob, I'm dead pleased because I dipped my toe into copper for the (almost) first time and I think I did well. Did research and took advice, but pleased for my first biggie! It's an 1854 Penny, and very happy with the grade ... I can grade I think but anything above aUNC (or MS63) is trickier in these! To get CGS 80 (MS64) was a bonus

 

And the Obverse is every bit as good as the Reverse...nice pick!

 

[Paulus 1,942]

13 hours ago, RLC35 said:

 

And the Obverse is every bit as good as the Reverse...nice pick!

 

Very much appreciated Bob, but surely there are many specialist Viccy copper penny collectors on here for which this is just run of the mill!?

I'm happy, so I'll move on to finding a nice example in another area

Possibly being hard on myself!

Edited July 28, 2016 by Paulus

[Sword 1,330]

On 27/07/2016 at 1:04 AM, Paulus said:

I had a batch completed on Saturday 23rd July (of which this was one) .. finally!

Just noticed their pics no longer refer to CGS, rather the 'London Coins Grading Service' ... at least that connection will be more transparent then, I'd have thought they would move the other way!

http://www.coingradingservices.co.uk/img.php?u=39472&f=r&

 

I wonder if they will have the cheek to call it a TGP after this change of name...

[Nordle11 564]

If it helps anyone, you can see the pictures for your coins if you have the UIN;

Using Paul's example -  http://www.coingradingservices.co.uk/img.php?u=39472&f=r&  - if you change the 39472 for your UIN you can see the reverse. If you then change the 'f' at the end (&f=r&) to a b, it will show the obverse.

Example obverse - http://www.coingradingservices.co.uk/img.php?u=37060&b=r&

Example reverse - http://www.coingradingservices.co.uk/img.php?u=37060&f=r&

[Guest marston59]

Still waiting for my coins to be returned, its more than  3 months since they received the coins.

Customers should have been informed of developments.

[PWA 1967 1,841]

What was one of the UIN marston 

[Guest marston59]

Hi

 One from fist batch 0039580

[PWA 1967 1,841]

They had done upto about 39505 on saturday as i and another forum member had received some back.

Although inbetween that number and yours i have some more and also been waiting awhile although the invoice date was May.

Hope you dont mind i was also a bit nosey and had a look at your coin 

Start using the forum marston and hope you get them back soon and happy with the result.

Pete.

 

[PWA 1967 1,841]

New site back up 

Although just for submissions i think as not sure what else you can use it for 

Edited July 28, 2016 by PWA 1967

[Chingford 166]

Signed in as usual, takes you to a page to fill out, at the end asks for payment, doesn't say any amount or what it is for, seems the page you have just filled out is an application to join, but to join what?, it doesn't tell you.

Unless you have been following this thread or know the recent history it is totally confusing, still. I put my mobile number on the form, that will be an interesting conversation should someone call me tomorrow.

 

Edited July 28, 2016 by Chingford

[PWA 1967 1,841]

If someone calls you tomorrow 

You have more chance of being hit by lightening .

Edited July 28, 2016 by PWA 1967

[Chingford 166]

True, outlook sunny in London tomorrow

[PWA 1967 1,841]

The mail they have just sent me is a bit tricky 

[Nonmortuus 848]

I have had the same mail. I wonder how many will take it up.

[azda 973]

A nail in the coffin perhaps? A £99 yearly subscription to see what you've slabbed? ???

[Paulus 1,942]

This is the same pricing model, pretty much, they had briefly before their £500 lifetime membership brainwave

 

[Sword 1,330]

Personally, I think this is just very bad behaviour. 

Firstly, CGS asked for £499 membership and published a new price list. Then customers were told that CGS was under "new management". 

Now they sent  out an e-mail saying that CGS has in fact "closed and ceased trading" and is asking for a £99 annual subscription fee for the new London Coins Grading Service. 

And who sent the e-mail? Ms Cetin herself.

Looks like I was right about the change being from Semra in-charge to Cetin in-charge

 

[supermack 2]

I always had a bad feeling about CGS. Now this has happened.

It is very poor form to muck around us like this.

[supermack 2]

11 minutes ago, Sword said:

Personally, I think this is just very bad behaviour. 

Firstly, CGS asked for £499 membership and published a new price list. Then customers were told that CGS was under "new management". 

Now they sent  out an e-mail saying that CGS has in fact "closed and ceased trading" and is asking for a £99 annual subscription fee for the new London Coins Grading Service. 

And who sent the e-mail? Ms Cetin herself.

Looks like I was right about the change being from Semra in-charge to Cetin in-charge

 

Yes exactly. It is scam to get out of any legal agreements for people who paid up to have their coins valued. Now we can't sell them because we don't have access to the photo gallery.

[azda 973]

I think the way the whole thing has been hamdled has been very amateurish, it's been like a car crash, total carnage

[PWA 1967 1,841]

2 minutes ago, azda said:

I think the way the whole thing has been hamdled has been very amateurish, it's been like a car crash, total carnage

Total carnage 

 

[Paulus 1,942]

3 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

6 minutes ago, azda said:

I think the way the whole thing has been hamdled has been very amateurish, it's been like a car crash, total carnage

Total carnage 

Train wreck 

[Colin G. 147]

Oh dear...let me set the scene, here is the coin I am selling you it is a CGS graded coin. You want to verify that it is genuine, oh well that will cost you £99 to get on to their site to verify that I am selling you an original coin, or to see the photos to compare it against. This is going to work well for people who wanted to sell CGS coins.

 

[Paulus 1,942]

4 minutes ago, Colin G. said:

Oh dear...let me set the scene, here is the coin I am selling you it is a CGS graded coin. You want to verify that it is genuine, oh well that will cost you £99 to get on to their site to verify that I am selling you an original coin, or to see the photos to compare it against. This is going to work well for people who wanted to sell CGS coins.

 

That, I think, is the biggest issue with this change