Really?

I just wanted to share as others have of my CBCS graded comics being resubmitted to CGC. Before I disclose the findings, I'd like to say that CBCS graded books don't fetch as high a price as CGC books, so I bought a couple CBCS graded books for a "good" price knowing that I'd crack their case and submit to CGC. I was hoping CGC would grade them the same or better (obviously) but I was very disappointed.

CBCS grade Amazing Spider Man #22 9.2. Came back as TRIMMED 8.5. So a two-grade drop + the dreaded purple label. F'n great.

CBCS grade Thor #196 9.8. Came back as a 9.6.

So I'm going to steer clear of CBCS books as I can't trust their grading standards. I look forward to reading other collector's tests on this. I remember a collector who submitted some Harvey books where CBCS didn't catch a trimmed book, and in general, the CBCS grading was not as stringent. WTF CBCS?

I haven't received the comics from CGC yet, or else I'd post the images.

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