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On 1/25/2024 at 2:21 PM, dbcn said:

Oh interesting @onlyweaknesskryptonite - CGC had told me directly that they were the only ones to be able to press a cracked SS book (since they were doing the cracking) - but I hadn't considered a certified facilitator - so there are certified-facilitator-pressers as well...?

 

 

Before Matt was at CGC he pressed a sig series for me as he was an authorized witness.
He pressed and subbed it back to CGC for me.

On 1/17/2024 at 12:21 PM, Panda2 said:

I haven't heard anything from them either - they were the source of my book as well

Confused, follow the CGC procedure if you still have the book? Why wait for CL?

On 1/17/2024 at 9:34 AM, silent06 said:

It does appear something has changed in their plan. This book which is struck through and has a new grade date is available on Heritage for sale. If the book has been cleared based on what CGC originally outlined it should have a new certification number and if not cleared should be in their hands as evidence based on the comments Matt Nelson provided in the recent discussion with West Davengers and 9.9 Newsstand.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/the-amazing-spider-man-300-marvel-1988-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/i/800110856.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 

If the book was never tampered with, why justify a need to reholder with a new cert #?

Most newsstand editions were sent back to be destroyed if unsold right? Or they miss handled the ish out of them.

On 1/12/2024 at 9:56 PM, Inhuman Fiend said:

Who pressed this from a 9.6 to a 9.8?! Largest CPR value increase ever?! 

Someone who was probably sweating bullets during this.

On 1/12/2024 at 8:52 PM, greggy said:

On 1/12/2024 at 6:10 AM, DanCooper said:

It used to be a CGC 9.6

Nothing wrong with fixing a few imperfections 

Hammer at 1.15 Million 

On 1/10/2024 at 1:17 PM, Noodlez said:

What were the print runs (or estimated number)  on the direct and the newsstand? 

Can’t confirm newsstands as most were returned and destroyed if not purchased? 

On 1/9/2024 at 12:25 PM, Darth Krayt said:

Wow you slab guys are still here impressive but it want change anything good luck!

Say again

On 1/8/2024 at 7:47 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

One prays for a 9.8 when it is displayed, comic drops, blunted corner, comes out an 8.5 

Both have a Captain Marvel, can't we all just get along 

On 1/7/2024 at 6:40 AM, Dave2739 said:

joby3785

Had a nice little auction for some Hot Wheels Crack-Ups. Not a huge auction but it had decent interest with several watchers and some people bidding on it. 2 minutes before the auction ends joby3785 puts in a bid a few hundred dollars more than the previous bid. Wins the auction and then messages me immediately asking me to retract his bid. Now I have to start all over again because of joby3785.

Maybe he/she should get a "joby" to pay for their auction wins  annoying when the try to, or retract.

On 1/7/2024 at 2:30 PM, sledgehammer said:

Hang on a second Joe.

There's breaking news.

Dupcak is posting in this very thread.

On 1/3/2024 at 3:31 PM, wombat said:

Except what???????????????

 

eBay would protect the seller 'cause he had "except" in the description 

On 1/5/2024 at 4:38 PM, Dr. Balls said:

I know his Ebay page says he's in Forest Hills, but if you dig a little deeper - it's showing his location as Jamaica, NY.

 

Probably owns a few condos around NY from all the profit? 

On 12/29/2023 at 12:16 PM, BA773 said:

I already spoke about that in an other topic, mycomicshop have a function to find cover by subject, on this link this is the page for homage/refs covers, there are about 1900!

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?IVGroupID=22688003&dsp=issuegallery

1,500 of those cover homages done are for ASM 300 

On 1/5/2024 at 12:14 PM, 360flip said:

Digging more into the CGC list where there are multiple books in a given submission

Grade Date 07/19/2023
flagged by CGC
4286977    001 custom label
4286977    002 custom label
4286977    004 custom label

not flagged by CGC
4286977    003 normal blue label
4286977    005 normal blue label hulk 181 grade 8.5
4286977    006 normal green label hulk 181 grade 8.5

Guessing the flagged books (1, 2, and 4 of the submission) were sent back after 07/19/2023 for the custom label with lower grade books swapped into slab.

3, 5, and 6 of the submission appear to be raw book submissions

Editing... the next step I suppose is for him to swap the green 181 into the 4286977    005 slab and submit for custom label.

 

This sheds light on the 3 swapped, 3 for grading theory. Which in turn he/she was double profiting. 

On 1/5/2024 at 10:08 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

We’ve been focusing on his eBay sales in this thread, but it now seems like CL is another venue the scammer frequents.

Instagram as well, using grailzcomix as one of them. Not sure if any confirmed sales were done by them. They did post the CGC statement on their IG to help out.

On 1/4/2024 at 3:47 PM, agamoto said:

The little cynic on my shoulder is saying "Yeah, I'm betting dollars to doughnuts, all those scammer books with 9.6's in them are going to be cleared through as "actual" 9.8's and shipped back. I mean hey, why actually do the work, or pay out to compensate for loss when you can just tell people whatever you (and they) want to believe?"

That’s what I was thinking too. If borderline 9.6-9.8, retain 9.8, otherwise they will have to payout and they aren’t going to do that.

would be nice to see before and after grades.

On 1/4/2024 at 10:05 AM, Dr. Balls said:

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm excited to see the crazy bidding on the first "Counterfeit CGC Slab" that pops up on Ebay. Can you imagine a Counterfeit Acetate Ultimate Fallout #4?

Like the counterfeit TMNT #1s  

On 1/3/2024 at 8:11 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

That's not exactly what I asked.

If your slab is on the list, to not send it in and get it off "the list" makes you then liable for the faults...

The people I was responding to were finding books on the list, that they deemed "themselves" were fine. Thereby leaving those slabs on"the list" by not sending them in? For a new cert to get off the list? I was telling them not to do that

Ahhh, got it, makes sense 

On 1/3/2024 at 8:03 PM, BrashL said:

Just to clarify, are you guessing this is one guy and every submission he ever made? If that's the case it's great but CGC still owes it to the community to identify them so that anyone that bought direct from him can send them in as well. 

Does the perps name become public record if a case is filed in court by CGC against them? I think it does.