Bomber-Bob

Be assured, this is not moisture, not a problem at all. Just the optics from two plastics touching each other.

Darkstar is absolutely correct...' There is no reason from a financial standpoint to pay a premium for a recently released graded book. '. Your counterpoint is saying that certain books will probably never be cheaper. You are also absolutely correct. However, why take the risk and buy it slabbed ? Buy it cheaper, in a raw state. If it does rise, get your raw book slabbed. However, if it does not rise, you have only invested the cheaper raw funds. The bigger bucks is in getting your own raw books slabbed. Not buying someone else's.

I didn't notice the part about 3 different sellers, that does not seem believable. However, I believe it happened to me, one book , old 1st generation label. When I got the slab the case literally opened in my hands. The inner well was sealed but in looking at the book, the label said 9.6 but the book was not a 9.6 . The label on these old cases slide right out of the inner well, making it easy to switch the labels. I love to buy old label books and have cracked open many of them. They can be opened up very clean, little to no damage. The posts can often be popped right back, though they will be very loose and open up easy. Using a snug mylar bag will hold the case together. As mentioned, the new cases are not easy to open.

Terrible. FYI, it's not only E-Bay that is susceptible for this fraud, it can happen with any auction house. Happened to me recently on one book. The auction houses get their inventory from consignments and they probably don't inspect every book thoroughly. I think your are safer with the new CGC cases which are very difficult to open. It's the older cases, especially the old labels that open much too easily, often without any signs of damage.

While I concur with your comments, in all fairness, CGC does not know the book is a former 9.8 when they are assigning the grade. Hence, they do not know the book dropped a grade. Also, the grader's notes are now free to the submitter. You didn't mention the genre of the book but 9.6 Moderns are often not given any notes. Not saying that's right, just saying.

I don't think it's priced for genre, it's priced by the tier you submit it in.

Great looking book John, congrats ! I believe you can 'hide' the post instead of 'delete'. No bug just different terminology.

Wow, just wow. This guy really put some effort into this scam. Counterfeit Moderns, scary stuff. I'm glad you caught it and got your money back. Thanks for the pics and the heads up.

Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

But it was a Paul McCartney written song. They got a lot of their lyrics from newsprint.

I would call CGC .

Did you approach him about buying it ? By your comment, it sounds like you were going to get it on the cheap.

As long as the cover is attached, I don't think it is as bad as a Fair. There are no chunks missing. I'm not well versed in grading low grade comics but I would think it is somewhere in the 3.0 range. However, the CT along the spine is problematic. It's a cool book but not key. I wouldn't spend any money on it with restoration. It's a reader copy.

For the record, I agree with you. It was enough aggravation without incurring 100 bucks in shipping costs. They could have at least offered 100 in store credit. This is bad PR for ComicConnect.

Agreed, but now is not the time to be overpaying for low to mid grade copies. I actually think ASM #1 is getting more attention lately.

Wow. So the reason he posted it here as a 'clueless' newbie was to pimp the book, hoping people would inquire. Sad.

Probably, depending on if they have seen other books with the same flaw they will look past it. Personally, production or not, I hate this flaw and would not be happy if I bought a 9.8 with corner chipping.

I let the books come to me = no collecting goals. I am going to stress 10 centers and DC.

I thought the same thing, the marks at the top were color touch removals, scraped. I agree, I don't like the look.

Indeed. It's literally been years since they have been able to adjust scores. At least give us a status. IMO, they just told us there was a 'bug' as it's just too much maintenance to try and keep up. I honestly can't blame them, the backlog of requests was crazy. I don't think the registry is needed for their business model anymore. I think the modern and SS collectors use it more than us vintage collectors. Oh well.

As mentioned above, if it was deemed production, the flaw would be ignored. My point, production or not, the flaw is still there and the book is not a 9.8 .

I would not be worried about your other books but I would be worried about you and your family. Seriously, get rid of that book. I once bag and boarded a small collection of GA books, some with Mold. I can't tell you how sick I got from it. Bad stuff. Don't underestimate how bad it is.

Awesome book !

Maybe production but production or not, I would not like it as a 9.8. That is a flaw that can get worse in the slab over time, especially if the book is shipped again. If the book seems 'loose' in the inner well, it may be post slabbing. Sometimes the cover 'sticks', static electricity ? So the book moves around a little but the cover stays resulting in stress and maybe tears at the staple. I've seen it happen on my own book before. Whatever you do, don't remove it from the slab. It's a 9.8 because the label says so, otherwise it is not. If it bothers you, sell it.

You need to post a picture for us to give a good answer.