Hello - I was referred to post in this board from a post I made in the signature series board.
Just got this back and words cannot describe how upset and disappointed I am. The facilicator ruined what would have been a perfect signing by Mark Hamill. I submitted a CGC 9.8 for this signing and and it came back with an 8.0 grade. The primary reason for this grade on the grader notes is "tape residue on the front cover." I gave them a perfect book to get signed, and it was ruined by their handlers by putting tape on the cover for the signing. Who does that??? This massive error and misstep on the facilitator's part essentially rendered the book worthless. Out of 336 copies of this book in the CGC census that are signed, only 2 of them are below a 9.8 grade (this is one of them, and the other has a 9.4 grade).
Anyone have experience with something like this before and how to handle it? Any recourse you think I can take out of this? And outside of dealing with the matter with the facilitator, does anyone have experience with tape residue and is that something that could be removed/cleaned to help bump back up the grade? Would anyone have any pressers/cleaners that they could recommend? I'd like to preserve the yellow label (if possible) and try to maximize my grade here given the circumstances.