MatterEaterLad

What really confuses me are the grade dates. Only several weeks apart. This book and all the hoopla had to be fresh in their memories. You'd have to be completely incompetent for not a single CGC employee to go, "Hey isn't this the comic we just had all the....."

 

Especially when "everyone in the building with grading credibility looked at the book, and EVERYONE agreed it was trimmed."

Riiiiiiiiight.

its funny how people act so surprised. I remember reading these boards years ago during the whole PGX vs CGC debates. As much as people like to talk about how PGX is "just some guy in his garage", CGC is still just "a bunch of guys"

 

people make mistakes, and there are TONS of things that scream unprofessional about the way CGC operates.

 

The real crime here, isnt that people missed trimming TWICE, since the books been subbed three times, and only came back purple once. It's the fact that they are so admant about not making things right or admitting the error the first time.

 

Until all graders notes are free and public, and the grading standards are available free and public, the whole thing is laughable.

 

They use the fact that everybody is making money, to fight off any need for accountability. They need to hire a lot more graders, hire a lot more software engineers (for the registry and this site), hire paid moderators for the board.

 

Then they might stop being "a bunch of guys" who rent a bigger garage, in a commercial area...

 

Absolutely dead on with your comments.

 

I've resubbed a PLOD FF#1 that came back with variations in restoration each time. Graders notes sometimes just show how flaky the grading can be.

This was originally my book, purchased in the 1st 6.0 slab 5+ years ago.

The book was part of a deal between Dan and I. I was as shocked as anybody about the PLOD but Dan didn't blame me and I remained stealth.

The deal between Dan and I had it's share of drama anyway and I had nothing to add.

This is definitely the same book. The book had a vertical reader's crease, near the spine, that ran practically the full length of the book. I remember showing the book to Matt years ago and he said the book could not be improved and had just as much chance as coming back a 5.5 as a 6.5 = he advised against a resub. I guess he was correct on that call.

I have nothing concrete to add to this situation but I do have one BIG question. Why would the new owner resub this book, especially in a Walkthrough tier? Surely he did not expect this outcome. Did he expect a higher grade ? I thought the 7.0, for a book length crease, was generous.

Something seems funny here. I suspect if we knew the identity of the new owner we may be even more upset.

1) Their head grader should be fired. Seriously. I have no faith in CGC anymore.

2) They should be independently audited. A number of books should be cracked and resubbed annually to give us a sense of how consistent and accurate their grading is. I've been tempted to resub 50 books myself, just to get a sense if I should ever use them again.

3) If they're going to assign a numeric (quantitative grade) they shouldn't have a qualitative grading system (where a human is looking at a book and making a guess based on his "experience.") There should be a system/guide that the grader references.

THIS is an example of the human tendency to not admit you were wrong. THIS needs to be shouted from the rooftops. THIS is completely unacceptable, CGC. THIS is WRONG WRONG WRONG.

+1000

Hey Harvey,

 

Appreciate if i can be added

 

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Wow. NICE book!

I'm excited by the casting. Anything to erase the stench of the last two films.

Bland. Still hoping...

After seven weeks as GRADED we're now into Quality Control. Glaciers move faster.

It's been three and a half months now. With my books having been GRADED for five weeks.

Four book submission dropped off at WWChicago with the Coupon.

 

Verified- 8/13

 

 

 

8/28- Scheduled for grading

 

Hopes mine are right behind yours then.

 

Verified 8/14 four book coupon sub

 

Just changed to "Graded".

My sub from 06/10/2013 has been listed as GRADED for two weeks now

We have a winner.

I don't have a comic room per se, but I do have a built-in area my wife calls Nerdvana.

 

 

 

 

One day I want a shelf just like this !!!

Very,very nice. What's the grade of your Creepy 32?

The Creepy is a 9.0. from Harlan's collection. The cover art goes with his story, Rock God, which is inside.

Hey everyone - I've been lurking for many years here, but this is my very first postI

 

I really love this thread so I thought that it was time to post mine before it's all gone.

We are moving from our apartment in NYC to a new place in San Fran soon, so I wanted to show everyone my comic room - or maybe it's more of a comic/geek/gamer apartment.

I hope that you enjoy the mix of art, comics, games and all around nerdiness.

 

Here is the left corner of the living room with my Turtles 1 9.6, Hulk 181 9.4, X-Men 94 9.4 and my stack of slabs. I have a run of X-Men from 94-544 with 94 to 140 on the shelf. The painting is by Mark Bodnar who does some great stuff. This one is a joystick and a button arguing about something or other - apparently involving a shotgun.

 

 

These are some of my favorite books that I have sitting in that bookshelf.

 

 

The slabs.

 

 

This is the center of the living room with the TV, video game consoles and my tube amps.

 

 

Here is the right side of the living room with my "NapoleanTrooper" oil painting above the fireplace. For reference it's about 5' by 4'.

 

 

Above the stairs I have my three CGC babies. AF 15 7.0, Hulk 1 7.0 and TOS 39 7.0. All from Gator - thanks! I had the custom frames done at a local frame store with UV glass.

 

 

Here is an image from the couch in the living room looking back:

 

 

Leah and I have a thing for Domos. Here they are demanding food.

 

 

In my bedroom I have a few pieces. This painting is a mashup of an old Apollo photograph with Kirk, Spock and Scotty. It's about 7 feet tall and sits to the left of the bed.

 

 

Above the bed is a repro of an old Eric Stanton cartoon with new dialogue:

 

 

On the book shelves I have some vintage game consoles as well as some Michael Lau figures, plus the first and only Nintendo GBA game I directed:

 

 

Downstairs is my home office / workshop / WoW area. On the far left you can see the original Star Wars advance mylar with the old logo. The strange brown thing on the stairs is our bulldog.

 

 

Here is a detail of the Daft Punk painting.

 

 

This is a detail of our insane bulldog aka "Elwynn" - bonus points if you get the origin of name

 

 

I collect video game systems as well. This is a photo of me standing with my collection in the entrance to my old office. There are close to 140 systems in the collection. They are all complete (other than the most modern ones which are probably plugged in somewhere).

 

 

I have one of the Nintendo World Championship gold carts. Someday I'll get it framed.

 

 

A couple of photos from my parent's house.

 

I went back and re-bagged a ton of books last christmas and replaced a bunch of decrepit boxes.

 

 

This is my closet at the patent's house. About eight long-boxes and tons of pretty much worthless mid-90s Star Wars figures.

 

 

I was nostalgic one night and rummaged through the boxes pulling a smathering of my favorite books from them. I bet you can tell how old I am by the books:

 

 

And here is a picture that my parents have hanging of me from when I was in fourth grade. Many fond memories of reading and collecting.

 

 

Thanks - hope you enjoy

 

-- James and Leah

 

 

 

AMAZING stuff!

I noticed the Cannes lion and the Clio. You must be an ad guy?

Just wondering, are the slabs at the bottom able to handle the weight of all those slabs on top? I know the slabs can get pretty heavy.

 

I think so. But probably twice as many would risk cracking the case(s) on the bottom.

 

 

That is, simply put, the nicest display I've seen.

 

I'd copy it in a heartbeat - but I'm wondering about the difficulty pulling out slabs from near the bottom of a pile and then putting it back in. I guess you'd have to take out the slabs above in chunks to reach the one at the bottom.

 

I've been trying to implement a system that will allow me to flick through the covers with ease, but still maintain organisation. But while it has that functionality, it doesn't look as schmick as that!

 

Put it sideways like he did on the top shelves.

Sideways would be the way to go. I really need another shelf on both sides and then I can move the others up and go sideways with the whole lot. Though I've heard that side-settling books can loosen the staples...not sure if that's true or not.

Just wondering, are the slabs at the bottom able to handle the weight of all those slabs on top? I know the slabs can get pretty heavy.

I think so. But probably twice as many would risk cracking the case(s) on the bottom.

I did buy five of those famous/infamous Nicholas Cage frames. Don't have 'em up yet...but that's the good stuff. Though there are some underground comics, some nice peds in the mix. And a lot of sentimental stuff.

I don't have a comic room per se, but I do have a built-in area my wife calls Nerdvana.

Value Submission

Invoiced 6/10

Verified 8/8

The wait continues...

Great books. Great packaging. Great guy to deal with. Class act all around. Thanks!

Not my favorite cover but this finally puts me over the top in the registry for the #1 Miller Daredevil Run.

 

 

 

But its frank miller AND Wally Wood! Come on!

 

Great pick up btw

 

TRUE! You are a glass half-full kinda guy.

Not my favorite cover but this finally puts me over the top in the registry for the #1 Miller Daredevil Run.

More Harlan books arrived. Not the Haight Pedigree, but still cool underground books.

Not to be picky.. But it was $550 for the book, $50AUD western union fee. Then I got a PayPal fee on the refund, lost money on the conversion etc.

 

I'm out roughly 60$ but I'm not complaining. I'm happy I got anything back tbh.

It's a weird situation for sure. Since he kind of had dibs first, I'd be willing to sell it to Jo Seph for what I paid for it, which was a bit more than what he paid.

The comic arrived. Good on my end, finally.