Buzzetta

Sean, was that about the time that CGC acquired / affiliated themselves with CCS? I kind of took that as a slight, "we know what we are doing and if we detect that you used anyone else we will hammer your book" type of thing.

Finally someone asked a question about pressing. I didn't want to be the first.

That's normal. Most likely they are assigning it the same grade and it was a simple reholder.

And that is a problem. There are so many misinformed and uneducated dopes that think that squeezing a book with a t shirt press is going to guarantee them a grade bump that they blame the person who sold them to slab rather than their own inexperience and ineptitude.

People have a right to be nervous though with these questions considering all the amateur pressers evidenced on various Facebook groups. Everyone and their uncle thinks that they have what it takes and they are going to squeeze gold from paper. It's like watching everyone jump up and head out west during the Gold Rush. There are quite a few of them that exhibit a considerable degree of arrogance combined with entitlement and inability resulting in butthurt as to why their raw book advertised as a 7.0 went down to a 6.5 instead of going up to a 9.4. I might be the smartest out of all of them in that group though. Know why? I don't press my own books let alone even own a press. Edit: for clarification - I am not against pressing - There are only a handful of people that I consider total pros that I would entrust books to press.

I can never tell.

A better question is how long until this thread gets locked ?

My personal favorite is when people ask me if a book is pressed and I tell them that I purchased the book already slabbed. Their follow up question? ”Do you think the book was pressed?” 🤦🏻‍♂️

At this point all I will say is what I have already said. See above. I don’t know what else to tell you. Person wanted to recently return something that says no returns because they say they just don’t like it. I called eBay and eBay sided with me. Originally they filed it as item not described. Yet... all it took was a phone call.

I don't know about "Shotgun Mike" but I do know who "Killer Mike" is...

And I would have taken that back no questions asked. That actually happened to me with a first Silver Age Spectre. I did the 1092/1095 double box with bubble wrap. The buyer said he knew I did the right thing buy showed me that the box was destroyed upon arrival and the slab shattered. I took it back. I filed a claim and received the full amount from USPS. I have the book. Even if I did not receive the claim from USPS that is mine and the cost of doing business. There is so much that I would love to post... but it might not be a good idea

No, I just keep at it. Here is how I look at it... and I have to admit that I learned this the hard way. Here is my AHA moment. Some insufficiently_thoughtful_person of a buyer was buying something from my personal account and said there was a problem. I processed the return. A couple of months later they had the exact same issue buying something on the other account that I manage. They did not know the two were related. This was for jewelry. The problem sounded familiar so I checked my notes and sure as ESS they were the same person. I got ruthless. And I kept at it. Here is my personal philosophy. I don't mind the bad press. I have no problem being badmouthed across the internet. If you are trying to play games I do not want you as a customer anyway. So... I can either stand up and take a hit or I can allow this type of behavior to continue and pass it along to the next person.

Yet, I am living and breathing proof that the flip side exists.

I want to add that next week is Eternal Con on Long Island. It's probably cheaper to go see the Dead.

So "groovy" and "far out" ? Which reminds me... I have to start deciding if I am actually going to go to Citi Field next weekend. I might pick up a single ticket at the last minute.

Here is what I "think" it comes down to. Do not list that you accept returns on eBay. It gives the seller an extra layer of protection.

Funny you bring that up. “Change my mind” is not a valid return reason if you have “no returns” selected on your listing. It falls under buyer remorse which is not a valid reason for a return. See attached...

Lies... @greggy doesn't do things like that.

YUP ! Heeeeeeeey look at the forumite of the year.... what's he up to? uhhh a one week suspension.

Yes... I tried to find it though to no avail. If you can find it, perhaps it is time for a threadsurrection !

OMG I remember that... That was like six? seven? years ago? Sorry, @RockMyAmadeus but that was funny.

I might be wrong but If memory serves correctly weren't you given a time out about a month after you got forumite of the year. I think we were all joking about that.

If I make it, I will find a place for you in my cabinet.

That's not true. There could be blemishes, indentations, chipped stones, cracks or tears in the metal. Consider that you are talking about a comic where you have an independent third party grading a comic book and even though that advertised third party encapsulates a book with a 9.4 designation, the book is advertised and sold in a 9.4 condition, someone wants to return it because it is not as described because they disagree with the grade. Comics are easy.

I've not had something happen specifically with a comic book since I started doing what I do and eBay made some changes to their policies. The last comic that the buyer initiated a return was the one where I took it back and sold it for more. That was great btw... because that was nothing more than double buyer's remorse. Remorse for buying it then later realizing that he should have never returned it and wanted to buy it back. I don't advertise my eBay stuff for sale here... but I know a bunch of people know what it is. As people can see from my feedback I've shipped $10 books to $1200 books. I just shipped $500 worth of books the other day. I go out of my way to make sure that someone gets something to the level that I would expect to get my own purchases. However, if I sense that you are screwing around with me and I do some digging and find out my little spidey-sense is 100% right... God help you. I've encountered some scam artists over the years. Here is a tip for the boards btw. Some people have buying and selling accounts. Before you take back a CGC graded comic book make sure that another account, different from your buyer, does not have it listed for sale at a higher price for a couple of weeks before they initiate the return. That was a fear that many people had when eBay made changes to the window of opportunity for returns. I caught someone being that stupid once.