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Most of these decisions are soooooo subjective. Just make sure you’re working with the best possible facts and assumptions. if it’s true junk you can Craigslist it super cheap like $10 per long box just to get rid of it and save you the space or drive to goodwill

Contact customer service

As a general rule, the first thing I do when trying to figure out a signature is to look on eBay for cgc ss comics signed by the people on the front of the comic (if they are shown), and see if any of them match up with the signature I have.

Well CGC has graded millions of books. So I guess the answer is yes, they haven't handled every transaction perfectly from start to finish. Unlike other companies that have handled millions of transactions exactly perfect in every single possible instance. Hope that helps answer the question.

as it appears to be hand painted, there may be some benefit to posting about the general geographical location as it may be a local artist. Additionally, if you are capable, you might be able to ask an AI program to identify the signature.

I hate it when restaurants charge me more than the actual cost of the food ingredients. It’s unfair, a shameless money grab that being said, get the terms straight beforehand

Also, if you wait for the big sales, 50-60% off from MHC and you know in advance that the grading will be suspect, you can still fill large runs/collection holes at average prices or catch deals on comics that have blown up but prices haven't updated yet (if the timing matches). As stated, probably not sustainable for a new business, but they can make up for it with volume now since they're already established

I'd say if you have an opinion about CGC policy, you should probably contact CGC directly. Other than that, if you aren't declaring a postal insurance value on your high value items, good luck to you.

Just contact cgc customer service directly to make sure you get every aspect right. sometimes policies and processes change, and may be looking for different things for each pedigree/collection. you can check the cgc website for cgc contact info good luck.

Shirts v skins

It’s pretty subjective Does it add value to the user equal to or above the extra cost of the label do I’d lean yes in this case, for me persona ally

CGC does not do authentications of signatures not witnessed by CGC. SO DO NOT SEND IT IN NOW. HOWEVER, they will start doing so soon. I'd wait for press releases to come out, and then contact CGC customer service about the entire process. It will be a new process, lots of chances for things to go wrong. So I personally would keep in contact with CGC customer service to minimize the chance of mistake/error/delay/damage/loss.

The TMNT stuff? I guess the movie didn't come out til 1990. Up to you if you include or not. There's the Dune comics, the Willow comics - Marvel Big Trouble in Little China comics that came in 2014 from Boom. Whatever the first appearance of Conan the Barbarian (and friends) is.

This might help, but to really get traction you might need a local victim. But certainly worthwhile as a consideration.

It would be easier for folks to help you if you provide screenshots, but CGC is not perfect and definitely their user interface isn't perfect, and can vary based on the device and internet browser you use. So this might be a better question to ask CGC customer service directly good luck. they have a website with customer service contact info.

some of you guys need to start making clever ticktoks and instagrams like they do with sneakers and pokemon/sports cards. Get the youths to see comics that way.

Every jurisdiction is different, but this sounds about right. In many cases the local police are more concerned with things that involve danger or destruction. It seems like with this specific situation, all money and comics were willingly handed to the company, and that agreed upon services were not provided. Obviously with all the facts presented here it appears to be lean nefariously into the realm of criminal, but as was stated, many police would dismiss this as a civil issue, especially if they were understaffed (or just lazy). I know there are other agencies to contact that have already been contacted, like Oregon DOJ, or USPS, or the FBI/DOJ, local PD, but one could also consider contacting the local District Attorney's Office. I know that for the county I live in (not in Oregon), many fraud cases are referred by local PD to the District Attorney's Office, who have their own staff of sworn police investigators. Again, I have no idea if that applies in the Oregon county in question, but for those gung ho folks who want to examine more options, that may be another one to examine. The other benefit of this is that the DA's office might be more aware of the other crimes some related parties may have committed, and be able to connect dots better on a larger scale (or help them solve/pursue other related cases), or possibly help out if some of these comics show up as evidence in other cases.

Consider emailing or contacting cgc customer service directly to ask

Note that your selling venue and timing might impact price

Actually I think a very very large percentage of comics are bought/sold this way. And its fine. We talk a lot about keys here a lot, but they actually make a a very small percentage of comics created, bought, or sold. Tons and tons of comics are bought for literally pennies (or less) on the secondary market, and then sold as $1 or $2 books. Or people buy big lots and essentially pay for the keys and get the rest of the bulk common books as free extras to sell in the dollar bins. So they buy 10 books to sell at 20-60% profit and 500 books to sell at 100x (or more) profit. Who decides what is too much profit? So its ok for a guy to buy 2000 books for a penny each, and sell one of those books for $20. But the same guy can't buy 1 book for $5 and sell it for $25? Or buy a book for $7000 and sell it for $8500? My philosophy is if nobody is lying or putting undue pressure, make your offers and take it or leave it, no hard feelings.

You can take a peek at sold prices on ebay to get an idea of price differences on printings (colors).

reholder service cgc website

I don’t know how much power they have other than “clean things up or else we’re not doing business with you anymore” So hotshot decided not to clean things up and not do business anymore with cgc and to keep the funds they already got. im not sure what other action cgc could/would take

Understandably, most people think that even with a civil/criminal win in court, they may not see anything resembling reimbursement or compensation, and probably not even their books back. I agree with all of this. HOWEVER, the argument for getting involved and documenting (legally/law enforcement/communications) your situation with authorities, are the following (even if each individual complaint only adds a little bit) : 1. It may result in harsher penalties to the criminal/defendant in any eventual legal proceedings. 2. It will make it harder to declare bankruptcy should anyone try it. And make you more likely to be notified of bankruptcy should it be filed. 3. It will make it more likely that law enforcement action will take the complaints more seriously and more quickly. And more likely that law enforcement will notify you should action be taken. 4. While I agree that cash compensation is VERY unlikely, the possibility that some books (or records of the sale of those books) are found either at a property, shop, home, family home, storage facility, vehicle, office, or friends house of the suspect are certainly not zero. The guy has somewhat recently been both giving some books back and trying to (inappropriately) sell others, so it would stand to reason he still has some more of them. Especially when drugs are involved, organizational skills and memory can be lacking. Additionally, there is the chance that some of the books could be found in the course of other local criminal investigations (for example if someone pawned a valuable item or if someone traded an item for other illicit wares), so local PD knowing about the books might have some value. 5. There can be some closure and catharsis with laying out your entire case on paper and just giving to the authorities, so you don't have to think about it any more. You know you've been the victim of a crime, you know you've done what you can, and you can move on. And any other positive results that may come back to you are a bonus. 6. You also don't know what other assets someone has, or who might bail them out, or what assets someone might gain in the future. Get it down on paper officially filed with someone to give yourself the best chance at it. With that being said, it should be pretty easy to find out if a lawyer you're considering dealing with is a real lawyer. If that is a concern of some folks here. If they are a real lawyer, I can't imagine any lawyer would risk their livelihood and license over a case like this trying to scam folks for a guy like Mike D.

Most pressers have pre screening available. Of course there is usually a fee involved