skinny_white_boy

Kudos to topofthetotem and jonjesper for a couple of sweet slabs and freebies too.

Kudos to Resurrection for quick payment on some junky slabs.

Also, kudos to boardmember X for quick payment. (thumbs u

Damn, you know things are :censored:edup when You log on and the kudos thread has 3 new posts and the probation thread has 36.

Kudos to FatComicMafia and topnotchman for some Transformer goodness.

 

Well, as long as we all agree that I'm the funniest...

Whoa, there. I wouldn't go that far.

Man,you gotta love it when a fellow boardee uses a BUBBLE ENVELOPE to ship a SLAB. Common freakin' sense should tell you that the SLAB will be broken on arrival.....OF COURSE IT IS!

 

 

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And I've had a few slabs arrive damaged due to poor packaging, so I know it's not a fun feeling.

Man,you gotta love it when a fellow boardee uses a BUBBLE ENVELOPE to ship a SLAB. Common freakin' sense should tell you that the SLAB will be broken on arrival.....OF COURSE IT IS!

 

 

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I've shipped hundreds of slabs this way and yours is the first to ever get damaged. Maybe your mailman is too rough with packages.

 

At least Josh uses bubble wrap, I just etch the address information directly into the slab

That's a helluva good idea...save on shipping labels too. Like they say, buy the book, not the slab.

Man,you gotta love it when a fellow boardee uses a BUBBLE ENVELOPE to ship a SLAB. Common freakin' sense should tell you that the SLAB will be broken on arrival.....OF COURSE IT IS!

 

 

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I've shipped hundreds of slabs this way and yours is the first to ever get damaged. Maybe your mailman is too rough with packages.

 

Hey! Steal your own joke...

 

See my humorous rantings below:

 

 

Man,you gotta love it when a fellow boardee uses a BUBBLE ENVELOPE to ship a SLAB. Common freakin' sense should tell you that the SLAB will be broken on arrival.....OF COURSE IT IS!

 

 

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Dude, if you wanted me to use more than just a bubble mailer and a manila envelope, maybe you should have paid moore than $15 for shipping!

 

Geez, the nerve of some people around here!

 

Complaining about my award-winning packaging...shoot...

Didn't see yours...

Man,you gotta love it when a fellow boardee uses a BUBBLE ENVELOPE to ship a SLAB. Common freakin' sense should tell you that the SLAB will be broken on arrival.....OF COURSE IT IS!

 

 

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I've shipped hundreds of slabs this way and yours is the first to ever get damaged. Maybe your mailman is too rough with packages.

And then to the guys who delivered the goods as promised, without delay and often in higher grade than stated . . .

 

 

skinny_white_boy for some SA/BA goodness

 

 

Recommended sellers all!

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Did you read Jim's first sentence? We weren't talking about overgraders, but rather buyers who's expectations are too high.

I did Josh.

 

But what CGC has done is provided a standard you can compare to when you have a few books in the same condition since they will not publish what their guidelines are.

 

Otherwise, in the past you would get the response "I thought it was a NM from my experience."

 

Not saying that is a perfect approach, but it gives you something to point to that even Overstreet and others couldn't. I don't think the standard has gotten tougher - there's just something now to sit books next to side-by-side.

 

You're still going to have those prig buyers that demand every book be mint-perfect or they send it back to you. That is not a great experience for anyone, and unfair.

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This was the only point I was referring to. We're on the same page.

Take this for what it's worth...and I'm not talking about the overgraders here...

 

But I'm starting to see a move towards much harsher expectations on raw grading than we're seeing in CGC slabs. I've bought a fair number of CGC slabs recently and am seeing defects that if they were shown here raw and listed in the same grade, people would think it was overgraded. Not saying it is...just think that the criteria for buying raw is becoming stricter than what CGC would grade it at.

 

I don't believe CGC is the grading authority by a long shot...but I do think the grading expectations on raw are becoming a tad too extreme.

 

Jim

+1

 

Basically, people are expecting raw NM to look like a 9.8.

 

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You said it.

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What about sellers that call everything "NM+" and then what you get is a Very Fine copy because they don't know how to grade?

 

I hear ya about the super-picky collectors that expect VF/NM listed books to be spotless NM+ beauties, but these sellers cause the bulk of the pain in distributing garbage as top-notch material. Then prospective buyers have to question everything.

Did you read Jim's first sentence? We weren't talking about overgraders, but rather buyers who's expectations are too high.

Take this for what it's worth...and I'm not talking about the overgraders here...

 

But I'm starting to see a move towards much harsher expectations on raw grading than we're seeing in CGC slabs. I've bought a fair number of CGC slabs recently and am seeing defects that if they were shown here raw and listed in the same grade, people would think it was overgraded. Not saying it is...just think that the criteria for buying raw is becoming stricter than what CGC would grade it at.

 

I don't believe CGC is the grading authority by a long shot...but I do think the grading expectations on raw are becoming a tad too extreme.

 

Jim

+1

Basically, people are expecting raw NM to look like a 9.8.

Only thing I could see a problem with there Arch is peoples differing views on books/items offered up for trade.

 

Like someone says 'I will take $200 worth of trades for this book'. The interested buyer offers a book he thinks is worth $200 but the seller only values it at $100. May cause a few arguments that otherwise wouldn't happen

 

I may be wrong but just my (thumbs u

You'll always have differing opinions on what books are worth. It's no different than a seller putting a book up for $1000 and a buyer sending a lowball offer of $500 because he thinks that's all it's really worth.

Kudos to JiveTurkeyMoFo for a couple of sweet Transformers slabs, packed in a box large enough to fit a dozen or more.

Big props to Carcrawfordfan for being a stand-up guy to work with. (thumbs u

arse-on

Is that like wax-on?

Marvel drek

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Takes one to know one.

Kudos to Skinny White M-Effer for some killer bronze books.

 

And to the mighty mcmiles for a great slab!!!

 

I drink to you both!