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www.gothamcityart.com Ben is a great guy! I have even consigned a couple of my own pieces to him.

Had a GREAT transaction with Gene (de-lekkerste) , sold him a piece of OA. I knew it would be a flawless transaction, but thought any new people here would like to know what a stand up guy Gene is

Jon; This issue has been discussed in detail on the General Forum through various pressing threads. The key thread being the one where Steve B. confirms that CGC's parent company is holding talks with Chris F. in setting up a separate company under their umbrella to provide this exact (dis)service to the marketplace. Anybody good at providing some links for Jon to review this topic so that we can get his insight on this very critical issue. Thanks! What i also find troubling is that for books over a certain value, CGC charges a percentage of WHAT THEY THINK THE MARKET VALUE IS. Excuse me are they a "grading service" or a "valuation service". Also how do you spell c-o-n-f-l-i-c-t o-f i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t. My gosh, what is going on out there? Jon Jon- How about finding out for yourself FIRST HAND. As a lawyer you must know that hearing something and experiencing it are two different things. When CGC helps value a comic we DO NOT use even near top of the market. Ask people who have been "bumped up". We have had very little complaints by people who actually USE our service about how CGC decides what a book is worth, we are ALWAYS under the market. We do not want to dictate the market but, just like some lawyer fees , we want to get paid for the work we do and the value our customers say our service adds for them. Also, in many cases, people send in books all the time through Walkthru thinking their books are worth a fortune, we also determine that the books should not be valued that high and correct it for them by crediting their account. This happens AT LEAST once a week. Someone sends a book in valued at $20,000 and after grading it turns out the book is missing a centerfold. Recieving finds out the real value is $3000, we credit the submitter $322 ou7t of their $400. Hmm, maybe we should not do that since that means CGC is "making" the market. Hmm, lets keep that money the uninformed collector and the ones who get ripped off by the over graders and/or con men like Dupcek give us I think I would rather do it the way we are and let the people who do not use or service complain. BTW- I am sorry about this. Let's get back on the topic of great comic books, which is what this hobby is really about. Bring "politics" into it is a sure way to stagnate this hobby. Hell, look at 6 years ago, politics were rampant and the hobby was stagnant. BACK TO COMICS AND ENOUGH

I know. But just because the are not pro CGC does not mean that they should get ripped off by that creep.

I miss Bug! I am sorry to see Hammer on the CPG boards taking in newbies. This guy should not be allowed to spin his tangled webs of deceit.

Please send CBG letters about these kind of things to the attention of Maggie Thompson or John Jackson Miller. It will help alert the community and maybe even force ebay to police their site better. Also, it may help with any ongoing investigation that MIGHT be happening among law enforcement agencies.

Another great transaction with Lighthouse! GN's came in great shape and very well packed! Oh, and the price was GREAT Thanks!

KUDOS TO LIGHTHOUSE! I got my daughter's WW Super Friends statue and my Neal Adams hard cover in the mail today. I now have something great to read (really, re-read) this weekend and I also go home to my daughter a hero with something new to put in our "special toy" glass showcase THANKS!

Matt, ALL of the comics say "FROM THE COLLECTION OF NICOLAS CAGE" it's just listed on the right side of the label, not under the grade where the restoration is noted. Go look again. We would not "snub" any comic, you know better than that.