Brandon Shepherd

Thank you my friend! Now to wait for the next submission. It was delivered last week but it hasn’t been marked as received yet.

HAF on 9.8 mountain! This is my first submission with three or more books to get a clean sweep of 9.8 grades.

I went hunting today! These three will most likely be going to Florida soon! Got these two together on eBay, package arrived today.

Second Submission: 2023! The Raws ReHolder

It’s Friday! I have the day off so I can ship the book today! Make an offer.

Thank you! Word on the street is that CCS has greatly improved their turnaround times! “Mr. Shepherd, do you have anything liquid, perishable, fragile, illegal, obscene, embarrassing or superhero related in this package?”

I’m slipping in my old age. I finally dropped the package containing these books at the post office.

Wow, this brings back memories. The ’hey bro,’ the emojis, the clear mental disconnect. Yikes,

Speaking of shipping, I found out when you use UPS or FedEx, eBay will wait to deduct the shipping cost from your debit/credit card or bank account after the item is delivered. That part was confusing because at first glance it appeared that shipping was already deducted in the final payout, but that’s only the case when you select USPS for shipping. Maybe I missed that part in the fine print, I’m still not sure why that is. I had to ship a 17 pound box that would have cost $80 (after eBay discount) to ship with USPS, it was only $20 for UPS.

Also, impressive prose and vocabulary, very creative!

I’m sorry you had to deal with that clown. I wonder how many unpaid strikes he’s up to now.

There are only a handful of sets with pictures and descriptions, those are the ones to check out.

I spy a Green Lantern #46 second printing. That printing is difficult to find, if the book looks good, and say gets the 9.8 with a clean and press, then you would have a valuable book.

Very nice!

Love those orange backgrounds!

Thank you! I’m using CCS on this submission because these books look really good as is, they just need a slight boost to maximize their 9.8 potential. I will eventually try a different presser for some other books that really need some extra care. Like this one.

Now I’m back in the club. This is only the second 9.8 example in the census, the first example was graded back in 2014.

A Tripwazzer?

Now I can’t help but think of this Simpsons clip! @Cat Sorry if you loath this episode. I always took it as the Simpsons making fun of Americans more than Australians.

Thanks, brother! Seeing your latest submissions inspired me. Monkey see, monkey do!

Just finished prepping and packing up my first submission for 2023. These books will go to CCS first. Fingers crossed