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On 2/20/2024 at 8:53 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

You know? I guess that I knew that, but had to go back and relook to visualize it

I guess I never said to myself, "that is a tank!" I was always looking at black widow haha, sad but true.

Who threw a tank? Or is it falling?

I expect a , "it's rainy tanks gif!" 

 

Since you asked - I had to go read the comic - 

I don't think this one will hit MCU,  - 

So - Tony Stark randomly developed and anti gravity ray. Random? - yep - he was randomly throwing tech together and even he did not know how it worked and was not able to recreate it.  He dropped it and the wires fused - so no reverse engineering... 

A photographer caught a pic - so widow finds out. She plans to steal it to get back in the good graces of the USSR as she failed them when attacking Iron Man.

She sends Tony a letter - trying to reconcile for trying to kill him ( in issue 52) --- of course she is hot so he agrees to meet.

She steals it - wrecks havoc - levitates several of his factories, including some tanks... 

Tony does not know how the device works - but somehow he can build countermeasures into the armor. 

Iron man saves the day. 

On 2/21/2024 at 9:10 AM, MAR1979 said:

I'm a huge fan of the USPS - no kidding, however last few weeks I've had similar happen to me 3 times. Makes me think it's being done for rea$on$ even if we don't know them....

I will say that twice I managed to contact the distant locations (there were both small post offices) while my parcels were on their premises and both times they added overnight labels and I had next day.  Still I'm becoming very concerned as for me FEDEX and UPS are even more horrid thus no viable fall back carrier for my location.

 

I have had VERY few issues with USPS - this one I did not even really know about until I got the package back- in January.  

Even then - the tracking information was not 'live' on the USPS site ( or ebay for that matter) - I was double checking yesterday and saw the update. I did not even open the box - just in case it was some long scam going on.... 

I think the Ebay buyer went straight though the insurance as the order is closed and all is going ( I wild make sure ) 

It is just funny to me the crazy amount of travel and that none of the scan ins triggered any sort of question/alternate actions ( you would think after the 1st 20 or so, some flag might be raised) ..... 

The power of solid packaging - 

beat up a little - but this logged some serious miles on its trip - cardbopard box over cardboard chippers......

the only potential damage was removing the comic from in between the chippers - the blue tape had long since lost its "temporary" adhesion (after a while the adhesive stiffens up) - and it pulled the comoc bag apart.  

over 100 individual updates - 

wow....... at least I got it back???

When still have not opened it - was waiting until I saw ANY tracking info ( nothing appeared initially when I typed it in ) - and  - the last part when they say it was left with an individual - that is ( was in my mailbox)..  Opening tonight to check for damage - box is a little beat but now I know why......

This is an ebay sale - this buyer has purchased from me more than once so I know the address is good.... 

Chicago area to LA --- 

Bounced around Cali for a month - back to Chicago 

Back to LA

Back to Chicago

Back to LA

Back to Chicago

back to cali

back to chicago

back to cali

back to chicago

back to cali

back to chicago 

on to Charotte ( assume NC, no state given) 

back to cali 

on to Frankfurt Germany ( I want frequent flyer miles, lol) 

back to cali

back to chicago

back to cali

back to chicago - then back to me 

edit -- 

I will see what I can to to get a better image of the tracking - this is laughable for sure....

Bump - Take 10% off any book - 15% if you purchase multiple

FF 112 CGC 8.5   $640

Grader Notes
crease left bottom of front cover
light wear all corners of cover

FF 72 CGC 9.4    $ 2475

Grader Notes
crease left bottom of back cover
crease top of front cover
light spine stress lines to cover

FF 67 CGC 9.2   $1250

Grader Notes
light cover tanning
light spine stress lines to cover
light wear to cover

FF 57  CGC  9.2  $ 1150

Grader Notes
light spine stress lines to cover
light wear all corners of cover

FF  46  CGC  8.5  $925

Grader Notes
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover

FF 45  CGC 8.0   $875

Grader Notes
crease right top of front cover
light bindery tears to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
light staining to cover

The last of the ASM slabs - 

ASM 100 CGC 7.5   $290

Grader Notes
tear with crease left bottom of back cover
light spine stress lines to cover

ASM 60 CGC 8.0  $315

Grader Notes
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover

ASM 51 CGC 9.2  $1850

Grader Notes
light spine stress lines to cover
light wear to cover

ASM 46 CGC 9.0  $1400

Grader Notes
wear staple breaks color
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover

ASM 43 CGC 8.0  $415

Grader Notes
piece out left bottom of back cover
light cover tanning
light spine stress lines to cover

ASM 42  CGC 9.2   $1200

Grader Notes
wear bottom of front cover breaks color
light spine stress lines to cover

 

ASM 39  CGC 8.5  $1150

Grader Notes
wear center of spine
light spine stress lines to cover
light wear all corners of cover

 

 

First up - 

ASM 31  CGC 4.5  $415

Grader Notes

chip out left bottom of front cover
light spine stress lines to cover
light staining to cover
moderate creasing to cover

SALES THREAD RULES

No HOS or PL

First I’ll take it here or in PM takes the book

Payment through Paypal

Insured USPS shipping to USA included in price. Outside of USA will be additional based on actual shipping costs

No returns on slabbed books.  

Feel free to post general questions here or PM me....

Adding in some FF slabs recently back from CGC as well
 

EDIT - Take 10% off any book - 15% if you purchase multiple. 

On 4/21/2023 at 12:55 PM, CGC Mike said:

As an employee, I am able to contact people within the company.  Whereas, customers are only able to contact customer service.  I also have the ability to look up the status of a submission.  With this said, I do not have a magic ability to get a package located and opened on demand if it is not long overdue compared to others that have been entered.  We are currently running behind in getting submissions entered into the system.    However, If a package is long overdue in being entered into the system, (compared to others in the same tier that are into the system)  I can ask that people locate the package and have it entered.  One more thing.  TAT's start when the submission has been logged into our system.  

So - as another pointed out, the red section is a source of major disconnect. The external web page clearly describes DELIVERED.  Not entered into system....  

Nobody externally has good handle on how slammed receiving is or is not on any given day, so having this as an 'out' for posted lead-times being off is problematic when this is used as a tool to encourage paying more for faster service. Most will understand estimating - but even then, the estimates should not be without limits on accuracy and feedback to the customers. 

Likely will fall on deaf ears - but realistically if CGC implemented a couple of simple fixes the system would be a lot more transparent and understandable. 

First -  post your estimated time for receiving. Make sure it is clear that this is part of the estimated lead-times. A weekly update as you stated- this should be a very easy update to make. 

If orders are late ( set a target as like 3-5 days beyond estimates ) - be proactive contact the customer. Once tracking stats - is a very simple calculation to see expected completion date - and where the order sits. Proactively email the customer and keep them in the loop. Way easier to send out 10-20 emails then have to talk to those same people on the phone. Some will still call - but PUSHING the information back to a customer that you are missing targets with a real reason, is significantly better than having frustrated customers PULL or request the information from a customer service rep who likely will not be able to provide a real status.....  

On 12/7/2022 at 1:15 PM, Pboned said:

 

I appreciate all your information.

I've never bought a older book (Mostly Modern books), I wasn't sure if the grader notes were bad or normal for this type of book. I also seen his previous reviews and was wondering why for the negative reviews and lack of comments.    

Well - the notes are normal for older books - but you also need to take a good look over the book to see if you like that book with the specific defects in that grade....  

example - same age book - 9.2 grade I just got back 

Comic Description:
Fantastic Four 49 4/66 Marvel Comics

Grader Notes:
light tanning interior cover
light, multiple crease front cover breaks color
very light wear all corners

now - these defects are very light - but some might see the tanning and skip/ not pay top dollar for the comic based on this specific defect.