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Got a few books back from CGC and will be listing them soon. Message me with any interest. Should have some more books to add as well. Amazing Spider-man #124 CGC 9.8 White Mister Miracle #1 CGC 9.6 OW Tomb Of Dracula #10 CGC 9.2 white

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Knowing that this book is rare in high grade, I thought I'd post this in this thread as there are many vigilant members. In case anyone notices this copy on the open market, this copy has been stolen from me. Please message me with any leads. Thanks!

Scans have been posted. Message me with any questions or concerns.

That's it for now. LINK to my other SA/BA high grade CGC for sale in the GA/SA/BA forum now.

Amazing Spider-man #300 CGC 9.8 White Asking $2000 (shipping included)

Shipping: Certified books, shipping is included FREE within North America, ROW we split it. Raw books, include $10 for shipping within North America. ROW I will split with interested parties.  Who wins: Time stamp seals the deal as to who wins regardless of the form of communication (including PM, in the thread, text or phone conversation). A negotiation is not a deal until both sides have agreed on terms. If there is an unconditional posted (or communicated) it will trump all negotiations unless we have already both agreed to terms before the was posted. In that case, the will have been in vain. Except that it will give you street cred and look cool to passers by. No House Of Shame or Probationary members or any others of ill repute. Returns: I am considered a very good grader among my peers ( Here is a link to my kudos thread ) but since even CGC is inconsistent I will not guarantee a CGC grade. I will guarantee to be within one grade increment in either direction - so if I am calling the book a 9.4 it could go 9.2 or 9.6. If it falls outside of those parameters (and it does happen that they go in both directions), I will offer a refund. But I don't expect anyone to complain if I undergraded it. I will accept returns if item is otherwise not as described. Consider all books pressed. Pricing: I try to price books close to fair market value. I am open to offers but it's not very likely I'm going to be accepting offers at 20-30% off fair market value as I can wholesale books all day long at those prices. Payment: PayPal, Bank wire, check or MO.

So you are in fact saying that the bill was short if you have to give extra money? Because this is the first time I've ever heard anyone corroborate that part of the story.

I'm not taking a side here but if people have been upset for so long wouldnt it be wise to just ask them how much they feel they should be reimbursed and do that?  People are not upset because they were not reimbursed. People are upset because they are saying that I didn't help cover the tab on a bill over a decade ago and that I just made it up even though me, my wife and select few others knew I that this was exactly how it went down. And they are maintaining that it's a lie because it's what they choose to believe. And yet anybody who has EVER known me personally with more than just a superficial passing would never accuse me of making such a thing up but on the internet there are no rules. And so hear we are.

Or maybe my motive wasn't to convince anyone of anything and I was just sharing a memory just as others were sharing memories. I know I'm not going to change the mind of people who have their minds made up but that doesn't change the fact that I have memories just as others do.

You'll have to excuse me for losing my temper once in a while after everyone is (I feel) unfairly piling on. I'm human and I guess for that I'm allowed to apologize when I mess up.

I don't remember who was all there. It was Louise who heard some people at the dinner saying that they didn't drink that much alcohol and didn't want to chip in as much money as was needed. She said it to me after we left. At the time I just remember being surprised at how short we were (most people were waiting outside already). But do you really need to go on and on about it? It does happen at large gatherings. It's happened at more than one forum dinner. What would be more surprising is if we WEREN'T short on a large gathering. I've never bought a book for a flip and said it was for my personal collection. Not ever. And since I've been on the boards and back in comics, there are records and exchanges of all of my transactions and there isn't a single interaction where I said that to anyone. But facts don't change someone's mind if it's made up, do they? And all the tag-alongs just perpetuate what they want to believe. Ah yes, I bought a cheap book with a spot of coor touch on it (was it $180?) to try to have color touch removed as a personal experiment. Then I posted the book for sale online and called the tiny missing chip where the color touch was scraped a bindery chip in the sales description. I probably shouldn't have called it a bindery chip in hindsight but I didn't think it was a big deal because I wouldn't have cared what someone else called it. I'm a horrible person.

And yet, if a group of people said they didn't believe you it would have been your word against theirs, right?

Um, a faceless nobody making claims on the internet about something that they don't have first hand information in? Color me shocked. I've never messed anyone over and if I made any mistakes I've always made them right. But you have a dislike for me and never miss an opportunity to take a cowardly and anonymous dig from the safety of cyberspace. Wait, first it is about me and then it isn't? Which is it?

I used the personal example to show contrast how hypocritical people can be based on what their agendas are. Not to put the focus on me, but some of you just can't help yourself and continue to see the messenger rather than the message. Yes, I did use a personal example where I felt I was victim, but it wasn't the point of the post. As far as lying, I don't lie. I never have. But thank you for once again making it about me.

I don't think we're disagreeing with each other.

What does any of this mean? If you think you are some kind of victim, get over yourself and quit posting revisionist history all over the Boards. It's stupid. Once again, someone with a sharp axe to grind misses the forest for the trees. The point is a simple one to understand if people could turn off their blinders and stop looking at who is doing the posting. In one context everyone agrees that more information is not better because they are afraid of fraud and deception. In another context (but an exact parallel to the first) they contradict that same principle because now it serves their own agenda better and 'more information is better' even though it opens the door to fraud and deception. And yet people are so emotional about pressing that they are willing to go against principles that were originally frowned upon simply because they don't like pressing. But keep making it about me.

Yeah, that's how it went. It wasn't about the possibility of rampant fraud and price manipulation, it was about everyone keeping down the Champion of Information. Good Lord. And with namisgr's idea of marking only some books from CCS you don't have exactly the same parallel where you would have information fraud and price manipulation? Good Lord is right. Never let a bandwagon pass quietly.

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I don't know how I would have felt, but I've been subbing since 2003 or so and never had either a problem with SCS or had to send one back to get fixed that I can recall. So it can't be that common. Yes, on the internet it can be common because we put everything under a magnifying glass but with 5 MIL books graded, the percentage is still small. So the thought of certification folding over SCS without pressing just doesn't ring true to me.

This thread is an interesting case study in human personality. You believe CGC would have failed if a small percentage of books had SCS and there was no pressing? I say it's a ridiculous statement. They might be less profitable and have less submissions but the market forces that were waiting for an encapsulation company in the hobby are far stronger than a small percentage of people who may have SCS books. And it is a small percentage. I get 1000's of books slabbed every year and don't remember the last time I saw SCS on a book myself. So the extremist views that some people take make having a proper discussion very difficult.