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There's an eBayer name robragu / Robby Ragu who seems to be creating trouble of a lot of buyers and sellers both on eBay and on social media. There's a Facebook discussion about it. He's backed out of deals and relisted books elsewhere, pressured people into selling books only to back out and is using service in the military as excuses. https://www.facebook.com/groups/166026564121348/permalink/283490482374955/

That slab design with the 'creep engine' was discontinued in June 2016. What I have noticed is that an increasing amount of sellers are notating Newton Rings in their selling listings, both here on the CGC forum and on social media.

I'm really sorry but someone beat you via PM. Their time stamp was before your posting of I'm going to close this thread now and move the remaining books elsewhere.

Gang, I'm actually going to close this thread and move the books elsewhere. You know where to find me if you're interested.

Take 10% off asking prices.

Thank you. Gang, I 'm going to close the thread to move the books elsewhere. If anyone has any interest or offers you know where to find me.

Even if someone disclosed a book as pressed and CGC had the option to notate it on the label, how would the industry react to that? You'd then have (for example) two otherwise equal CGC 9.6 books differentiate with either a disclosure (or an educated guess) that the book was pressed with the other missing the notationt. So the two 9.6's would no longer be equal. I don't see the majority submitters (dealers of course, who each submit 100's, 1000's and 10,000's of books a year) not wanting to deal with yet another complication for selling a book. And that also leaves the book without a pressing notation ambiguous. The market ultimately wants certainty not guesses. It would seem pointless to attempt to identify just a small portion of the pressed books to satisfy a group of people who don't like pressing when the market has already accepted it as a majority. I don't see it happening. Again, it's been discussed in detail so this is just a rehash of points I'm bringing back up.

Giant-Size X-men #1 CGC 7.0 and X-men #109 CGC 9.8 have also SOLD! I've received a few inquiries about the Shazam #1 CGC 9.8. That book is continuing to heat up and I won't be discounting it. A copy just sold for $1150 yesterday. After I move it out of this thread I will be raising the price although I will honor my price in this thread.

It already does. As I said 10 years ago, if someone wants an unpressed book you just need to be able to pay the unpressed price...much like other factors draw a premium price (Pedigree, outstanding appeal, etc) unpressed books also do. Personally, I don't need to own an Edgar Church book but if I did, I'd need to pay multiples of FMV to own one. It's not any different with books of other significant qualities that people look for.

Thanks for the insight Bob. Just identify the "pancake" books - they're easy to identify- and you can note "probably pressed" on the label. Nevertheless, I think it's important for us to document what comic book collecting was like before the CPR game. Be great to put documents like the one above in a place accessible to everyone so that they can see where things were. History is cyclical after all. If it can't be identified with reasonable assurance CGC can't guess it. They're in the business of identifying with assurance. And as far as pressing being detectable, it's a debate that has been had countless times over. It's almost pointless to try to detect it. Under many circumstances it can happen along the life of a book even in the wild and that is besides that, the fact all comics are heated and pressed during the production process when new. It's just one of those things in nature where unfortunately if you don't like pressed books you have little recourse to prevent it.

his actual name is trevor pender and he is in brooklyn. his FB name in comics groups is duran dominguez. if anyone knows him please take a dump on his shoes Why not? People post dumb stuff all the time on the internet that they shouldn't. After reading his FB posts on his timeline it's obvious he isn't a sharp knife.

Thanks, guys! X-men #121 CGC 9.8 has also SOLD!

Thank you.

You bought them all.

That's all folks! Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 CGC 9.8 White Asking $750

Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.6 White Asking $700 SOLD!

Amazing Spider-Man #212 CGC 9.8 White Asking $425

Just a reminder that shipping is free within North America.

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. Payment: Paypal, bank wire, check or MO.

That's all for now, folks! Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.

X-Men #121 CGC 9.8 White Asking $550 SOLD!

X-Men #109 CGC 9.8 White Asking $1150 SOLD!

X-men #89 CGC 9.8 OWW Asking $650