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Perpendiculous

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    GRADING INCONSISTENCY??!!

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    30 minutes ago, E5150 said:

    If it had been anyone but Danny/Richard/Perry my responses would've been different. Well, maybe except for Ewart or Doug Schmell hm

    Like Metallica says "Honesty is my only excuse".

    Sorry Joe - I think I’m down with E5 on this one. This guy caused a lot of pain to a lot of people and I’ll bet there’s plenty of Kellysuperhero customers who’ll get smacked in the face if they ever submit their books for pro grading. The guy was ugly in every way you can be. Calling a book 9.8 MT/MT+ On eBay In the heading and adding within a wall of text “trim” or “slight ct” does not sufficiently mitigate his current or past deceptions. 

    GRADING INCONSISTENCY??!!

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    1 hour ago, Randall Ries said:

    I suppose the good thing is he did what he had to do to stay in business. Or should have done in the first place. He notes restoration where applicable. Just have to look for the disclaimer a bit. He has a REALLY nice HOS 92 and a Bat 227 and I asked the boarders here what his deal was because I just didn't know enough about online dealers. All of his books looked a little too good to be true. I got an earful.

    And to grading: Yes. I have seen so many examples where a book should not have gotten the grade it did. Books that are highly sought after to begin with getting high grades when there are even just light hatchet marks up an down the spine make you wonder. Because at that point, we are just collecting covers. And when a Bat 251 is graded 9.4 on ebay and I see color breaking stress lines up and down the spine, my tendency is not to buy it. Not at 9.4 asking price. YEAH it says it's a 9.4. But no it really isn't. So, the seller had a good day when his 7.5 Bat 251 with o/w pages came back a 9.4. ow/w pages. But then what? What's it like trying to sell it? For some reason, my eye is a lot sharper when I am buying than when I'm selling.

    When I was trying to buy a Green Lantern #76, I couldn't believe the amount of covers that were 9.4 and even 9.6 with pretty obvious defects that should have kept them at 8.0-8.5. I'm sure there are still examples. I found a 7.5 to buy (I did) that looked just as good as some of the 9.0's. So, I got a nice 8.5 looking book for a 7.5 price. I have a lot of 7.0-7.5 books that look like 9.2. Then people start saying "YAH! But there must be somethin' goin' on INSIDE that is holding it down!" No. I don't think so. I think what held it down is the grader didn't get any YupYup from his lady the night before and he's taking it out on our books today at work.

    Not sure I agree. I might just be bitter, but he buries his restoration notes, doesn’t put it in the listing title and provides one low Rez image. He’s got a JLA up now for 15k. Even if I didn’t know it was probably altered in some way, who is spending that on eBay based on one photo. Oh and his “camera creates an artifact”. Like you can’t invest in a scanner when you’re selling 50k worth of books in your eBay store. It’s the exact same scam, just tightened up a little and 15 years later.

    GRADING INCONSISTENCY??!!

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    4 hours ago, JOENAVY said:

    "So dont ask our opinion with that type of scan" I didn't man...it was requested and I said I only had the one. Atleast they did the press and and reslab. Thats something i guess. Do you still have the All Star 8? Saving that baby for retirement? PERPENDICULOUS - wow, thank god you found out about kellysuperheroes right before your purchase. Was the tens of thousands on one book or multiples and once?

    Many books back when he was selling as comic-keys on eBay and I was an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. He refunded me all my money after first 4 books came back plod’s and the Comics Buyers Guide broke an expose on him at nearly the same time. I was very lucky. He even paid shipping. But he’s still out there...