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mattn792
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It's in the "old" new case, which does not have an inner well and would squeeze the (bleep) out of books. This guy needs to have that book pressed and re-holdered.
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-- It isn't the color green that I'm hung up on, its the fact that you're saying CVA's version of the "green sticker" would be attesting to their agreement with the stated grade. By their own mission statement as posted earlier, that is exactly what they are NOT doing. They're (supposedly) assessing superior eye appeal, which my overall point has been I can easily accomplish on my own, rendering their service worthless to me. This goes back to my point above, CVA has explicitly stated that they are not saying one book is graded accurate and one isn't. They're attesting to eye appeal. Coins -- sure, you can probably do a "grade assessment" through the case. But that is because they are the sum of their two sides, no internal nothing that needs to be looked at. Let's say CVA gets a 6.0 Qualified book, that is noted as missing pages 7 and 9. How are they supposed to attest to the accuracy of that grade? Did they open the holder and verify that the pages are missing? I would hope not. Married wraps? Good luck figuring that out solely through a cursory examination through the case. Or a restored book. How do they know all the restoration notes are accurate? If page tears were fixed, how can they verify that?
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Speaking of new case issues, I just happened across this poor soul on eBay while trying to use today's 15% off...
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I would disagree that this -- "The 4PG does not sticker it with a "green", which would be agreement with the stated grade." -- is not a glaring flaw because you're re-writing CVA's entire purpose. Let's be frank, if they were trying to say they agree with the grade just by looking through the holder at the front and back cover, their service would be utterly worthless and they'd be out of business in 20 minutes. That aside, if we're operating under the hypothetical assumption that Newton rings are physically damaging to a book -- my book(s) would no longer be in the offending holder, and the grading company would get no more business from me until that fatal flaw was corrected. But again, I fail to see where a 4th party helps me in that regard. I can see the Newton rings. Under our hypothetical, with a little research, I'd be able to find out about the physical deteriorating effects that Newton rings have on a book, probably on this very forum.
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OK cool, still hasn't been an issue for me in a while. Hopefully it stays that way, and glad you guys are trying to be proactive.
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I see some glaring flaws in the hypothetical (Copy and pasting the hypothetical is easier): Setting aside my blatantly obvious words, I do have a question. Hypothetical (maybe not), concerning the existence of a 4PG, and the possible value to a comics collecting community. You have an encapsulated comic. A 3PG grades it a 9. It has Newton Rings. You send it back. It is encapsulated again, with the same grade...a 9. It has the Newton Rings. The 3PG states it is normal. You send it to a 4PG. -- I can see Newton Rings myself, a 4PG does nothing for me in that regard. In addition, the only time I've ever gotten bent out of shape about Newtons was with the new case fiasco before the well was re-added. The 4PG does not sticker it with a "green", which would be agreement with the stated grade. -- By CVA's own mission statement, they admit they aren't assessing the grade: "Two comic books in the exact same CGC or CBCS grade can exhibit different eye appeal. That does NOT mean one book is accurately graded, and one is not." Their sticker means nothing as far as accuracy of the assigned grade. You call the 4PG to discuss it (the existing "coin" 4PG will do so), and the 4PG explains to you there is a possible contamination issue, ... -- Ditch has already pointed out that contamination, while theoretically possible, has never occurred to anyone's knowledge. .. because of newton rings, and eye appeal is significantly reduced because of the Newton Rings. What would you do? -- The last time this happened, someone started the new case thread, and CGC ultimately re-added the inner well. Maybe I'm oblivious to it, but since that time I rarely hear anything about Newton rings being an issue. It certainly hasn't been a problem in my small little corner of the collecting world. Hypothetically, were they start to appearing en masse again, I would expect a similar outcry from the customer base.
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If you directed a hypothetical at me, I missed it.
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Streams seem to have crossed, let's take the house off the market and reset.
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CGC does the heavy lifting, CVA takes two minutes and says "Yep, looks good to me. Sticker that sucker!" Great scam if you can profit from it.
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That is not the "exact Model". If anything, the independent inspector serves the role CGC fulfills.
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An independent home inspector is making sure you didn't paint your house with lead or radium, they're not telling you that the blue paint is indeed blue. And if we want to work CVA into your analogy, then the IVA would need to show up to inspect the inspection.
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I think your conclusion is correct at present. Ultimately no one is untouchable, but it would take a string of several failures in a row for Disney to oust her. And with the Star Wars brand, that seems very unlikely to occur. I said it earlier that I think IX will make a billion dollars just by showing up at the box office. For a moment, let's assume the worst about the movie -- its derided by the same core group as being as bad as TLJ, while it still manages to match or slightly underperform TLJ's total box office. Does Disney see that as another success? Or do they view it as an opportunity lost? I believe they'll see it as the former, while I'd argue they should see it as the latter. I will drop everything to watch The Force Awakens -- well cast, a blast to watch, renewed sense of "realness", foibles and all. That said, there's no reason any of the subsequent Episodes shouldn't be able to blow past it's box office total. VII should be seen as setting the base, not the ceiling.
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So you quote me out of context and toss in McKnowitall's blatantly obvious "Human nature to seek assurance is the same", then act like you've done us all a great service? Bra-vo
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No. Know why? I don't collect coins, I spend them. I don't try to grade coins, they sit in my pocket until I spend them. If the coin community likes their added stickers, good for them. I'm not qualified to comment on that hobby, and will make no attempt to do so. I will, however, maintain my position that CVA's existence serves absolutely no purpose.
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Right click, "Save As", open your new photo in a program with a zoom function (often provided for free with Windows). Using this simple method, I can see that the 9.8 Hulk 181 in the current CLink auction has a spine stress near Wolverine's right hand and that annoying white stripe from the printer which starts near "Super Hero".
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And yet I'm talking about comics and couldn't give a flying _____ about numismatics. It works for coins. Great. They're solid pieces of metal comprised of two sides, easily viewable in their totality. Comics are a totally different animal.
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No doubt, but could you imagine the chaos that would ensue? "This isn't a 9.8 weak!!!" "Why isn't my 9.6 strong a 9.8?!?" "This 9.8 extra strong should be a 9.9!!!" "Secrets and Lies!!!!!!" The level of whining at your average con would go through the stratosphere.
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Oh please. "If we think your book looks nice, we'll put a special sticker on it. And if we think it looks really nice, we'll put an EXTRA special sticker on it." Anyone who falls for that scam because they're too lazy to use their own eyes deserves to lose their money.
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It’s kinda like PGX - both offer no value to the hobby, yet they somehow continue to stay in business.
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Honestly I hope you're right, because I agree that TLJ was a massive opportunity lost. TFA was released and became the top grossing domestic film of all time, foibles and all. Star Wars was fun again. No more trade routes or force carrying bacteria or creepy Uncle Palpatine moments. The stage was set for TLJ to explode, and instead it floundered.
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@zhamlau -- Appreciate the box office numbers and the opinions on how to move forward, but I think you're expecting way too much change. What's done is done, there will be no de-TLJ'ing of the Star Wars universe unless Episode IX completely bombs. And if I were placing a wager, I'd still say that IX will cross the $1 billion threshold even if it sucks worse than TLJ. The Star Wars brand sells itself; I think Solo's lousy numbers are just an aberration (possibly a combo of no one being interested in a Han origin movie and/or not wanting to see anyone else play him other than Harrison Ford).
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Tom Hardy is signed on for 3 Venom movies.
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Keep your eye on Rhode Island ComicCon for Roy Thomas, he is usually there (as is Rich!).
