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On 4/30/2024 at 6:55 PM, silent06 said:

Both GPA and GoCollect reference Ebay sales for their respective assessments of FMV, so I am not sure how you arrived at CGC providing and offering a valuation of 110% with taxes of current Ebay prices

Ah, I did not realize they were newsstands. I suspect they did not take that into account.

On 4/30/2024 at 5:54 PM, silent06 said:

Based on GPA, I would say the delta between their FMV estimate and CGC's is roughly 40% to 50%, which is still under what I paid for the books considering market value at the time, shipping costs, buyers premium, etc. However, I have attached a screenshot for you to make your own assessment. The books referenced by CGC in the screenshot were both purchased as holdered and believed to be a grade of 9.8

I mean that looks like CGC is offering 110% with taxes of current eBay prices. I think that's pretty fair. If you bought replacement books today you'd bet probably $250 of current prices.

On 4/30/2024 at 2:27 PM, silent06 said:

I, too, recently received emails for three of my four books affected by the tampering incident. It appears based on the offers provided by CGC that their analysis or assessment of "fair market value" is the actual or true grade of the book as part of this incident, not the grade as noted on the holder or as the consumer and original purchaser believed the book to be, which to me as someone impacted is unacceptable and in no way an attempt to make me whole. CGC seems to be playing with words such as "fair market value" to shroud their intent to make minimal disbursements for the claims in this incident.

What would you say the percentage is between your FMV and theirs?

My money is on a yellow label with a JSA logo or something of notable size to be easily visible. Perhaps replacing the CGC hologram.

They just keep reposting until it hits their internal reserve. Second account bids it up to X value. If it doesn't reach it at the end, they cancel the bid on accouht 2 and relist it. Tons and tons of sellers do this.

On 4/9/2024 at 7:29 PM, littledoom said:

Can you please explain this, I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around this concept

Promoted Listings are basically SEO advertisements on eBay. Ad blockers are flagging those as ads.

On 4/7/2024 at 2:06 PM, littledoom said:

Is “you” the seller or buyer? 

The seller.

If you have an adblocker it blocks Promoted Listings. So in a weird way you may pay more to make the listing less visible.

On 3/24/2024 at 6:13 PM, comeaux said:

Completely unacceptable for a man to have a wife & young kids yet spend his money on comics or collectibles but not on insurance to protect family. 

 

Burial insurance is cheap and a million dollar accidental death policy is only $25 monthly. 

 

I’m probably over insured but with a young wife & son, I want to make sure they never need anything or god forbid, to start a “go fund me” page when I croak because I was too shortsighted, ignorant & uncaring to make proper plans to protect them.

Something also I wish I thought ahead about. When I got my life insurance, if I died it could have easily afforded my family buying a house. 12 years later it's about 1/3 a house.

Purchase with inflation in mind.

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What happens with the books after CGC completes its review?

If CGC determines that a book has been tampered with, the book will be held by CGC pending the outcome of the insurance claim and legal process. If CGC determines that the book has not been tampered with, the old certification number will be deleted, the book will be assigned a new certification number, encapsulated, and returned to the submitter.

 

Sounds like people may be in for a long wait if the court case drags out.

It feels weird to have a 10.0 with a bad wrap.

Looks like he was hit with Administrative Dissolution at the beginning of this year on his second LLC that he created post bankruptcy of the first one.

https://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=2353530&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE

They may have their uses. Obviously it depends on how you pack, but my 1095 packed slabs frequently come out almost exactly 2lbs on the dot. Some lighter, some heavier. However, even 2.01lbs puts me in the 3lb cost range. That price difference can be upwards of $4-5 depending on the zone it is shipped to. If the Geminis can be reliably shipped under 2lbs, then it may be cheaper to use those in certain instances. Also keep in mind that Priority is more expensive than the new Ground Advantage tier. It's very possible that "free" box is costing you more to ship now.

I pay for a PO Box annually just for my comic purchases. It's the best $150ish bucks I spend a year. Never have to worry about porch pirates or underpaid and overworked delivery drivers.

Sounds like the dude got divorced and is trying to claw back some money.

If you have conversations of him telling you to send it to his wife's account you can tell him to pound sand.

My guess is there's a tracking number error that's somehow conflicting with another package.

I recently had an package from Brazil come to my PO Box. When I went to sign for it, it wanted me to confirm my address on the screen which showed up as a residental house in New York. I live in Los Angeles and the package clearly showed my LA PO Box.

Does CGC collect FMV grading fees if a book is resubmitted and retains the same grade?

Is the DD1 the first confirmed swap in a Gen2 case?

On 2/23/2024 at 8:47 AM, comicwiz said:

Daredevil 1 CGC 8.5 - UNLISTED  ⬇️

(NOTE: This shifts the timeline of tampering further back to Jan 15, 2018)

Over the past two weeks, I shared two UNLISTED books (FF 48 CGC 5.5 and ASM 300 CGC 9.8) and have continued compiling others. I continue to try to set aside time to work on this because of its significance, and would like to share the third UNLISTED today because I believe this is becoming even more important as events continue to unfold.

Applying the same details on the retrospective and current comparabiles analysis for books impacted by this "holder tampering." The purpose here is to use this unlisted book as an example of how one might arrive at a valuation suitable for redress and/or compensation.

While the serial number from the ComicVerify badge below is a sample, the data is live, and the screenshot takes you right to the sample appraisal and assessment, with notations, working links to diagrams, etc. Full disclosure, ComicVerify is an online appraisal service I began in March of 2022, along with an appraisal service called ToyVerify. It allowed me to streamline reports, and uses proprietary software I developed which helps accelerate the process of mining/discovery, recall, insight assement, as well as calculating comps using the desired valuation method, as well as offering real-time reporting, all accessible in a digital format (smartphone or on your computer).

Certification: 1202031002 (NOT ON THE LIST)

Daredevil (1964-1998) #1 CGC 8.5

Beginning first with the screenshot of the Cert for posterity:

Based on the assessment arrived at, replacement value would be the method of valuation best suited to handle the market fluctuations seen from the time the book was sold in January 15th, 2018, and the current day, where consumers are being made aware of an alleged incident involving "holder tampering."

Click screenshot below to visit the online appraisal for further details

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Additional notes for comparison, review, and posterity:

Sales history, this Daredevil 1 appears twice for sale, the order that follows is from the first appearance of this cert to the last:

Cert: 1202031002
Daredevil (1964-1998) #1 CGC 8.5

302012634340 | ebay | Seller: potatochipman |Cert: 1202031002 [7/19/2016] | $5,818

282813660478 | ebay | Seller: alleged seller | Cert: 1202031002 [1/28/2018] | $7,363

What was the username of the scammer on this one?

Seeing the release date for The Acolyte floating around as June 5th. Wonder if we'll see a bump to some HR issues

Supposedly June 5th is the release date.

Figured I'd circle back to see what a few art pieces are at in the Feb/March CL auction, and practically every piece already has 25+ bids with some having 120+ bids. The lowest bid count of any item in the entire auction is 7. This auction has been open for only a two days now (with 18 days left at the time of this post), and it seems like a lot of the pieces are already at what I expected them to go for at the hammer. Anyone else notice this?

I wonder if it's clear and obvious that it's not a swap based on their internal photos they don't crack it. If it's questionable they crack it and replace the certification for their own records.

So she was submitting her own CGC SS books. Awesome.

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