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Based on the amount of 9.8 books i received with badly crushed backs in the past 6 months it does appear to be the way many including CLink and suprisingly MCS conducts their business. I will say at least with MCS they are Total Pros and returns are easy. Clink too but getting them on the phone presents challenges due to their tiny staff. eBay is hit or miss hassle depending on seller. I've shown some examples of the inner well notches causing damage to comics earlier in this thread. Damage is in exact shape of the notches. 2nd Gen slabs has nice flat inner well tops and bottoms so was not an issue. If respected folks in the hobby are missing crushed bottoms or tops of 9.8 labelled books, then logically they certainly will not take a fair amount of extra time to view sides of slabs to check for curved or wavy inner wells. Wells that in short amounts of time after slabbing will damage standard size comics.

BTW Roy had not lost his mind. If anything its proven he is still as Rascally as ever. Where Rasically = Devious Honest Good People don't rise to an Executive Position like Editor In Chief. You need to be nasty, cutthroat, and to at least some degree a sociopath. That goes for any Exec Position in any semblance of a decent size firm. Those who lack those characteristics never rise above middle levels

^ Agreed. CBCS will have no niches left. CGCs parent should purchase them for their superior slab tech and patents.

^how many check books through side of slab... not many - I know i did not and was shocked and disgusted with 90 % of my 2024 graded 9.8s when I did. Again all mine were purchased from different sellers making it a mathematical impossibility for it to be bad luck. Damage to the books will increase as long as they remain in the warped wells. Newport Beach is approaching

@greggy you submit Metric Ton of book a month. Look at the spines of your 2024 submissions. You are likely affected at similar clips as everyone who's posted here. I too figured it was one or 2 folks who were unlucky but after checking found my affected percentage is 90% and all books were purchased from different sellers You may not want this to be true but it is...look at your 2024 graded books man... then consider revising your reaction to my previous posting.

I've seen this on many CLINK books over the years. Some go for way more than FMV , while sometimes books go for way below. Just this week I've won 3 books from CLINK at 40-50% below GPA and lost out on others that went for 2x GPA and can be had for less money as BIN's on eBay. AKA the usual for me

Anyone else seeing what I'm seeing with the spine ticks? If it is the situation the book will get worse. possibly before this month is over... Grade Date 07/01/2024

I had been a huge Roy fan at one point, now I find his actions thoroughly disgusting and WITHOUT HONOR! Deserves Zero Credit for Wolverine! Evanier explains it very nicely https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/04/16/claws-for-debate-part-3/

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If it does occur in that manner then it will be slow. Me personally I will no longer submit until I've read positive results for 6 full months. My full stop on purchase of books slabbed after Nov 2023 is also in effect. I will also keep my ears and eyes open to see how the Newport Beach contingent situation plays out and depending on "chatter" consider submitting with them mid-way in 2025. I'm a collector, I do not sell Comic Books, I can be patient. P.S. This situation truly sucks at least if it was officially acknowledged I'd have a positive outlook for the future.

From Evanier's Blog: we have reports of another kind of disease at Comic-Con… Fourteen people were arrested and 10 victims of sex trafficking were rescued — including a 16-year-old girl — in a sting operation at the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, California, last week, officials said Thursday. If you read the reports, it's clear that Comic-Con itself was in no way involved or responsible. It's just the kind of operation that thrives on events that attract people in certain age groups. It was probably way more prevalent in San Diego back when it was more of a "Navy town" than it is these days. We don't have (or need) many more details than that. A friend at the con also told me that there was a legal brothel just over the border in Tijuana that was advertising special discounts if you showed them your Comic-Con badge. Mine said "Invited Guest" on it so I wonder what I could have gotten down there — apart from something much worse than COVID.

Wonder how many of the Comic Selling/Dealing Members here were perp walked or frog marched out of SDCC in the sting

Not bad for a $1.00 raw purchase at garage sale in the mid 90's...

As I ask each time this occurs whats the over/under?

That is exactly what has occurred. Ostrich method may have worked in past but the approaching Newport Beach/Santa Ana faction may very well represent a seismic paradigm shift.

That book looks like a 8.0 that I would instantly pass over I had hoped for a better response from CGC, but sadly expected the one you got. Newport Beach is coming!

Yep, really! At least for sub-set of collectors 1) No Newton Rings 2) No Inner Well warping 3) No Inner Well notches to crush books 4) Near zero risk of Shaken comic syndrome. Highly recommend you read through - then check all books you may have that were slabbed so far in 2024. Check for bending due to inner wells, as well as back of book denting/crushing due to the absurd too short top and bottom bars that in effect create 4 deadly notches.

perfect wrap and 2nd gen slab. There are a subset of collectors who are willing to pay more for either of those things.

@greggy Have you read through this thread? Curious to know what you think and estimated percentage of your submitted books that have been affected. Important to note most were not aware of the issue until reading about it here. I for one had not previously looked at books through side of slabs. When I did found 100% of my regular thickness sized Comics slabbed in 2024 are affected.

If only it were that simple, I don't do Modern For me this has quickly become a depressing paradigm changer. Yet another thing in life to add to the "is no more" pile. I hope that at some future juncture there will be a good slab/grade date for safe purchase. Right now my personal arbitrary cut-off is nothing slabbed after Dec 14 2023. I'm removed all pending bids and "watch's" I've had for recent slabs as well as put all my pending raw submission books back into the boxes from which they were pulled. As I said this is depressing to me on multiple levels. P.S. Any one know if Magazine sized slabs are affected?

I had a great Comic Room growing up, it would be priceless to me to have some pics. Really wish I have been as sentimental then as I am now. Even my Mom referred to it as My Comic Book Room and often asked why I could not keep my bedroom even half as neat and organized. I do miss her so very much... Folks if you are blessed to still have your Mom give her a call today and know she'll appreciate it.

"More Important" on non Modern Age was whichever RMO had the most in stock to sell. For modern its seemingly whatever a cadre of youtubers or gocollect type hyperbolists have most in stock to sell.

That is a most certainly plausible. Or not same exact inner well as for standard thickness comics? I'm sure other possible reasons exist...

@jstam I have as well

Is that where the Oysters come from?