MAY1979

By Odin's Bristling Beard

Even though it is official US Public Record PSA does not acknowledge it. https://www.psacard.com/cert/0000001 PSA has literally been rotten the core since their first officially certified and slabbed card (see link above) yet they still have a virtual monopoly lock on the Trading Card hobby. As CGC is the PSA for Comics they too have no need to address this kerfuffle. Simply keep quiet rake them benji's in.

I'm the exact opposite of surprised.

As I predicted no response today. CGC will do what you and I mentioned, simply let it fizzle out and it will! CGC will not change or do anything that will cost them a single dollar. Whereas if they say something/anything they might have to... @VintageComics - I'm correct on Prediction #1.

Good to see your sense of humor is intact [/sarcasm]

^ You forgot; 3) Demand for Newton's Rings

Almost positively there is zero chance of that being a correct statement. My apologies janet, it's nothing personal

even if that is the case, CGC will ship the books back to the scammer who will then begin the game anew with a cohort submitting. Since CGC ain't going to change anything it will be nothing more than one-time blip to the scummers.

Exactly the Attitude CGC's parent Company banks on and why there will be no responses and no changes from them

and mention they missed the mark jewelers insert.

We will know in next 7 hours if my first prediction is correct! You are correct about the $ involved which is why saying or doing nothing is to their benefit. Ignoring is the only option in which they do not have fork over any cash to anyone for any reason. Keep in mind for their Parent Company CGC is merely a pump and dump, they have no concern with CGC's future only the money coming in today.

Fish in Barrel Predictions: 1) ZERO Response From CGC today - Hey @VintageComics the Parent Company does not care about optics and certainly not about supplying a response before this or any holiday weekend. 2) ZERO Response From CGC EVER regarding this situation - letting it all fizzle out organically represents a tried and true playbook. 3) CGC will do nothing and change nothing with their slabs unless they find a way to increase the Newton Ring occurrences. 4) CGC Apologists will down play everything 5) Peeps will continue to submit comics to CGC unabated 6) Many more will be swindled by this Comic Seller/Dealer who knows how simple it is to exploit CGC process! 7) Other Comic Sellers/Dealers will attempt (and most will succeed) to duplicate the scam - they are Comic Dealers after all! The only item on above list CGC is concerned with in any manner whatsoever is #5 Unlikely Prediction: eBay if they see sales trend down in the Graded Comics category as they did with Trading Cards will institute a protection program for slabbed books over a certain dollar amount. - Who will verify them ? As they already slipped through CGC, it can and will occur again. - Unlike trading cards in theory they need to be cracked out and verified for completeness. Which is what CGC was paid to do in the first place and often fails at. If I'm wrong my bold-ed predictions then great, however pretty low odds of that....

Kind of proves no regular issue 1980s DC or Marvel is actually rare, just lower printed in relation to the bigger sellers.

I wonder if DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #20 (Dark Mansions) is the single most rare regular issued DC of the 1980's?

Parent company is in the CGC pumpin' stage, if/when the Benjamin flow slows the dumpin' phase commences.

^ . Those later Best of DC's from 1985-1986 are not easy to find. I'd be OK with 9.6 on 68 , but 9.4 is highest currently

Silver Lining!

@ThothAmon , Only kidding of course. My copy was the result of Vane's diligent efforts. I'm happy to be it's current caretaker but all the kudos belong to him.

or 2

End of year bump. @vane old friend if you still check on this forum; A Merry Multi Winter Holiday Season to you and your Family. Since scan was made have removed the absurd Comiclink sticker using Microfiber Cloth and WD40.

PSA has failed to detect trimmed cards since literally their very first serial number. Has not affected their business. CGC knows this and will do nothing, say nothing, and keep raking in them Benji's

yep. They will follow their tried, true and only playbook; 1) Say Nothing 2) Do Nothing. 3) Take in money hand-over fist knowing even those chattering in this very thread will continue to submit. Don't expect any comment from Mike or anyone else in this thread. I'd suspect they have been told allow topic to continue until it fizzles out, which it will.

They (kind of/sort of/pretty much) have with above $250 trading cards for 2 years now. Although at time they instituted their new process and policy for those, as I understand it, cards were the single largest sales category on their platform. Interestingly enough CGC is an authenticity partner of eBay's https://pages.ebay.com/authenticity-guarantee-tradingcards-seller/

“criminals are a cowardly lot.”