SteppinRazor

I think GR suffers from a power that isn't well representable visually. That's probably why he can't get much traction on screen

Agree. I know several fellow handmade furniture people, and none of us really consider it a competition. There will always be people who will choose a place to buy or play based on how they like the place. Different stroke for different folks. Your atmosphere might lend itself to a certain kind of player. Some may play in multiple stores for the variety. Some may feel more comfortable in one place. All having more stores does is provide more avenues to grow the consumer base for all.

I'll put it on hold. Thanks! The I'll take it guy is an emoticon

There are still inaccessible homes and neighborhoods here.

I do. Previous buyer had to back out due to unexpected life stuff.

IMO, there's already too much tiering. I think the $5 notes fee is already basically double dipping. This seems to me a matter of what kind of company one wants to run. I want my customer to feel they got more than full service, not that they got nickle and dimed and paid twice for the same work.

Thank you for saying that I wish you hadn't said that

I don't think that's true. You could potentially gather individual point deductions for a flaw if that is the only flaw, but you'd have to have books that each only had one of each flaw. And even then, that doesn't tell you if there's any extra point deduction for an aggregation of flaws. You'd need a huge sample of graded comics and some decent game theory skills to extrapolate approximate grades. Ain't nobody got time for that

Post Office is back!

Probably opened it to see if it was worth stealing, and not like a dollar shave club box or something. Looks like it wasn't even left by Fedex on the top step

Yep. None of his complaints seem to be logical. One star because he wishes there was a giant perfect store? The ratings aren't supposed to be relative to how close a store matches your dreams, they are supposed to rate what the store brings - goods, service, interaction, availability, price. 'I wish a massive store sold stuff for cheaper than a dude on the innernet catered to all kinds of interests but those people never crowd it was walking distance from my house'. Yah ok. I think if people read the one star review, they won't see anything in his contradictory complaint that would turn them off. He sounds like an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. And I don't think we're biased in that opinion

I understand where you're coming from. My thing is, if they are going to sell something for money, then the quality of whatever good or service they are selling is reflective of the quality of their business. And the level of respect they have for their consumer. If you bought something from me for $5, you are going to get from me the best $5 of effort I can give (in fact, I struggle a lot because I undercharge and overdeliver). If people complain, they shouldn't be able to complain about the completeness. If I make a lamp for someone and they have an issue with it, it shouldn't be, "lacks a switch". I don't expect notes to come with the formula for point deduction, but I expect if they are selling me notes, they are descriptive of the flaws. As to people challenging the notes, just make it clear that the grade is the grade and it doesn't get changed because you don't agree. People on Antiques Roadshow can always argue with the appraiser, but it isn't going to make them change the valuation. If you don't want to give people their money's worth, and you don't want to hear from them, fine. Don't charge them money then.

It's not really important whether they start at the top, the middle, or the bottom. The sense of it is the same. One should be able to note what defects resulted in the grade. They are already doing it, just wiggle a pen on a piece paper when they grade. Like I said, seems self evident. If something is ignored, then used to ding a grade, then that is a problem. What good is a grading service that is arbitrary? Might as well go back to everyone grading their own. As for the expectation the notes be clear, I don't agree it's an unfair one. I buy a box of cereal at the store, it better have cereal in it. They don't have to point score every detail, but if you get vaguery for $5, that's unfair.

They get paid the same, but they can also discourage a person (me for example) from bothering to send in if they are just crapshooting. The whole point of grading a comic is to know what you're getting. All knocking a comic and not saying why does is push the acceptable risk margin higher - ie raising the floor for value. Pretty soon it won't be worth the risk of not getting a 9.8 for anything worth less than a couple hundo. If modern is their bread and butter, then the future may not be bright for cgc.

Seems self-evident to me. if it's not a 10, it's not a 10 for a reason, so what is the reason? Should be simple.

Just FYI to all, I am in Houston, and postal service is currently not available, so there may be a delay in shipping time.

Sold! Thank you!

There's a thread in the water cooler about the floods. (personally fine, my area is pretty flood resistant)

Why wasn't this in the dang contest?

Looks like there's a bend on the corner in the third to last as well. It might be worth the shot, but compared to the 9.6 rejects I got back, it doesn't look good for getting a 9.8 from CGC

I see a bunch of hipster records/vintage clothing/video game stores here in Houston. Are those stores not viable buyers for records?

$35 shipped CONUS (Free with purchase: Batman Spawn:War Devil nm)

$30 shipped CONUS (free with purchase: Rogue 1,2,3,4 miniseries NM)

Not to mention the paint buckling the page