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On 10/1/2023 at 9:01 PM, Gambold Vintage said:

>You are whining to a group of people<

Actually the intent was to get the company's attention, since their response times are limited to California weekdays.  In that it was successful. 

It will make it easier for me to cancel the sale after it becomes obvious next week that the seller is never going to get the book shipped. I said easier, because of course Shortboxed has no method to formally provide feedback or ask for action.  There's just...email.

And for the record, the Shortboxed site promises shipping for "most orders" within 48 hours of purchase.  It wasn't a matter of how long it would take to arrive - I'm well aware it could be a week or more. The issue was the book was not shipped, 72 hours later. In my experience that means it isn't coming. Sellers almost never take more than a couple days to get stock out the door (unless they are Heritage). Once three or four days have passed, there is very little reason to believe it will ever happen.

>Most orders are confirmed instantly and ship out within 48 hours. Once shipped and tracking is updated, most packages will arrive within 2-3 business days.<

Also, I did just get a response from Shortboxed and they agreed something was amiss, and are looking into it. I can't help but think I got that email on a Sunday because of this forum thread. 
 

 

 

you have not answered my question?
when did you contact SB about this matter?

On 10/1/2023 at 7:48 PM, grendelbo said:

Watch out for this guy in those grading contests. 

 

uh....I learned from the master  

On 10/1/2023 at 10:50 AM, TTG said:

New here and Just want to say that I am excited to hopefully participate in this grading Contest!

welcome

Fair enough...let's get a discussion going.

When did you first reach out to SB?

Let's allow for some benefit of the doubt. It's only been a few days.

On 10/1/2023 at 7:26 AM, Gambold Vintage said:

Count me in as another one time only user. Ordered my first book on there four days ago. It hasn’t moved. No communication is possible with the seller and the “customer support” to the only two email addresses posted has ignored my emails.
 

There is no phone number or contact form, or any online record of communications. My grandmother has a better customer support  interface for her yarn company.  

My next step is to file a complaint with my credit card company. If you can’t respond to customers, you should not be taking their money. 
 

I tried. Terrible first experience means I’ll take my business elsewhere. Happily there are plenty of other options. 

On 9/28/2023 at 1:45 PM, action1kid said:

Thought it had a shot at 7.5 but it came back the same. 7.0. Got the pedigree label.

presents like a champ 

On 9/20/2023 at 9:21 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

I’d say it’s more like 2.75 imperfections 😂. Does that make a difference?

seems 9.6 to me
a 9.8 modern book can have 1-2 "tiny" imperfections

this copy has at least these 3 imperfections

the seller "should" price this raw copy at vg/fn to fine-

On 9/11/2023 at 4:39 PM, Redshade said:

So you found it then? At a price of £89GBP ($111) he's asking for a "FN" price but it's not for me. I do not like "chipping" personally.

you could find a fine copy that presents better

no
fine range imho...additional pics would help

need more info regarding the specific book and how you determined your estimate

On 8/24/2023 at 4:01 PM, Point Five said:

My Baker group shot, 9 years in the making.  
 

 

rekrap

congrats!

On 8/22/2023 at 11:54 AM, zzutak said:

@CGC Mike, with all due respect, this question from "Management" is totally inappropriate and should never have been asked.  It makes "Management" look like total weasel-like clowns.

Let's assume for the sake of argument that the top-right corner was severely compromised.  Shouldn't whoever was handling the book when this large chunk detached have contacted their supervisor to document the problem and ask for guidance?  Shouldn't the supervisor then have contacted @Dinohin22 to alert him to this issue and ask whether he still wanted to have the book graded?  Shouldn't each of those contacts be noted in this book's digital record?  And where is the missing chunk?

What am I missing here?    Please help me understand why Management's question is appropriate. 

This 

you may want to add a return policy or your thread will be closed

glws