Ride the Tiger

According to the sites meet the graders page, they have 16.

Unfortunately there's not much you can do. When this whole Newton ring debacle started there were many of us that voiced our displeasure. In fact a thread with a vote came about to get input from everyone and it seemed to help for a short time. People were sending their slabs back and if I remember correctly most were getting fixed. That thread has vanished and so has CGCs desire to fix this problem. It's really quite an easy fix too so I don't know why they wouldn't take care of it. The old cases never had this problem. The competition's cases don't have this problem. I have 1 slab from the company that supposedly was ran from a dudes basement. It is beautiful in every way. And for less. And no label errors. And the book isn't upside down. And it didn't come with shards or a bonus bug inside. Sorry rant off. Hopefully they put an end to this soon. I have books being graded right now too and I'd rather not have books that are caked with rings.

I'll take the ASM 55 @ 40% off if it's still available.

I would say most of the problems could be solved in the encapsulation process. The graders have done their job. They pass it off to the person putting it in the slab. Right then and there you can probably eliminate most of the problems. Do the books and label match? Is it in upside down? Backwards? Is there a bug stuck in between the plastic? Did I leave my post it notes on the book? One other question. Do the books from any one single customer have to remain in order the whole process? If they accidentally get mixed up are the encapsulaters going to just put the books and stickers together as given to them? That at least would explain why you get a Spider-Man comic with an x-men label.

What exactly is the process for encapsulation? To me everyone involved should be QC not a team of people at the end of the process. Do the graders put the books in the slabs? Does the label go on before the book goes in the case?

There you go now yer starting to understand it. My books are always a good deal to begin with. So if you buy 1 book, you just got a good price. If you buy 5 books, you got a good price on 5 books. And that my friends is what my feedback is all about. No unhappy customers. Just people who saw my book, my price, and said hey this is a good deal. If the value of any particular book can vary by $10 and I'm on the low end of that every time, then isn't that what you want from a seller?

I don't use boxes for raw books. Oh no I made a few extra bucks. When you buy a book from someone who way under graded it, do you offer to pay more? I mean you should otherwise you're being dishonest and greedy.

The final price is all that matters. Let's make an example. If there were 2 CGC slabs for sale. Both X-men 112 in 9.4 with white pages. One seller is charging $200 with free shipping. The other is charging $170 plus $25 shipping. Which is the better deal? Are you upset that the one seller is charging $25 to ship 1 slab when you know dang well it doesn't cost that much? Aren't you just concerned with the bottom price?

Forget it. You really don't get it do you?

You guys/gals are funny. You make it seem like I found a legit way to make extra money. What is a comic worth? How much should you pay? Is not the value the price agreed upon by buyer and seller? Yall really need to think out your arguements.

Probably right.

You haven't been charged extra. You saw the price of my book. You liked it. You didn't get charged extra for shipping. So where would the problem be?

I don't care how it's broken down. If I'm looking at a book that costs $50 bucks and I believe it to be a fair deal then why does it matter? If you have 2 sellers with the same book. One is charging $45 with $5 shipping. The other is charging $50 with free shipping. He'll let's add a 3rd option. Someone is selling the same book in the same condition as the other two. This time $40 with $10 shipping. Now which is the best deal my friend?

I think you are thinking too much about this built in shipping. Like I'm trying to rip people off. You have me confused with the sellers who purposely over-grade their books, don't give you proper descriptions. Take a photo of the book still in the plastic. Use terms like WOW or KEY or MOVIE COMING. What you get from me is the book you see at the price you agreed to pay. Don't matter how to break it down. You are getting what you paid for!

Maybe time to find another hobby bro

You're assuming I charge $5 for a book. But you know the price of the books and the condition. So what's the problem? You see 5 books you like, you agree it's a fair price, you get the books shipped bullet proof. No games. Every book is checked out thoroughly. I've never had a negative.

If you are getting 5 books shipped really well with great descriptions and photos does it really matter? Are you really concerned about a few bucks?

Yep as mentioned your books will probably sit there for a few weeks before the get entered into the computer. It took my books over 2 weeks to get entered after it arrived at their location. Nothing unusual.

Whenever I do sell multiple items on ebay I normally add the shipping price to the book and offer free shipping. Then you don't have to worry about combining to make buyers happy anymore.

The enemy of your enemy.......is your friend.

If Bitcoinswami were still here he'd have this whole mystery solved. For sure entertainment at its best!

What if there are counter offers made? It kind of sounds like you get charged for the first initial offer on a bin/obo or does it wait for the transaction to pan out?