Ride the Tiger

How do you view the back cover on Clink?

I think its safe to say any information on any label could be incorrect. That includes date, title, issue number, variant, ect..... and last but not least....... the grade given. Someone meant to enter 5.0 on that SA key but accidentally put 7.0

I'm not feeling too well right now since my books are in QC. Which some say doesn't exist. 

I always wanted to seek a career in the custodial arts.

I emailed a question last week and they responded in about 3 days. You may do better if you just call them.

On 8/21/2023 at 10:53 AM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

I assumed that page were basically the leaders of various teams of graders, not all of the graders.

Just going by the info given. They only list those 16 names. Team leaders aren't mentioned. 

Just to be sure, does high grade mean you assigned the grade while you were high? 

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?

On 8/12/2023 at 9:04 PM, Nick Furious said:

We have no idea what you charge for your books.  We just know that if you ship more than one in a box and don't reach out to the buyer to offer a discount you must be a greedy dog.  

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.

On 8/12/2023 at 8:50 PM, Lightning55 said:

The quality argument and the stacked shipping argument are 2 different things.

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?

On 8/12/2023 at 8:37 PM, Lightning55 said:

You definitely ARE being charge extra for shipping, no matter how you want to dress it up. It costs a lot more time and money to ship 5 books to separate destinations than all to a single destination. 

A smart seller will charge only what is necessary on  multiple item purchase, to pick up a good buyer. 

A greedy seller will charge the most possible, and keep the difference. We can see where you fall on this.

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.

On 8/12/2023 at 7:54 PM, Nick Furious said:

I think all this criticism would be praise instead if you just said, "all my books come with free shipping, so I don't need to combine shipping to make buyers happy".

Probably right. 

On 8/12/2023 at 7:46 PM, pickycollector said:

I am in Canada so if shipping one book from USA costs $25, then yes I am really concerned to now be automatically charged $25 five times (i.e. $125) for five books when it was possible before to combine all five books for a $30-$35 shipping cost...

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?

On 8/12/2023 at 7:39 PM, Dr Zen said:

So you would be willing to pay 5 times the shipping?   I never said or implied that you are ripping people off. I was talking in generalities. If you are sending someone a package anyway why charge 5 times as much?

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?

On 8/12/2023 at 7:25 PM, Dr Zen said:

I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about ebay shipping in general. That's why I used the pronoun 'they' and not the pronoun 'you'. The going rate for shipping is about $5.

I don't know the price point of the books Lightning55 buys, but let's say you buy 5 books for ~10 bucks each from the same seller. Would you be willing to spend $25 on shipping when you know it doesn't cost anywhere near that?

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! 

On 8/12/2023 at 7:15 PM, Gaard said:

Um, yes.

Maybe time to find another hobby bro

On 8/12/2023 at 7:14 PM, Dr Zen said:

If they are charging $5 each for shipping then they are spending $25 on shipping 5 books that easily fit into 1 package and is costing them a fraction of that.

 

A little bit more that "a few bucks"

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. 

On 8/12/2023 at 6:13 PM, Lightning55 said:

So if I buy 5 books from you I am paying 5 "built in" shipping charges? Ouch. 

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?