Beyonder123

On 3/3/2022 at 3:16 AM, bronze johnny said:

Can you give me an example of a facsimile that does not have a reprinted story? Thanks!

No because all facsimiles are reprints. But there are plenty of reprints that aren't facsimiles. For example reprints with variant covers, comics that reprint multiple titles, like Marvel Tales. And second and third printings that came out roughly the same time as the first printing I feel don't really qualify as facsimiles.

On 3/1/2022 at 3:23 AM, bronze johnny said:

Facsimile = Reprint

Another name for the same thing.

All facsimiles are reprints but I don't think all reprints are facsimiles. 

Bumping this. I got a bunch of foreign books in and I dont wanna send them in if they aren't going to be labeled right.

Without doing a deep comparison I would say it looks legit. Even more so if the signature is on the inside of the book as that was more commonplace back in the day.

On 2/21/2022 at 8:59 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Yup

https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/502880-fantastic-four-199-marvel-special-market-edition-distributed-by-whitman/#comment-12176286

That's interesting. If these were all distributed in multipacks how could someone have found a case of them? Unless he pulled them from the bags.

He should contact eBay and try to have those removed.

Is there a place on the forums where people can talk about their experiences with pressing themselves? Or would CGC not like that since they offer it as a service?

On 2/5/2022 at 7:49 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Stop using them. 

This is one of the worst I've seen. I'm done with CGC until they figure out their problems. I'm still going to be submitting books in a couple months. It's going to be CGC's decision who I go with.

I would kill for a Tom Baker signing but it probably will never happen.

On 2/1/2022 at 4:45 PM, The Meta said:

It was put all over the invoice, but they can't read I guess

Aint nobody got time fo dat!

Real collectors know anyway

 

I just had to send back a Secret Wars 8 canadian that was missed.

On 1/30/2022 at 8:20 AM, MAR1979 said:

8.0/8.5 , not sure a C&P will help based on the defects I see. Of course that is based on the pics, so if you see things in hand it may that a C&P will be needed just to ensure the estimated grade based on the pics
 

The top left corner has some crunching where the tear is. As if it were bumped.

On 1/30/2022 at 8:35 AM, dikran1 said:

You honestly think someone will watch No Way Home and decide NOW is the time to drop 75k on an AF15??...

Maybe not at this current moment, but No Way Home was extremely successful. There are kids that will remember this movie into adulthood. And people are always trying to relive their childhood.

8.0 probably higher with a cleaning

Forgot to mention i also requested a clean and press to get the best grade possible

Just sent this in for the Perez signing. It was the nicest copy I could afford on short notice. Thanks!

Great. I wonder if they still would have been sold if cgc dealt with this sooner.

Very happy to have a response to this. Hopefully Bad Idea respects the request not to sell them. And hopefully CGC doesn't do something like this in the future.

On 1/24/2022 at 2:20 PM, Poekaymon said:

CGC's "fun and games" or "prank" or "stunt" or whatever you want to call it here doesn't mean they aren't working on QC issues or don't take the rest of the business seriously.

Only they aren't taking their company seriously because if suspicions are confirmed, a company has the ability to contact CGC and literally purchase grades. It's not "fun and games, or a prank, or a stunt. It was a bad business decision they refuse to explain themselves for. They advertise themselves as impartial. They should stick to that.

There is no way this is the pay for graders. I could make more working at McDonald's.

On 1/20/2022 at 10:43 PM, lou_fine said:

Don't you miss the good old days when he used to sign all of his books for free with his classic McFarlance signature using his silver sprinkly pen?  

I remember getting one of my Spidey 300's signed by him as he used to live here when he was doing his Spidey books and would show up at the local cons. 

With the Signature Series in place though, I guess CGC would consider this to be a defect or Qualified book and downgrade it accordingly, because they didn't end up making any money from the book.  And yet, if they are there to verify it and make their money, it's all good even though the signature might end up looking more like a shopping list as opposed to a true signature:    

 

What is this atrocity? "Spiderman meets the Wolverine?!?!?"

They themselves said they would respond. They shouldn't have said anything if they were going to try and make this fly under the radar.

Is there actually quality control at CGC? I 100 percent am seriously thinking they may have quietly removed that step from the process to try to speed up grading on the massive volume of books they are getting in. I imagine there's alot of problems where people just won't go through the hassle of sending the book back. Every single submission I have sent out has had some small problem with some of the books. Misspelled words. Small cracks. Missing notations. It might be cheaper for them to just send back books with errors. It's cheaper to just fix the books that get returned rather than every single one. I can not be convinced that a book that was put in the holder upside down went through any sort of quality control.

Personally I would probably pay up to 1k. And even then that's the absolute highest. Very cool tho.

I am also wondering whats going to be said. Why aren't these all NG?