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On 12/13/2021 at 5:48 PM, Buzzetta said:

And again… that demonstrates how even if what both of you are saying is true and I have every reason to believe you AND @Poekaymonare telling the truth, that eBay is consistently inconsistent and the safer option is always to cancel the sale.

if the errant customer gets in touch with eBay first to complain you may find yourself not arguing a case but trying to reverse one… 

and at my age and position in life and the current laws in place I cannot lead a campaign of harassment and hell upon the scam artists relatives and acquaintances to get my $50 back like you could in 2005. 

you would think the official policy is written somewhere that they could provide a link to rather than depending on whatever rep one gets a hold of says.

Not that ebay has a lot of seller protection but do you lose whatever they offer if you don't ship to the official address?

On 12/11/2021 at 10:31 AM, aleksicwon said:

Anybody have tips on how to properly take pictures for selling on Ebay ?

It's like I have tried so many times and my photos keep getting glare and reflections on the CGC cases .
I don't know what to do . What is the proper setup ?

The scanners we have at my work are large enough to handle a slab.  I just went in early on the occassions I needed to use it.

Possible scanners at a close by office store (Staples etc) 

If you have a sunny day bring it outside - 30 seconds in the sunlight to take a quick picture isn't going to damage it.  Then you just angle it to avoid shadows

Back in the latter half of the 70's, I remember my father walking down the basement and tossing me a Flash comic (which prob turned it from a 9.4 into a 8.5!).  I don't remember the details but I must have mentioned it to a friend at school was was currently collecting. He got me to meet him at a local pharmacy where we headed to the spinner rack at the back of the store.  He was a DC collector so I started with mostly DC's. I was prob using allowance money back then.

From there we took occasional trips on the bus/train into center city Philly to visit the comic book store and compared our stashes on the trip home. Eventually a shop opened up in my area which I rode my bike to and poured my paper route dollars into.  Prob collected about a dozen years

wow - George Perez basically defined my collecting of new comics back in the day

repost it in the Buddy Can You spare a grade forum, take close ups of that front cover upper half  and try to eliminate the shadows

On 11/30/2021 at 6:33 PM, Christophe9999 said:

I had an unfortunate death in the family which required some time away so the package sat unopened for a bit. I missed the 30 day money back guarantee by a few days and I didn't pay via Paypal so no extension beyond the 30. Reached out to the seller anyway and they were unwilling to refund the purchase even though it was not as advertised. I guess I should have scrutinized the pics more. It was for a lot of Spiderman books and the pics were a bit grainy but the tear was definitely not there. I guess noob mistake since I don't really buy comics online. If it's in the 6 range I guess it's not really worth grading.

Condolences  on your loss. 

If u paid with PayPal you may have up to 6 months to back charge a credit card - not sure.

As far as the comic, I have a very good looking Hulk King sized annual 1 with a gouge on the front.  It didn't have the spine tics yours does however.   Mine came back a 7.0 so if a press helps a lot then maybe you can get that

you can post your story on the Ebay Blocked user thread so other people become aware of this seller

BTW why do you say an Ebay return is not an option?  Whether the seller says he allows returns or not, you can still get Ebay to accept the return.

On 11/30/2021 at 1:16 PM, lostboys said:

I may try that technique.

It's not spine roll that's happening to mine though. It's very light bending of the spines that I'm dealing with. 

 

if you pack them tight enough then maybe you can get a poor man's press effect!

I had mine in long boxes and stored alternating front & backs and never had spine roll issues.

On 11/28/2021 at 6:29 PM, NoMan said:

I miss covers with substance abuse

Good ol' Robert Bell.  I also bought those bags that yellowed over time.  Got all my Treasury editions thru him (Sup vs Spiderman/ Muhammad Ali etc)  Wish I had stored the catalogs with my comics 

Was a collector from the late 70's to 1990 or so. Haven't "fallen prey to the siren song of profit" but rather realized I don't want to do to my kids what my father will do to me (namely leave me with a house full of stuff I'll be stuck getting rid of).  So I'm trying to convince the wife to begin the long process of getting rid of our accumulated things which we no longer really need. That includes the comics. So when some type of MCU tie-in or other event suddenly increases the value of a formerly inexpensive comic, I'm happy to move it to a new home. it's mainly been the low priced stuff since I have no shortage of them.  The expensive slabs may get willed to the kids, plus they're nice to pull out and loving at look at from time to time.

On 10/26/2021 at 4:16 AM, Larryw7 said:

Showcase 60. 

as a kid in the early 80's I was always hunting down Spectre issues from the back issue bins. I ended up getting his old Murphy Anderson & Neal Adams series, the  Adventure comics issues, guest appearance in Brave & The Bold & others  and of, course,

Sorry. I'm in the camp that it's pretty near impossible  to tell the diff between a 9.6 and 9.8 from pictures.

Tiny defects and subtle manufacturing  errors,  which 9.8s can have,  are hard to see on pics unless poss ur a pro photographer that can eliminate shadows and reflections etc

Went looking up a couple of books after logging into my free account and they no longer give you access  to their FMV values for every grade.

On 10/10/2021 at 12:11 AM, Mahaloman said:

Since this is about pressing, and I'm a Noob, so sorry if this has been answered a million times, but when you request a book to be pressed or cleaned does it move it into a Conserved or Restored grade?

Thanks.

No it does not

Never heard of that book. Hard to see it exploding in value in 3 years.   You'd basically be gambling on getting a 9.8

Also you may want to look at how many sales  the book gets, ie what kind of market there is for the book

On 9/10/2021 at 2:28 PM, captain_em said:

Is there a company that grades Marvel Treasury size comics?

not in the hard  case slabs but I believe Voldemort (AKA CBCS) has some type of program where they encase them in "tamper evident" bags. I don't know anything more about it that that.  You can search Ebay for examples

On 9/7/2021 at 9:27 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

It all depends on context. I approach the "versus" format as though both characters know that the other is a foe. Under that premise, Superman breaks all of Strange's fingers (again) before he can blink.

 

I believe World War Hulk did just that- not in a blink though

On 9/7/2021 at 5:51 AM, KPR Comics said:

How do they make money if they charge 8% but sell on eBay?

I thought they charge a higher price which covers the eBay fees