On 12/31/2023 at 11:59 AM, bc said:

Actually, was just thinking about something along that vein...

CGC should be able identify the cert #'s impacted by the scammer. If they cross reference those cert #'s against the Registry database, they could inform the current owners of an issue.

Agree that only a small subset of people use the Registry, but here's another value-add that CGC Marketing can promote to regain trust in the product and strengthen the chain of custody.

-bc

Still it reminds me of this:

On 12/31/2023 at 7:46 AM, HotKey said:

at risk comics

We need to develop some kind of an "Amber Alert" for at risk comics...

It should be the "Swap Alert" and all CGC customers get a text to alert them the moment CGC receives a reholder or ME so all the amateur detectives can make sure it's legit. It takes a village, after all. 

On 12/31/2023 at 10:04 AM, bc said:

Microchips can provide secure identification for pennies per unit and are more reliable than tape/stickers and easier to apply than etching numbers on a case mid-assembly line.

Here's one for scale (not my finger):

Quick video showing some potential:

https://p-chip.com/solutions/anti-counterfeiting-solutions-for-electronics/

-bc

On 12/31/2023 at 8:45 AM, shadroch said:

Which government was that? Not the US. They haven't issued or honored gold certificates since 1933, and stopped honoring silver certificates in 1965ish.

That's it I'm defecting.

Grading on the Vintage side of my submission was MUCH harder than the Modern side. I can't help but wonder if the Vintage grader had just been told his wife was leaving him right before his shift and that the grader who evaluated the Modern submission just got engaged. 

Both batches were from the same collection and graded similarly by me. The starkest difference was in page quality. Most of the Vintage came out OW/W, some even OW, while the Modern batch ALL came out with white pages. 

A Vintage example of a book I graded 8.5:

A Modern example of a book I graded 8.5:

Not complaining of course, but I just wish I had the happy grader on the Vintage side...

On 12/30/2023 at 3:05 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

You're not on the CGC forums unless this gets posted at some point every day. 

On 12/30/2023 at 9:10 AM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

I'm gonna cut up my Action #1 page and sell bits of it at a time. Bet I'd get more than if I sold it intact! 

On 12/30/2023 at 9:06 AM, MAR1979 said:

That lasted nearly 5 months...

But his picture was everywhere. It was such a big deal...

On 12/30/2023 at 9:05 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

Yup expect a shutdown by 1/2/2024

The hobby is over.  Action #1 are now worthless.

On 12/30/2023 at 8:59 AM, MAR1979 said:

 if so MCS should be receiving a few resumes soon.

It's funny, I just realized I come here because comics are my life and end up derailing every thread I get on talking about everything but comics. I'll stop now, don't want the "moderator" to call me on this. 

On 12/30/2023 at 8:57 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Has He Seen Loaded Weapon though!!!

One of the best spoof movies ever! But you do actually have to see Lethal Weapon to get a lot of the jokes. 

"I'm just taking one of those unmotivated butt in the moonbeam walks."

On 12/30/2023 at 8:51 AM, MAR1979 said:

Love "The IT Crowd"

I'm not a Brit myself but I really love British humor...

On 12/30/2023 at 8:49 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

Still havent seen those movies believe it or not.  Not sure why just never have.

Sacrilege! It's a rite of passage to watch at least the first two...

On 12/30/2023 at 8:46 AM, MAR1979 said:

_{Nixon Ends Convertibility of U.S. Dollars to Gold and Announces Wage/Price Controls}

August 1971

With inflation on the rise and a gold run looming, President Richard Nixon's team enacted a plan that ended dollar convertibility to gold and implemented wage and price controls, which soon brought an end to the Bretton Woods System.

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends

Before my time, but i learned it in Elementary school

Now you tell me...

On 12/30/2023 at 8:42 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

20k isnt a lot of money to CGC though.

This reminds of the scene in Lethal Weapon 2 when Leo Getz is explaining how he was scamming drug dealers dealing with billions of dollars. 

"I was scamming those guys for months! Millions of dollar transactions, all in small bills. Who's gonna miss 10,000 here, 20,000 there?"

"Drug dealers"

"That's right. They did."

On 12/30/2023 at 8:38 AM, MAR1979 said:

Tricky D!cky Nixon and his posse ended that in 1971.

What? Why wasn't I told???

On 12/30/2023 at 7:27 AM, Dr. Love said:

Like the idea of money itself, a dream within a dream!

I don't know what you're talking about. I have been assured by the government that all of my money is represented in gold in the Federal Treasury. If I wanted to, I could just go pick up my gold at any time!

On 12/30/2023 at 8:22 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

How much do you think this will cost them?

On 12/29/2023 at 5:55 AM, HotKey said:

From the website verification page:

"This tool can help you verify that your CGC holder is genuine and has not been tampered with."

They could put those little white stickers with metal in them that Walmart puts on high theft items. You know the ones that if you try to take them off stab your finger? That way alarms will go off back at CGC if you try to open the case at home and leave you running to the bathroom for a Band-Aid while your house is raided by 20 guys from Virginia! 

(Probably cost-prohibitive, however...)

On 12/29/2023 at 5:35 AM, Mephisto said:

Not according to George…

It looks like I have competition in the gif dept! 

On 12/28/2023 at 6:25 PM, skybolt said:

I just had a batch graded and shipped yesterday 

Me too. Mine was received 12/1 and not moving for a couple of weeks, but when they did finally start moving, they moved pretty quickly. 

On 12/28/2023 at 6:11 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

I know someone who sure would have appreciated that vs the note that was originally on the CGC label of this book.

When you buy the 1st Wolverine and he's not even in the book! 

On 12/28/2023 at 6:09 PM, MatterEaterLad said:

 

They might just be thinking lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution, which could reveal unflattering things during a public trial.