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I might have missed the update in the gazillion posts since, so forgive me if you already know this but GPA did take down the SW 8 MJI for 21k, and only has the last 9.6k sale on there. 

On 12/28/2023 at 4:13 PM, jsilverjanet said:

Heat Gun and Xylene sounds like a couple of comic book characters

 

Yeah, reminds me of Heat Wave(From Flash) and Selene(Black Queen).

On 12/28/2023 at 4:14 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Sttttttttrrrrreeeeetch! 

Nice!

 

MCA...

On 12/28/2023 at 4:10 PM, pdags said:

too easy... "a few hundred"  

I've got this bridge you might be interested in.

Go away for 2 hours and then I'm like...

On 12/28/2023 at 12:24 PM, Stefan_W said:

I remember you posting about that in the TaT thread and I thought of you. 

I would check to see if whatever change they made was already active by the time they did your books. There is no reason to believe they waited until their official announcement to make the changes to their processes. 

On 12/28/2023 at 12:17 PM, Stefan_W said:

I sent in a 24 book Modern submission and was hoping that my books would make it through grading by Christmas, but I have to say that I am now kind of happy that they are still in SFG because whatever fix they put into place will be active. 

My 40 book submission just shipped out. 

On 12/28/2023 at 10:07 AM, CGC Mike said:

To those that have asked for me to provide more information and/or clarify what I have posted, I do not currently have anything more to share at this time.  

On 12/28/2023 at 6:42 AM, skybolt said:

This, one million times. The best deterrent for a comic book nerd trying to pull something like this is a long jail sentence. 

They're coming for you, bad guy!

"Bad boys, bad boys..."

On 12/23/2023 at 8:31 AM, trademarkcomics said:

I'll take the over...(Jan 2 response)

I was wrong. Thanks Mike!

On 12/28/2023 at 6:07 AM, CGC Mike said:

 

If you purchased one of the books that this individual tampered with, we will ensure that you are appropriately compensated for losses arising from any failures in our services.  

 

Hopefully you're not planning to pass this cost onto future submitters in the shape of higher service fees...

On 12/28/2023 at 6:21 AM, rsouxlja7 said:

A few hundred affected books that sold for thousands of dollars each...That's a lot of fraud. This guy deserves serious prison time. 

And to pay back all of the money he took. 

On 12/27/2023 at 5:00 PM, Microchip said:

He got what he wanted, the sale recognised...

They'll take anything to tout right now since GPA is probably worried that if the market falls anymore, they'll become irrelevant.

On 12/27/2023 at 4:16 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

When I bought my page for under $2k a few years ago, I did it to own a piece of history. But that's literally pieces of history...

On 12/27/2023 at 11:02 AM, Stefan_W said:

I'm jealous! My 12/1/23 shipment of moderns is still SFG.

Congrats on the grades! 

Yeah, the TMNT 1 was sent at the same time as the 12/1 batch but didn't get checked in until a week later. My friend can't catch a break. No 9.8s for any of the books I sent in with mine(he's never gotten one ever) and that TMNT 1 looks like it might not get back to him until St. Patrick's Day! 

And done*! A bunch of 9.8s, including Superman #317, Micronauts #8(2), X-Men #266, New Teen Titans #2. Also Amazing Spidey 141-151 between 9.2-9.6! All with WHITE pages! Coming soon to my listings! 

*The "Magazine High Value" is a TMNT #1 2nd print that a friend had me send in for him...hopefully they get around to it!

On 12/26/2023 at 6:03 PM, agamoto said:

Since you brought it up, you're assuming they are resubs to fix mechanical errors, that's not an irrational assumption. Neither is mine. But, have a close look at the other graded on the same "altered" date from the rest of the books from that submission group. The ASM 194. The "9.8" Newsstand. 

Zoom in a little closer...

You'd think if the books were resubmitted for a mechanical error, someone in QC might have spotted the glaring problem with that ASM194 that far removes it from the 9.8 grade it received.

 

This reminds me of reading the first Overstreet Grading Guide and in it, it had a picture of Cap #100 with the grade of "NM" with a very similar crease off the staple. I'm like..."yeah right...that's not getting getting a NM grade from me!" 

On 12/24/2023 at 2:50 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Aw, I'm sorry to see you include me in that summary Roy. They were just little jokes, nothing vindictive. We should be able to laugh at ourselves, and recognise our foibles, wouldn't you say? I thought you'd find them funny too. Anyway, sorry if I upset you, no offence meant and a very Merry Christmas to you 

Every time I see him called "Roy", it reminds me of Quigley Down Under, Die Hard and Knight & Day*. 

*Pretty sure than covers all movies with a main character called "Roy" ...and only one of them were actually named "Roy".  Oh, wait this is totally OFF-TOPIC. Sorry, Roy! 

On 12/23/2023 at 9:53 AM, VintageComics said:

In one page, we have 8 different OT posts, mostly made by the same people. 

Where are all the calls to keep the thread on topic now? 

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On 12/23/2023 at 9:51 AM, ThothAmon said:

Now I just went to public grade schools so maybe the education you received (at say Upper Canada College) was more advanced but I’m pretty sure saying someone stated something out of ignorance is exactly the same thing as calling them ignorant. What am I missing?

On 12/23/2023 at 9:46 AM, VintageComics said:

Why would my blood be up? I genuinely don't care which way this scam discussion goes. I'll be fine no either way. 

I didn't call you ignorant. I stated this:

I said you stated something out of ignorance. If it wasn't out of ignorance, what was it?

Where you just making things up?

I then gave you two clear examples of much worse copies of ASM #129 in the same grade, and instead of admitting you might be wrong, you doubled down and turned it back on me.

Good job, detective. 

I think my timing might be better with this gif this time...