I just read through this entire thread.
Holy .
There's always a few out there in every crowd.
Anyway, to get a bit off-topic, I sold a pile of high grade B.A. BATMAN books to Brent about a year ago.
He felt they were slightly over-graded and he even went so far as to explain in detail why he gave each book a specific grade along with its defect(s), no matter how slight.
I agreed to refund him in full for all the books once they wre returned to me.
When I got them back, I looked for each of his specific defects and there they were!
I did issue the full refund back to him.
I guess what I'm getting at is this was the single biggest transaction I ever had and during the entire process, Brent was very cordial and professional.
I would deal with Brent any time again, especially after seeing how tough he grades.
I would definitely take his word for grading and I would trust him woleheartedly.
Just my two cents..