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On 4/18/2024 at 6:29 AM, alexgross.com said:

latest addition to the collection, and one of the harder early spideys to find with white pages:

 

One of my favorite covers

On 4/15/2024 at 11:57 AM, DST said:

Greetings fellow webheads...

Below is the current status of my Ditko CGC 5.0 run.  The run itself is complete (minus cameos which I’m not interested in). I've collected AF15, ASM1-38, ASM Annuals 1-2, ST Annual 2, ST 115 all in CGC 5.0.  39 of the 43 books feature strictly White Pages.  Issues 24, 27, 29 and 35 are OWW pages that I’m keeping as placeholders.  If someone reading this has any of those 4, I'm currently offering my 5.0 OWW copies plus full GPA cash for WP replacements.  Anyway without further adieu...

Love that collage of Spidey books!  Awesome to see them all displayed so beautifully  

On 3/26/2024 at 6:00 PM, Straw-Man said:

as always, thanks jimbo!!

Those are some gorgeous copies!  #23 may be my all time favorite 

On 2/4/2024 at 11:14 AM, KirbyJack said:

I’m boing to have to pick up a copy. Although I foster no ill will against it, I had skipped it. I want to avoid a jump in prices and buy one while its still a bogan! I could find enough in change down under my couch cushions. Or maybe my wife’s perth.

It's the first appearance of the romping Kangaroo, how could you go wrong!

On 2/5/2024 at 5:17 PM, bc said:

They should be.

Granted them access back in 2016. Suit claims "more then 2000 comic books " Love to see the breakdown between submissions per account - that would tell the real story.

-bc

Is it possible that Comic Station is not being sued as a litigant if the prosecution is planning to use them as a witness against Zanello and Riva?  But if they've received monetary compensation from the fraud slab sales, that would be considered ill gotten gains in my mind.  

If CGC can gather the evidence that the store owner received monetary compensation from the millions of dollars of scam slabs over the years from Zanello, then the benefit of doubt will be out the window.  A documented money trail/money transfers from scammer to store owner would be a starting point to investigate.  I'm no skilled detective, but at this point we can only speculate what kind of financial shenanigans were going on between them 

On 2/4/2024 at 10:14 PM, HighGrade said:

As far as that store, looks like a decent operation, right? getting involved in this was certain doom. Just crazy, they will no doubt try to pin it all on the scammer, "try"
 

Yeah, I'm sure the store owner will try to plead total ignorance to the scammers activities to save his business.  If they can prove he was receiving monetary gains from these slab sales, then he may become a litigant as well.  Anyone believe this guy had no idea with what was going on behind the scenes, with hundreds if not thousands of submissions going through his company?         

On 2/4/2024 at 5:34 AM, Straw-Man said:

just noticing "john romita fashions" on the building for the first time.  coolio!

Never noticed that, good eye!

In this case would CGC be able to go about freezing all their assets, bank accounts, etc., through the courts?  

On 2/3/2024 at 2:24 PM, Gaard said:

Why do you think CGC is doing this then?

That's a good question.  Why would they want to let out this further embarrassment and have a whole new thread on their ineffective/incompetent security system?  There may be more details to come forth 

I'm going to salute CGC for prosecuting these two scumbags.  They could have kept it out of the public eye and never brought forth any charges.  Most companies would have never let this out.  That's the first step which I commend them.  But the next and biggest step is reevaluating and addressing all of the weaknesses in their security model and methods.  Whatever security system they are implementing at their facility is not working.  

How do we know there are not more graders and receivers doing the same fraudulent activities but haven't been caught yet. 

They need to communicate to the public in a clear message what steps they are taking to solve these security shortcomings to avoid future scams          

More Kangaroo action

Without a clear explanation of their security procedures, it almost feels like books were being stacked on shelves in some hallway or back room with graders coming and going and picking up whatever books they felt like grading that day.  Who knows what type of security checks were in place at that time   

On 1/19/2024 at 1:39 PM, Red Hook said:

Here is my raw copy of the ASM Annual #3. Date stamp is almost in the exact same position. :-) 

Beautiful book!  The vibrant color on these issues is a pleasure to behold 

On 1/15/2024 at 11:21 AM, Dark Knight said:

Geeze, things went from bad to worst. Not only is he selling client's books and stealing money, but he seems to have an alcohol and drug  problem and now a sex predator?  

Yeah, he won't be having a good time in prison if the charges are true and on his paperwork.  What a complete mess.  Just return the books you have and stop the excuses  

Love the Green River issues.  Here are a few from my collection if you'd like to compare the stamps for any future books...

I remember hearing some CGC youtubers say there was no way you could switch out a CGC book in the new cases.  They were adamant that it was an improbable if not impossible scam method that people were dreaming up and that something else was going on, like insider CGC help to pull it off.  I think that Immaculate guy may have heard those comments and said "time to make a video and see what they think about this?"  No more arguments from any youtubers now about comic swapping being possible.  Not saying it was right or wrong but he did get his point across 

On 1/12/2024 at 7:40 AM, William-James88 said:

This part makes 0 sense to me in terms of causality. CGC is not the victim, only the people who trusted CGC are the victims. CGC is an unknowing accomplice because the only reason this discussion is even happening is because CGC released a book into the wild where the holder was not indicating the proper content (this ASM 252).

As a customer, knowing that CGC prosecuted this person to the full extent of the law does not in any way make them more credible to me. I don't see how it would make anyone feel better, all it does is remove blame on their part. I don't care if the nefarious behavior is accepted or not, I care far more about the nefarious behavior being possible or not. There will always be bad actors and scammers, prevention is the key, punishment does nothing to make me feel better about anything. All punishment does is tell the bad actors to smarten up about how they undergo their nefarious activities so that they don't get caught.

 

EDIT: Of course, I don't think any culprit should get off the hook, this is not an either or. I am simply referring to what solutions would make me personally feel better about continuing my business with CGC.

I'm not saying CGC is the victim.  What I am saying is CGC needs to follow through on their previous statement and forcefully prosecute this individual, and I do mean incarceration.  We can't have another Ewert result here, that would not be acceptable.  But most importantly, which I did state in my post, CGC needs to address their weaknesses and come forth to the community with a clear explanation of their new safeguards.  Being silent on this matter will not be a solution and I'm patiently waiting to hear what changes they plan to make