Timmay

four point oof

On 7/1/2023 at 3:57 PM, Gaard said:

Looking for a little help with an annoying situation...

I've been buying comics (both BIN and auction) on Ebay for a decade now without any issues. Recently (maybe a month ago), I bought (via B/O) a comic, and as soon as I submitted the offer, I got a message from Ebay asking me what my preferred method of paying is ... I chose PP (thinking it's probably one of those things you have to resubmit every now and then. Well, I was surprised when there was no accept/decline/counter submitted ... I just automatically bought it right then. I swear, it was like the seller had some kind of automatic accept option for any offers over a certain amount.

So today, after ensuring that the seller does combined shipping, I messaged a seller for roughly 75% of the total cost of 3 comics. He messaged me back saying that he'll accept my offers, and that he'll be waiting for my offers on each of the listings. Unfortunately, once I started to submit the first offer, I got that same message, "What's your preferred method of payment?" I'm afraid that if I submit the offers, I'll automatically pay for each of the comics ... paying full shipping for each of them.

I messaged the seller the situation, but it's been almost a full day and I haven't heard beck from him. I'm afraid he thinks I'm trying to scam him or something.

I know I can just ask the seller to refund any extra shipping costs, but I really shouldn't have to do that.

What's going on?

Ebay's new stupid auto pay.

If it asks how you want to pay upfront when you are making the offer you will be charged if the offer is accepted.

Two ways around it.

Have the seller make one listing for all the books you want.

I think if the seller sends a counter offer you will not be charged if you accept.

It is a stupid idea and no, you can't opt out as either a buyer OR seller.

Trust me, I tried.

They are working pretty hard to get that extra 30 cents per transaction.

On 6/22/2023 at 5:12 PM, Steviehuv66 said:

Thanks for your comment.  I’ve asked this guy several times to refund me along with the book being returned.  He’s a bit of a wise guy telling me to check the Terms of Agreement.  It’s very unprofessional to say the least.  I’m not happy about it but I’m not sure how to proceed with recouping my 2k.  Advice is welcomed!

Road trip 

On 6/21/2023 at 4:07 PM, Stefan_W said:

I dont know what is happening behind the scenes but it seems like things may be improving. 

Don't jinx it.

On 6/13/2023 at 11:05 AM, Buzzetta said:

Oh and I was nice enough to ship it back in a box, which is how this whole thing could have been avoided to begin with. 

I hope you included a snarky note about what a box is and how it protects items like this during shipping. 

On 5/26/2023 at 9:44 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

It’s not on EBay that I see

It’s a 6.5 ow/w in case you’re curious 

your google fu is weak

no

oof

Smooth transaction.

On 5/9/2023 at 8:35 PM, CGC Mike said:

It's my opinion that customer service will see this as acceptable.  It's not in the line of view of the book.  Again, that is my opinion.  Feel free to ask customer service for a second opinion.

It's a flaw that was never on these new cases until very recently.

Something has changed to cause this.

And it is unacceptable as it looks like the case was dropped or banged into something to cause the crack. 

Side edge cracks.

The new newton rings.

If you look at it from the side you can see a shallow curved crack.

On 5/1/2023 at 5:36 PM, Tnexus said:

Nice case scratch on the bottom right there.

At least they're consistent.

On 4/29/2023 at 2:05 PM, Dr. Balls said:

That’s pretty significant - leaving aside what you, yourself, would find acceptable to keep/reject - do you feel the need to send these back because a customer would potentially cause return/refund issues on the case quality when you go to sell it?

100% because of customer issues, either a potential return or discount due to the damage.

I had a customer on ebay ask if a book was DAMAGED/still the same grade because the case had a minor side edge crack.

Why should I eat it for CGC's mistakes/ineptitude?

On 4/29/2023 at 12:12 AM, Robert_L said:

So I was able so snag this book back in December. It obviously has the wrong label on it. Certification shows it, at the time, to be a 9.8, and with CGC willing to repair their label mistakes, I sent it in to be fixed.

What came back did not have the X-Men label as it did previously, and the grade dropped to a 9.6!!! That would be the first time they ever re-graded a book for a mucked up label. I know, as I have been using the ME option consistently for the last 2 years. And I have received back 9.8s in a lower grade than when I sent them in (ie manhandled), but they were never graded as such. When I called CGC about this, they said they would hunt it down and find out what happened, and for me to send it back. 3 months later, it came back with the X-Men label, and still a 9.6. No explanation as to why the grade dropped. It's like they forgot or hoped I'd forget, and just got it relabeled and sent back with no fix.

Checking the cert number shows it was graded Jan 4th, 2023. I sent the book in on Jan 10th, so their date is wrong. I can track GPA sales of this 9.8 back to August of last year. So it has been a 9.8 before until this muck up

I hope they put a check in the box for the difference between a 9.6 and a 9.8

ME from 2/15 and 2/21 shipped today.

Another ME from 2/15 GQC today.

On 4/17/2023 at 1:34 AM, Douglas Sulipa said:

In February got a Three Box shipment of 65 CGC’s (15 Standard and 50 Fast Track Economy)  that had HEAVY SCUFFING, with Dozens of Tiny Fine SCRATCHES on INNER Well of Holder, 10% to 20% of the Entire inner Holder SCRATCHED UP;  

These CANNOT be Buffed out from Outside; HORRIBLE Quality Control is Not Acceptable to the Majority of Collectors;  

Same issue on a box of 25 Economy from February. 

Pathetic QC and pathetic it's taken TWO months to go through the ME process.

8.5