Any grader can have a bad day & it's a shame there's not a good way to deal with something like this. I'm sure there isn't b/c it would be abused constantly since everyone thinks their books should all grade 3 spots higher than what the label says.
@scburdet You read my thoughts perfectly😂 I really don't know what happened here. I was sure this book would come back as a 9.0. I've been staring at this book closely the last couple days to see if maybe I was being to generous in my grading, but i just dont see the defects that the grader's notes lists. It says light foxing to cover, but I'm not seeing any foxing. Its says light wear to cover, but the colors on the front and back have high reflectivity. And as for the spine stress lines to cover theres maybe 3 to the left of the Marvel publishers circle, but its nothing that I feel would keep it from grading above a 7.5.
On the plus side it's still a GA book with white pages and a great addition for my PC😁