If tape was used to improve the grade, is it really unrestored?
there in lies the issue...can tape really improve a grade CGC says yes.
Yup, but think most people would agree this practice should stop. See my proposed solution and poll in the "The BIGGEST problems in the hobby right now" thread in Comics General, on page 11 of that thread (under default posts per page settings). Here's a link to that thread:
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5941522&fpart=11
If anyone has a better idea for a way that CGC could close this silly loop hole (that allows for higher grades by adding tape), in a fair way, given the precedent that they have set on this issue, I'd love to hear what you have to say in that thread, or here. I'm personally getting tired of seeing more and more books with detached covers get grade bumps after the cover is reattached with tape.