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    Gang, GRADING NOTES ARE NOT COMPREHENSIVE OR EXHAUSTIVE

    in Comics General

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    10 hours ago, VintageComics said:

    Figured this was worth posting as a thread to itself because people seem to be discussing grading notes without realizing that they were never meant to be comprehensive or exhaustive.

    Grader's notes are not meant to be exhaustive. They never were.

    They were originally an internal communication between the graders so that they wouldn't miss something as the book passed from one grader to another.

    As customers called in, graders would recall the notes to help better explain to customers why their books graded the way they did.

    Eventually, grader's notes became a a public thing unexpectedly and eventually CGC decided to monetize them by making them available to the public if you purchased them

    a) because they generate revenue

    b) so that you didn't have to bother graders, who were on the phone constantly reading notes.

    But the important thing to remember is that notes are not exhaustive and each time you submit the same book the notes may be different depending on what the graders feel compelled to record on that day.

    I appreciate this posting. I really do. Thank you for this. I am not looking for comprehensive or exhaustive. I just wish interior rust was specifically mentioned in the notes despite the grade because a low grade cheap book may one day be a low grade expensive book and I want to be as informed as much as possible before spending a lot of money. 

    Why does CGC not mention rusty staples in the graders notes?

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    I recently got a graded Daredevil 115 WP with the intention of cracking it for the Hulk 181 ad page. Once I did, I noticed that the bottom staple was massively rusty on the inside (looked fine on the outside) and stained the interior pages. It looked bad. However the graders notes made no mention of this. I can only imagine if I had bought a high end book how upset I would be knowing that the inside of my book was so bad.

    Rusty staples can continually damage a book, so if we can’t see inside the book once it is encapsulated then why would CGC not mention it?

    Bottom line, If I had known that the book had a rusty staple on the inside, I would not have bought it.