Kenwho

KUDO's to [Comicsarefun] for a well described fast and securely shipped SS#1. THANKS Tom & Dave

I think everyone should buy from TFL in his next sales thread. Just DON'T pay him!!!!

If you can take the time to list specific titles for sale in a thread and you don't want people asking for specific issue #'s because it clutters up your thread, wouldn't it then make sense to take the little bit of extra time it would take to list the issue #'s for sale also??

Some overdue KUDO'S to COMICGRINDER for some nice Thors and Silver Surfer along with some great free stuff. Packaged well and shipped fast. Must have cost you more to ship than I paid you. (thumbs u Thanks James!! GACOLLECTIBLES for some great Spider-Mans and Thors and for understanding my stupidity in sending his money to someone else's paypal account!! (thumbs u Thanks Andrew!! RESURRECTION for some nice Flash Comics shipped fast and secure at a great price!! (thumbs u Thanks Pat!! CD4EVER for great sales thread entertainment, song lyric lessons and oh a nice Silver Surfer too!! (thumbs u Thanks John!! JOKERFISH For some nice FF's and some very nice freebies!! (thumbs u Thanks Tim!! NAMISGR For an awesome X-MEN slab quickly shipped in tight secure packaging!! (thumbs u Thanks Bob!! FAZYBONES For some really nice FF's and nice freebies in great packaging speedily shipped that I feel almost guilty keeping cuz they are worth a lot more than I paid!! (thumbs u Thanks Fay!!

More importantly, why do you guys keep doing business with these nobodies? And then act surprised when the deal goes bad? Everybody was a nobody once.

Normal for here you mean?

Not to stir the pot, just want to understand, but... What is this rule all about?? What is the harm if a book is listed somewhere else?

Postal Envy??

We do about the same thing, a $20 bill and a gift certificate to the movies for 2. Certainly nice gestures, but it is sad that you have to bribe someone to do their job properly. How would your job performance be if you depended on a bribe and didn't get one? My sentiments exactly. So the USPS basic service is "beat but complete". A little extra under the table and they'll resolve the "beat" part for you. I guess I see it as the difference between "doing your job properly" and going above and beyond what is expected of you. The people who work for me get paid to do their job as described, those that do more than is expected are the ones who get the perks, bonuses and extra consideration.

A card with a $25.00 Gift Certificate to my mail carrier at X-Mas guaranty's my large envelopes and boxes get delivered to my door and not bent into my mailbox. A small price to pay considering what could get damaged. (thumbs u

Kudos to here to lern for 2 super fast shipped and great packaging for 2 Avengers slabs. Thanks a lot!! (thumbs u

Alright I think I'm beginning to see.. Most people feel that Overstreets lowering the grade of a book down to a 4.5 regardless of the condition of the rest of the book is too harsh, (I always thought that was pretty harsh myself), so they feel more comfortable grading with either of those examples you gave letting the potential buyer determine how much the detached centerfold lowers the grade to him or her and then deciding wether or not to pay what the seller is asking. I guess my confusion came about not realizing that Overstreets guidlines are different than CGC's guidlines. Thanks for clearing this up for me. Much appreciated!!

Ok.. So I understand CGC can bend the rules when grading because they are the end all in the grading world. BUT.. I've seen sellers here on the boards grade as a lets say F/VF and describing the book as "with centerfold detached at bottom staple". So the correct way to grade and sell a book is to grade it without taking into consideration the centerfold detachment and list it with a notation that the centerfold is detached? That seems kind of crazy to me. If you did that for every kind of defect then you could list every book as a NM/MT and then just note all the defects. What makes a centerfold detachment so special???

So let me get this straight. 1.) Overstreet lists grading guidelines. 2.) CGC is the standard by which books are graded in the industry. 3.) You can't follow the Overstreet guidelines because CGC doesn't. 4.) CGC doesn't list their guidelines for anyone to follow Is that about it???

I've seen some people grading books with centerfolds detached at one staple with different grades, 5.5, 6.5, even 7.0. Now not being the longtime grader most of you guys are I have been trying to follow Overstreet guidlines and they list a book with a detached at one staple as a 4.5 at best. Am I missing something?? If the book is a higher grade, say a 8.5 otherwise, but the centerfold is detached does the grade get lowered by a certain amount just because of that or does it drop right down to 4.5?? Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks