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On 12/12/2021 at 10:30 PM, Tnexus said:

Because unlike now, any person or business on Jan1 that sells something a person over $600 in goods is required by law to report it to the IRS. Current reporting requirement is $20,000. 28% capital gains tax is no joke.

This was changed to $10,000 over a month ago.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-bank-account-update-change-treasury-10000-dollars/

I hope the QC department is ready and open for the airing of grievances!

Batcave.comics on IG got key collector to update their info on UF4, might be a correction coming soon. 

On 12/9/2021 at 12:53 PM, CGC Mike said:

CGC takes quality control very seriously and we have been taking steps to identify and correct the root causes of the issues you’ve identified here.

It is good to see a response and thank you for that. 

Can you please elaborate on what you've identified as the cause of the little plastic shards in cases?

Also how are you correcting issues like the wrong labels? Are people being fired? Retrained? Expand on the steps taken please, that would really help to restore some confidence. 

Sold for over 19k in May.

One of my old sales managers had a saying...

"You can either change your people, or you can change your people."

On 12/6/2021 at 5:24 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

 

1. CGC should correctly designate the 'variant' status, and stop referring to stand alone original publications as country variants of other US publications - 'Mystic #40' is not a 'UK Edition' variant of TTA#13

 

@mnelsonCGC

I have to disagree on this point. Right or wrong, the vast majority of the comic community thinks "same guts, different cover" when they see the word variant, and as most who have dipped their toes in foreign editions know, that is hardly ever the case. Labeling them "variants" is going to lead to confusion for some who will then think they are actually USA variants. 

When the guts change, or combine random panels from multiple comics, that is not a variant by the definition most have accepted, whether its the correct definition or not. 

I think "editions" is a more correct term and when people see that term, they would know it was referring to a foreign comic.

On 12/5/2021 at 4:19 PM, kav said:

sentence ease up a bit lately.

Incomplete sentences are still

On 12/6/2021 at 12:46 AM, Ken Aldred said:

 

My favourite Spidey / Doc Strange team-up, with excellent Frank Miller art, a good story, and an appearance by punk band, Shrapnel.

Kang does not appear, and so apologies for being on-topic.

Correct. I believe Kang first meets Spidey in Avengers 11.

😁

On 12/5/2021 at 12:02 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

I don't have any issue with a clear, factual statement, tailored to a non-US publication appearance, such as "Reprints the first appearance of...." or "First appearance of...in a Greek publication". But to have just "First appearance of...." is factually incorrect and potentially leads to.... 

 

By all means have CGC indicate that it is a first appearance in a publication for the country in question, but I think they should use the correct wording to differentiate it from the first appearance in any publication myself (which they could do by highlighting the reprint status). 

This seems an easy and perfect solution.

"1st appearance of Spider-Man in Brazil. Reprints material from the original 1st appearance of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy 15" 

And then if it contains multiple issues, just put a line for each issue it contains.

First appearances in any country are just that. We shouldn't expect either the worldwide comic community or the American comic community who is involved in foreign editions to agree that only American 1st appearances count. Why should someone in Brazil not have a 1st appearance designation on their 1st appearance of anyone published in Brazil? It seems in the same vein as elitism and gatekeeping, just imo. The comic community is worldwide and everyone deserves a seat at the table under the new much bigger tent, let's accept that and make any necessary changes to implement this fact into grading.

If a foreign edition contains the 1st appearance of any character printed in that country, it should absolutely state so on the label. It should also state when the (original) American publication happened as well. 

All this information can easily fit on the label, whether the front or the back. 

I definitely agree that CGC needs to be very publicly open about whatever policy they do implement regarding this though. 

The foreign editions market is growing nearly daily and it is just a matter of time before someone has a huge financial regret from buying a foreign edition marked incorrectly or insufficiently. 

On 12/3/2021 at 8:36 PM, D2 said:

All this book is missing now is a huge turtle Johnson smacked in the middle of this thing 

Something like this? 😆

Turtles pickle

On 12/2/2021 at 12:25 AM, CHASEnBLUE said:

Now THAT is funny!

C'mon man...we know they hold alllllll the power. 

They only hold power until you can get their "O" face... 😁

On 11/20/2021 at 3:20 PM, MAR1979 said:

I'm inclined to agree however they are nowhere as bad as PSA.   PSA has given their non-large customers a right good fisting. To the point it's not the condition of the card that determines the grades but the specific submitting client and well reserving the top grades only for large clients in order to maintain census population percentages aka quota system. The quota system prevents influx of bulk 10's for modern cards and 8's and 9's for vintage thus cards at that grade level without increased demand.

Not to mention the parent company buying an auction house (Goldin) which submits to PSA.  Supreme Conflict of Interest

So say what u want about CGC they have a long way to fall down to get to PSA's level of shenanigans.

 

 

"I'm sorry this ground chuck is not the steak you ordered but at least it's not cow manure."

Wow that is quite the mistake. Assuming they make you whole, are they going to use FMV from when you submitted or FMV from when they shipped? That could be the difference of a thousand dollars or more with those books in this fluid market.

This is the new Quah cover for Hulk 1!

On 9/2/2021 at 5:49 PM, topcat54 said:

 ITALIAN AMAZING SPIDERMAN REPRINT 1995 # 1 TWO VERY SMALL DENTS IN COVER PRESENTS VERY WELL $ 40.00 So I did a little looking and this is AMAZING FANTASY # 15 

 

 

Also take per pm

On 9/2/2021 at 5:49 PM, topcat54 said:

ITALIAN AMAZING SPIDERMAN # 19 VG/VG- $ 15.00 

 

ITALIAN AMAZING SPIDERMAN # 20 1970 FIRST SCORPION VG+/F $ 30.00

 

ITALIAN AMAZING SPIDERMAN # 28 F/VF $ 20.00

Take these 3 for $65 total 

$2,199 for a UF4 9.8.

On 10/5/2021 at 8:19 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

There is fame, there is infamy, and then there is Johnny Knoxville matchbox car up the keister ...

Or Richard Gere with the gerbil for those who have been around a bit longer

This is not the most expensive but I just recently acquired this and apparently many dont know it exists. 1st Brazilian Blade, might wind up being one of the more rare ones out there. Many think a 2010 copy is the first Brazilian Blade but this one is.