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I mean, if your larger point is that the guy is unlikely to be charged criminally because (a) it's comic book fraud and/or (b) some kinds of fraud are harder to "prove" than others, I would not disagree. It is unlikely this guy gets criminally prosecuted for this. That does not mean he has not committed fraud and that it is not actually a crime. To your points: (1) If you crack/press/resubmit then I agree this is not fraud. This is gambling. (2) If you sent in a comic with a missing MVS and you knew the MVS was missing when you sent it in, but CGC didn't catch it. You later sell the book without disclosing the defect. You have committed fraud. You cannot - legally - claim that "CGC graded this and they gave it a Blue label so it's not on me that they missed the defect. Do you get prosecuted for this? Almost certainly not. Again, it's the knowledge part that is virtually impossible to prove. How do we "prove" that you knew the MVS was missing? Unless you are on tape admitting it somewhere, that's not a case a DA is going to bother trying to make. (3) If you have cracked a CGC case and slipped in a different book, and then you sell the different book as though it was the old one, you have committed fraud. This isn't really debatable. The fact you slipped your fraud past CGC does not validate it. Proving you did this, however, could be a pain and not worth a prosecutor's time.

You do not seem to understand what constitutes the fraud here. This is saying that if you defraud someone and get away with it, it's not your fault because the person you defrauded didn't catch it.... Hey man, you had every opportunity to catch me, and you didn't. Not my fault?

Wishing you a very safe and speedy recovery.

To clarify, I thought that before it actually was released and before I saw it. Was kind of a pre-release prediction. Same way this Aquaman thing is a pre-release prediction. Not that I have actually made a prediction for Aquaman beyond "not as big as the first one," which isn't much of a prediction at all. Guess I will throw down an official guess now, and I will guess - given the way DC films have been tanking and the complete lack of enthusiasm - that it might get to $400m WW, maybe closer to $500m if it's actually good.

I think it's possible. He's a genuine talent. But it will probably require some self-reflection and commitment to change that he hasn't shown he's willing to do yet. If he sticks with "I'm the victim here. I didn't do anything wrong, she's just a liar and the world is out to get me," then he probably won't be working for a while.

I realize this post is over a month old, but, you seem confused. This is not the all-female Ghostbusters re-boot which had nothing to do with the original movies. This is a legacy sequel which returns the members of the original cast, along with a new, younger group. No gender/race swapping present.

yeah, seems like King has really gotten into this whole expanded universe thing as well, with characters crossing over more and more frequently. Since I'm watching 11/22/63 now, I remember when I was reading it and then freaking Ritchie and Beverly from It showed up? Like, what? I assume they will not cameo in the TV show since it would make even less sense.

You know Holly was in the Outsider as well, right?

As it happens, I'm watching this right now! (because I got the "Hulu" for a year for $12 thing) It's pretty good! Other Stephen King adaptations are so very, very hit-or-miss for me, but I felt most of the early horror movies were a miss. Cujo? Christine? Firestarter? Silver Bullet? Eh. Sleepwalkers remains one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Along with Dreamcatcher - what an absolute mess of a film. Even some of the "acclaimed" ones, like The Shining I felt were kind of "meh." Carrie, I have never seen all the way through, just in pieces, but including some of the "big" scenes. I have also never seen The Dead Zone, except for the ending scene.... Seems like some of the not-pure-horror ones tend to adapt better, such as Shawshank, Stand by Me and The Green Mile. Other favorites would be: Misery The Outsider (HBO adaptation) It (the recent films, not the old TV mini-series, which had it's moments, and also Tim Curry, but was still kind of bad). I won't call it a favorite, but the original Pet Sematary was legit scary. I also respect The Mist, though it's way too bleak for my tastes. I am looking forward to watching the Mr. Mercedes adaptation (since I also got the Black Friday Peacock deal. I am a sucker for streaming services BF deals).

I have been in the 50's both times I have done this. And yet! Still got cool stuff!

This theory hinges on the seller either (1) having a way to crack an existing slab, replace a book and seal it again well enough to fool CGC, or (2) the seller being a CGC employee who is swapping out books on site? That right?

Generally speaking and most commonly, it's someone who won't shut up. But 15 counts is extreme by any measure.

I was looking at this, but I guess this isn't strictly Phase 5? That started with Ant Man?

If you take out the Deadpool numbers, which are only kind of tangentially X-Men, the R.Ratio drops to something like 2.9. Which is...the same as Phase 5 Marvel?

Well, I have occasionally been wrong before. I did think the Flash could get to $600-700m. I'm not wrong about this tho'

Um, are you predicting A2 will do more box office than A1? If it's common sense? Because there is no way that is happening. I would be happy if it was good and did well, but I can see this writing on the wall from very, very far off.

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I'm sure it's specified that if he puts in a value and they lose/f-up his book, that's the max value he gets, even if the book was worth more. That's kind of how insurance works. But, on the flip side, if he over-values his book and they lose/f-up his book, they will only give him "fair market" for the book, and not whatever it was he valued it/paid for. But if you're asking if they upcharge him because (they say) he undervalued his book and he pays the upcharge, then I would assume they are back on the hook for the value they said it was when they upcharged him. Don't think they can upcharge him, lose/f-up his book, and then say "well, we're only compensating you based on the value you originally claimed....

Ima pat myself on the back for even being third.

A very, very, random $1244.21 will be my guess.