BlowUpTheMoon

Can someone explain #22?

Investigator hired on October 5th.

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Yeah, I was confused by this bit as well. Why does CGC have a person specifically for handling eBay packages? My memory is muddy about this, but I recall that years ago CGC hired someone who would, for a price, verify that a CGC book on eBay was legit. My memory is muddy!

Yeah, I was confused by this bit as well. Why does CGC have a person specifically for handling eBay packages? My memory is muddy about this, but I recall that years ago CGC hired someone who would, for a price, verify that a CGC book on eBay was legit.

With respect to seven of the twenty-three stolen comic books, unsatisfied with the grade received, Mr. Terrazas “swapped” their CGC-branded labels with higher-graded labels, thereby misrepresenting lower-grade collectible products as higher-grade collectible products. Id. Specifically, Mr. Terrazas admitted to consigning five comic books encapsulated with CGC grade labels to ComicLink under his wife’s name, Ayana Terrazas, four of which were stolen and swapped. Id. ¶ ¶ 11, 13. These consigned comic books included Amazing Spiderman #129, Amazing Spiderman #16, Incredible Hulk #181, Batman #251, and Silver Surfer #1. Id. ¶ 11. In particular, in an October 2023 email to an outside investigator engaged by CCG, Mr. Terrazas provided images of four of the comic books he had stolen and swapped that remained in his possession, included below: 3 As of the present date, it appears that “terrazas-the-collector” is no longer active on eBay. Id. ¶¶ 10, 17. Case 8:24-cv-00301-KKM-AAS Document 4 Filed 01/31/24 Page 9 of 23 PageID 54 9 Id. ¶ 12. Even aside from his practice of willful certificate swapping, Mr. Terrazas otherwise violated the CGC rules, which exist ultimately to protect the public and CGC’s brand as a trusted source. Id. ¶ 1

To date, Mr. Terrazas has admitted to stealing twenty-three customer-submitted comic books from CGC’s facilities. Id. ¶ 12. As part of his scheme, Mr. Terrazas would take these customer-submitted comic books from a shelf at CGC’s facilities, place them on his desk, and discard the books’ CGC-graded wrapping and barcodes. Id. Mr. Terrazas would then submit for grading each of the stolen comic books and then publicly advertise, consign, or sell the comic books on eBay or at trade shows. Id. In total, Mr. Terrazas received at least $26,895 in aggregate revenue from these fraudulent transactions

He's on the Boards.

New Suit - Trademark CASE Certified Collectibles Group, LLC v. Terrazas COURT U.S., Middle District of Florida SUMMARY Certified Collectibles Group and Certified Guaranty Co. sued former employees Brandon Terrazas and Ayana Terrazas for conversion, false advertising and trademark infringement on Jan. 31 in Florida Middle District Court. The suit, brought by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, accuses the defendants of duplicating high-value comic book grade labels and applying them to lower-value comic books, thereby deceiving customers into paying inflated prices for incorrectly-graded comic books. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 8:24-cv-00301, Certified Collectibles Group LLC et al. v. Terrazas et al.

Let's see 'em

Swapped labels - Newstand

I've been getting a lot of these.

Of all of them?

Got back cover scans?

Some of the comments I read said you could give the machine a good hip check and comics would fall into the collection bin.

How old are those type of key/lock combos? Any ideas?

That staple is allowed in 9.8.

Since @ PontoonPontoon went with four books, I'll only post two to even things out. 1) A ComicLink win. My first and only Ohio Pedigree. Gotta love White Pages from 1945. I think I said this last year, but I am moving more into GA without realizing it. Folks, Meet Mary Marvel! 2) Back in early November of 2023, I won a semi-local online auction of about a long box and a half. All the books were from 1973, although I suspect there were random other comics thrown in from a different, modern collection. I showed some of the books here. Here is one of the pics from the auction. There are some keys visible. No boards, not many bags. Column 5, row 3, you'll see a of Tomb of Dracula #10. After a trip to my presser in North Carolina then onto Sarasota, here's what that Tomb of Dracula #10 looks like in a CGC slab. TLDR: They're out there PS: Thanks to the handful of Boardies who I've had conversation with about this book.