grendel013

Less than an hour left on the auction and it's at $10k.

On 4/2/2024 at 9:52 PM, greggy said:

I watched his video where he said that he got laid off.  

Here's the link

 

DREAM CRUSHER!!!!

On 4/2/2024 at 9:19 PM, BrashL said:

Lost his job and chose to sell comics. Dude is giving it a go and that takes a lot of balls. We all talk about the hobby dying and this dude is taking a leap of faith trying to keep it alive. Not sure why that deserves anyone's scorn. 

He hustles. I'll say that much. And he can grade pretty damn good so he has that. Knows his keys. He's pretty sharp.

On 4/2/2024 at 7:38 PM, greggy said:

You mean he lost his job and had to sell comics.  

@NewWorldOrder

He said he quit. 

On 4/2/2024 at 7:18 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Imagine if his videos were good and not garbage. What does a "room at an antique store" mean? Like a vendor mall?

I believe he rents one of the rooms from the owner of an antique store. I don't think it's big enough to be considered an antique mall. His videos definitely help his live stream claim sales. I just like seeing the books.

On 4/2/2024 at 6:44 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

How dumb. Imagine having so much free time you can make asinine videos about nothing.

He quit his job to sell comics. He has a room at an antique store, does claim sales and pumps out YouTube videos to make ends meet.

On 4/2/2024 at 6:28 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

 

James is local to me. I do enjoy this screenshot from the video.

On 4/2/2024 at 4:28 PM, grendelbo said:

No way would I have pressed this. 

Agreed.

On 4/2/2024 at 12:14 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I’ve fallen way behind on this thread.

Has anyone been reimbursed from CGC for books that were found to be tampered with?

People will chime in if I am wrong or if things have progressed within the last check-in but nobody has received any form of compensation at this time. Folks are still unclear what the reimbursement would even look like. I wasn't impacted so I can only feel disappointment. I'm pretty sure I would have lost my mind by now though if I was impacted by this scam.

On 4/2/2024 at 6:18 AM, Chip Cataldo said:

One of the best comic covers of all time, and a personal favorite since first seen by these young eyes long ago.

Rest in peace to an awesome artist and wishing peace to his family.

 

Agreed. Between this being the 5th issue of what we all thought was a 4 issue limited series and this AMAZING cover, we were absolutely floored as kids when this came out. There will be no 9.9 pre-screen for the copy we had as it got traded back and forth. I hope my friend Chris still has it. He's the last one I remember having it in his possession. RIP Mr Bright.

On 4/1/2024 at 9:00 AM, Sigur Ros said:

Heard this belongs to another huge submitter...

Is this AM or FM radio?

@CGC Mike Hi Mike! Can you move this thread? Thanks!

Zanello go to jail yet?

On 3/29/2024 at 1:27 PM, drotto said:

Here is my 9.4, no grading notes availible.  I think a really nice copy.  When I bought it, the well known dealer that owned it was debating pressing and resubmitting it thinking it may be a 9.6. The two flaws I see are color loss/rub at the two staple locations. Without grader notes, I always thought this was a fair 9.4, because of those defects.  So if that is not a defect, this should be an easy 9.6 or higher after a press (it was graded 10 years ago, and has not been pressed).

9.9

9.9

On 3/27/2024 at 10:59 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Glad it was opened to you, idk why but the whole thing can seem daunting, and it takes a village.

My bad if I hadn't somehow made that clear in the past. They are currently updating everything so the underpinnings may somehow get taken for granted.

Just an FYI, if it says the cert is under another registered user, which happens from time to time when the book either new to you or whatever that is normally fixed by a pick of the book and a pm.

Getting ahead of myself. But the past registry user has to ok the transfer if they already had it in there own registry, when you then have bought it and try to transfer.

When you try to register in the registry, it will send the past owner an email to "transfer it."

If that doesn't work pm @jstam with a picture in front of a time-stamp like a monitor or laptop with the registry open, then admin can manually see proof of ownership to manually transfer.

It may seem like a pain, but is good news when you own one and it is registered, as no one should be able then to use your cert otherwise YOU'D get the email and can deny the transfer and pm admin to make sure etc.

Registry imo also helps you keep track of books for cert numbers, cutting down on theft and reports or etc. kind of like a serial number.

Then if it gets tried to transfer go from there, and long story but is some of my theory of benefits to it. Seems more "official" than a unnotarized piece of paper idk 😶😐

I bought a slab off ebay once and the transfer went super quick. I just have pipe dreams that my submissions would automatically get imported to the registry. I guess this isn't a great option for submitters who will immediately flip but I like everything being in my inventory and then I delete if I sell anything. I just like saving time as this hobby can be very time consuming as we all know.

On 3/27/2024 at 1:23 PM, Steppenwolfscomics said:

Nevermind, I figured it out. Just type in the cert number directly into the set. Never knew you could do that, I had always used a generic custom set to register all my books. 

Same here. This is a pain in the butt. I did one. I save the other 4 for later.

On 3/27/2024 at 6:39 PM, JollyComics said:

I cleaned and pressed the book.

The front looks same but the back cover is a big makeover.

 That's clean.

On 3/27/2024 at 5:33 PM, MrBedrock said:

We had to let him go. He was staining the comics.

I'm still getting used to your new Avatar... but that's the same ole wit.

On 3/25/2024 at 9:34 AM, jstam said:

All - I have recreated this bug and it appears that this is happening when people are trying to add books to Custom sets. It's happening specifically when attempting to add certs to a Custom set that ARE NOT already in your inventory. I have reported this bug to the developers and asked that they prioritize it. 

You CAN add books to Custom sets if they are in your inventory. I absolutely realize this is a problem and creates more work for you, but this is a workaround for now until the bug is fixed. 

Are you saying the only way I can add new slabs to inventory is to find a Competitive Set they would be in (IF THERE IS ONE??) and create through there?

I only ever created a Custom Set because I didn't know any other way to add ALL my slabs to the inventory. Am I missing something? Can you confirm?

If that's the case I may wait till the bug is fixed. Meh.

On 3/24/2024 at 11:03 AM, Jose2099 said:

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I got harsh Harry for this submission.

Me too!

On 3/24/2024 at 5:33 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Why is this a blue?

Rare color variant label.

Tried yesterday and today. Same message.