Simone Costantini

Okay, so you are telling me that, for example, when I'm buying a CGC of a 90's issue, maybe it would be more convenient (from an "investor" point of view) to buy the newsstand version, right ? Because it will be more valuable on the market, right ? I have to admit that I agree with you, seems a little bit wacky, in the end they are literally the same book....

The title sums it up: is it better to buy the standard or newsstands versions ? Which is going to value more n the market ?

Man I can see your point of view, but in my position it wasn't easy: first ever CGC book I've ever hold in my hand, I'm a student and I don't have "big bucks" in my wallet, so for me even 60€ is a considerable amount of money. Anyway you ask where this level of panic come from: very simple, from the web. I've seen on YT a lot of videos of people claiming to have received fake CGCs from Ebay, even for 30$ books (search and you'll easily find them)....

Ahn ok ok, you're right ! Didn't think about the moisture thing

Ahahaha i'll do it man, now that I know how a CGC case is made, I'll do it I swear

Yeah yeah it was me, I understood what you meant about the effort for tampering a low value book, but you know, I have never hold a CGC in my hand before today, so when I've seen that little crack I was worried XD

Why man ? I thought that air can damage the book inside... Jesus I am really inexperienced XD

Really appreciate your help man ! Thought that CGC did their cases better XD

Oh, thank you very much man ! Really didn't know about this and I was worried

So do you think I shouldn't worry about right little opening/crack on the right side ? Seems strange to me, shouldn't it be completely and well sealed ?

Hi guys, I'm an Italian comic enthusiast new to the game of CGCs, and today my first one has arrived me at home, bought from another Italian guy on Ebay. It's a Daredevil 183 9.4, beautiful classic book and amazing cover BUT... I have noticed some suspect details.... 1) the most triggering one: as you can see in the picture, on the right side of the slabs there's a thin slit, as the case has been opened from that side. If I pull i can really open it and I thin it shouldn't be like this ! 2) the 9.4 is really shady, like grey colored, absolutely not black. Don't know if its normal, maybe some "older" generation slabs/labels were like this. 3) as you can see in the picture the litte label on the top of the slab it's like a sticker, it doesn't come from the inside big label (sorry if my explanation is bad, my english is far from perfect, anyway you should be able to understand what I mean from the pics) 4)one of the corner has some minor flaws, like very little damages. I admit that this may be had been caused by a fall, but I don't know... In the end do you thin I've been scammed ? Seems strange to me that the Italian guy has tried to fool me, doesn't seemed like an expert in the field, maybe he has bought it from Ebay already counterfeited (anyway I'm sure he noticed that the case was a little bit "open").

thank you very much. I see what you mean about the return policy, but buying on ebay and with Paypal shouldn't I be protected in case of damages/non conformities of the product ?

Thank you for the advices, I always check feedbacks and the possibility of international shipping. I was about to ask if in case of problems it would be possible to get the money back also if the seller doesn't accept returns: I always pay with Paypal online, so there shouldn't be problems right ?

Yeah I've checked them here on CGC site, but on Youtube I've seen that scammers can open the cases and insert a different book (obviously in worse conditions).

Can you tell me why ? They are too common ? Do you think that the prices asked are adequate ? Do you have other general advices on how to verify the legitimacy of CGCs before buying ?