Gawells1980

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Hello, I am hoping someone can help me. I am having a bit of a situation and need someone to help me manage my expectations. I have this copy of Spawn #1 Newsstand and am sending it in to get graded. The book is amazing. It is honestly the cleanest copy I have ever seen in person. Interior pages look like they were just printed this morning. Completely glossy cover. Square edges. None of the normal problems that a book of this age normally has.... Except for two small things.... There is a couple of miniature, and I mean MINIATURE places on the spine where there is a small crease. Pressing should fix that. One looks like a color break in the photos but the light I was using was playing tricks with it. In person it doesn't look like the color is broken. (On the spine beside the word "May") But I am going to assume that the graders are going to count it as a color break if I can't get it pressed out. The Second and strangest thing is, the book looks like it had something on the cover during the printing process and it caused some of the ink not to be put on the cover. It isn't a scratch or fading (I have a professional grade microscope in my hobby room and I looked at it under 40X mag and 200X mag. It isn't a scratch) The only thing I can think of is some piece of something was on the cover when it was printed and it caused a manufactures defect or something rubbed against it when the ink was still wet at took a piece of the ink off. I hope that makes sense. I have a book that had a piece of scotch tape on it and some of the ink came off with it... it doesn't look like that to me, but maybe someone out here can get a better idea of what happened and what CGC will do because of it. I honestly have no idea what the grade will be now. I know with a manufactures defect it shouldn't affect the grade unless it would have graded at a 9.9 or 10, having said that, if the graders don't take the time to examine the blank spot then they may think it is damage caused by me. !!!!! I should say, regardless I am sending this book in. I want it in a slab and protected from now on. !!!!!! With that defect on the cover and if I can't get the tiny dents out of the spine, what type of grade am I looking at in your opinions? Sorry for the quality of the pictures. The defect is on the cover by the barcode. THANK YOU FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!

Absolutely I will post the pictures and perhaps I should have logged back on with an update. Yes, a CGC Operations manager did review the case and look at the shipping and receiving cameras and determined that one of their employees did in fact slice the book's cover when opening the package. They are in the process of paying out the insurance on it as I am typing this. So they did make if right. (*Still a loyal CGC FAN) In the picture you have to zoom in to see the slice (it was made with a razor) but you can clearly see it. As far as the other things I read, I work at the United State Postal Service as a clerk for years. Yes, a postmaster, a supervisor, or the inspector generals office can open Media Mail if they suspect the contents do not meet media mail standards. I shipped priority btw. No, a Postmaster or supervisor CAN NOT open any other type of mail legally. We had a instance at the Portsmouth Post Office where I was a 204B (transitioning to a supervisor role) where we had a suspicious package come in. We could not legally open it. We contacted the Inspector Generals office and they came down and opened it. THEY DID NOT CUT IT WITH A RAZOR BLADE TO OPEN THE BOX. They were very careful seeing as, if what we thought was in it was in it, and it was, they didn't want to damage the evidence in what became a federal criminal trial. When I said CGC Damaged my copy of Spawn 1, I wasn't just randomly placing blame or trying to offend anyone, I worked for the exact federal institution that shipped the package and know the laws surrounding how packages are handled and what is and is not acceptable. I am OCD crazy when it comes to submitting. I usually know a grade within half a point before I submit, especially if it is a clients book. I go over them carefully and thoroughly to make sure there will be no surprises. But that is not really the important part of this. CGC did what is right. They took care of the issue I had and after they verified one of the receiving clerks had damaged it, they are paying out the insurance on it. THANK YOU CGC! The insurance will be enough for me to replace the Spawn #1. BTW if you can't see the cut, it runs though spawns fingers pointing directly to his head. Sorry I haven't logged on in a while. I should have updated when the issue was resolved.

I am a loyal CGC fan. I dont use any other grading service, but i also have never heard of this happening. I submittion 7 comics at once. The one on the top of the stack was Spawn #1. I knew it jave a very very light stress line on the spine and decided to submit it anyways. The book otherwise was perfect!!! I was expecting a 9.4 maybe a 9.6. (Seriously even with the very light spine wear, the book was that good) I got a 6.5. Grader notes mention the light stress on the spine and that the comic cover is sliced down the center!!! WHAT!?? How on earth did this happen? If anyone else has ever experienced something like this please comment and offer some advise. CGC litterally RUINED my copy of Spawn #1. Its not the most expensive book out there but it was mine and it was in amazing condition even with the "Light Spine Stress Iine" that is there graders exact words. I a honestly at a loss. Currently waiting for CGC support to message me back. This has to be fixed.