Looking for opinions

[seanfingh]

 

Speaking as someone who has never used Matt's services... Now that everything's settled, I'd like to say that I think that was a heck of a pressing job done on the 29 books as a whole.

 

+1

[G.A.tor]

wow, go shoot ball for 2 hours, come back and a thread I figured to be dead is 17 pages longer

[Monstro]

I'm not anti pressing as you all know, but I am a little sad that things have evolved in the relatively short time that I've been a serious vintage buyer to being mostly about how high a grade a book can achieve and "potentializing" a book. I don't begrudge or vilify those who do, but it doesn't stop me from feeling sad about why we collect comics anymore and what is to love about them.

No kidding. I personally remember a time when I would bring up the "money", the whole "value" thing, just so family and friends didn't think I was a total geek. "Value" kinda, sorta mattered, but mainly used as a social feint.

 

Now it's all twisted into some payday-hobby. Folks put in their coin and pull the handle, ...next.

Sad, really.

 

How does pressing stop you from enjoying the books in the same way you used to?

It doesn't.

And I do very well socially, thank you. It's "the hobby" folks I find harder and harder to relate to (see "Dr. Watson").

I don't know whether to take offense or not as I'm not sure what that means.

It's a joke, brother. You know, since we're usually on opposite sides during hobby-debates (maybe you haven't noticed, but, yeah, it kinda ends up that way).

 

Relax. It's all good. (thumbs u

I don't even bother with most of that stuff anymore. You enjoy your books the way you want to and I'll enjoy mine the way I want to. The sad part is when people let differing ideas debase into disliking someone personally such as; hoping their books turn to dust, wishing they die or they got what they deserved (karma) because they pressed a book. That my friend, is a sad state of affairs.

 

Keep in mind, disliking someone because they are a complete tool is still perfectly acceptable.

 

 

You don't think thats a bit of a stretch?

No, and you could spare some time with a good whetstone.

 

Apparently you understand me just fine

[Monstro]

 

Speaking as someone who has never used Matt's services... Now that everything's settled, I'd like to say that I think that was a heck of a pressing job done on the 29 books as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hooray for Matt

[Comicopolis]

wow, go shoot ball for 2 hours, come back and a thread I figured to be dead is 17 pages longer

 

Not dead - just zombie like

[Comicopolis]

Some posts bit the dust.

[whisp]

wow, go shoot ball for 2 hours, come back and a thread I figured to be dead is 17 pages longer

 

Not dead - just zombie like

 

And we are still looking for brains.

[Comicopolis]

wow, go shoot ball for 2 hours, come back and a thread I figured to be dead is 17 pages longer

 

Not dead - just zombie like

 

And we are still looking for brains.

 

Keep looking

[nik]

 

Speaking as someone who has never used Matt's services... Now that everything's settled, I'd like to say that I think that was a heck of a pressing job done on the 29 books as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hooray for Matt

 

You got it wrong,

 

Its for Matt with a couple of these added (worship)

[Count]

Are we there yet?

[nik]

I never left

[Comicopolis]

Are we there yet?

 

[DrWatson]

I'm not anti pressing as you all know, but I am a little sad that things have evolved in the relatively short time that I've been a serious vintage buyer to being mostly about how high a grade a book can achieve and "potentializing" a book. I don't begrudge or vilify those who do, but it doesn't stop me from feeling sad about why we collect comics anymore and what is to love about them.

No kidding. I personally remember a time when I would bring up the "money", the whole "value" thing, just so family and friends didn't think I was a total geek. "Value" kinda, sorta mattered, but mainly used as a social feint.

 

Now it's all twisted into some payday-hobby. Folks put in their coin and pull the handle, ...next.

Sad, really.

 

How does pressing stop you from enjoying the books in the same way you used to?

It doesn't.

And I do very well socially, thank you. It's "the hobby" folks I find harder and harder to relate to (see "Dr. Watson").

I don't know whether to take offense or not as I'm not sure what that means.

It's a joke, brother. You know, since we're usually on opposite sides during hobby-debates (maybe you haven't noticed, but, yeah, it kinda ends up that way).

 

Relax. It's all good. (thumbs u

I don't even bother with most of that stuff anymore. You enjoy your books the way you want to and I'll enjoy mine the way I want to. The sad part is when people let differing ideas debase into disliking someone personally such as; hoping their books turn to dust, wishing they die or they got what they deserved (karma) because they pressed a book. That my friend, is a sad state of affairs.

 

Keep in mind, disliking someone because they are a complete tool is still perfectly acceptable.

 

 

You don't think thats a bit of a stretch?

No, and you could spare some time with a good whetstone.

 

Apparently you understand me just fine

One trick ponies are self explanatory.

[G.A.tor]

do you all want me to close this thread

[topofthetotem]

It's all just paper and if it means so much too you pressed or not then take a walk outside and get your priorities straight.

[Comicopolis]

do you all want me to close this thread

 

Put it out of its misery

[seanfingh]

do you all want me to close this thread

 

It's more effective if you turn back, over the back seat, wave your finger at us and shout "Don't make me close this thread." At least that's how it worked best for my dad . . .

[Comicopolis]

[fantastic_four]

it's probably been pressed into that condition. And if I wait long enough I'll probably see it again with a higher grade.

 

Not sure if you realize this, but every single collector who ever bought high grade comics prior to 2000 when CGC started faced a far more hostile jungle of greed and deception due to an escalation in slight color touch, wet cleaning, and trimming than we do today living with the possibility that any given book we're looking at has been pressed. Compared to the risk and greed that ran rampant in the 1980s and 1990s, the whole pressing scene today has to look like a comparative utopia to older collectors.

[DrWatson]

do you all want me to close this thread

 

It's more effective if you turn back, over the back seat, wave your finger at us and shout "Don't make me close this thread." At least that's how it worked best for my dad . . .

My mom was packin' heat. She had flyswatters.