High Feedback sellers who overgrade

[Rickdogg]

After receiving a few replies via PM about overgraded books, I began to wonder...

-Have any of you guys ever bought from a seller who's grading got worse over time; basically cashing in on their high feedback ratings?

 

-Have you held onto overgraded POS since you have done business with them in the past and find yourself torn between being honest about the situation and possibly hurting their feelings?

 

-Have you ever left exaggerated feedback even though the transaction sucked ?

 

A poster on this board (Which I will keep anonymous since it was via PM) stated that he used to purchase raw books from a favorite seller on a regular basis until the seller's grading got worse, and worse until he decided to stop buying from him.

 

Thanks in advance for sharing.

[murph0]

I must say..I've bought a couple silver books from Major_Comics, haven't done so recently though, and he has been 100 percent dead-on. From his grade to the CGC slab totally the same.

 

Brian

[hammer-migration]

RD, I imagine that you would be referring to a prolific Ebay seller who used to offer broken up runs and single issues of complete Marvel collections (usually 250 to 500 different auction lots) on a regular basis just about every other weekend?

[Rickdogg]

Actually i'm throwing this out as a general question, but a particular seller who claims to sell "Nothing but HG books" inspired me to make this post.

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

I can remember purchasing a box of about 80 vf-nm "new unread store overstock" Silver Surfer backissues that were mostly overgraded. A few of them appeared to have been more than once, and most of them graded in the vf range. Looking at the sellers feedback, I would have never suspected that anyone had been disappointed with the grading. Anyway, what I learned from that transaction is to GRADE books BEFORE leaving feedback. Live and learn I suppose.

[Rickdogg]

The sad thing is, feedback helps but is not always honest. I can point out a few times that I exaggerated on feedback when a refund was issued to me after I returned overgraded books.

[murph0]

Greggy and I may be adding to your list if these raw books we bought from the same person aren't accurate.

 

Brian

[Rickdogg]

Cool dude LMK how they grade. I'm batting .000 (0 for 2) so far with greg's sellers!

[murph0]

I don't think greg can grade, he bribes CGC graders

 

Brian

[Rickdogg]

I'm 1.000 (2 for 2) with board members

[murph0]

I'll sell you about 30 MTU books between F-VF+ for 25-50 cents a book

 

Brian

[Rickdogg]

Cool readers copies! PM me with what ya got!

[murph0]

I've got a ton, let me look.

 

Brian

[greggy]

Thanks Ricky. I guess I don't count!