Santos208 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santos208 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. Edited May 9, 2015 by Santos208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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G.A.tor Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored Looks like a fantastic copy to me and I hear the seller is open to offers and can be reached right here on the boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored I'm not sure that was such a great idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. Definitely for that company's unfortunate labeling. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santos208 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Did not know they use regylar blue label for restored copies. Well at least it presents well and looks legit from far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryAllen Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored Looks like a fantastic copy to me and I hear the seller is open to offers and can be reached right here on the boards! Nice book! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored I'm not sure that was such a great idea This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 how in the world is this a blue label? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141661282435 photoshopped? "Other company's" labeling system. Leave a lot to be desired. -J. Not sure if facepalm to my post or to the blue label. I mean it is blue right? I aint THAT drunk. yes but they use blue for restored and unrestored I'm not sure that was such a great idea This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. +1 But I think they knew *exactly* what they were doing with that. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zosocane Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryAllen Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: The law of unintended consequences: I just look at ALL of their books as if they are restored and zip right by them when I'm browsing online. And you can be certain I'm not the only one doing that. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypinkblu Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Before CGC started , restored books were not such a horrid thing to many people. This whole PLOD idea was a brilliant marketing plan... previously,some perfectly honest people actually looked for talented people who could restore older books. I'm not saying that the restoration should have been hidden, but the fact that CGC could distinguish these purple label of death books made the books seem so much worse than before. It's another marketing plan...just like now, CGC has a conserved label. I know I've toyed with the idea of having some of my "conserved" books regraded...haven't done it yet, and probably won't bother, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. I can see where a collector of newer books would be very leery of buying restored books, most newer books are common enough that you don't need to have one that's been fixed up when you find a copy...but for me, since some of the books I look for are very scarce, I'm not so upset. Unfortunately a lot of people don't read, especially when they think they found a bargain...and the purple labels helped those who don't read distinguish between the two. I have however noticed many times on eBay the color settings modified in a way where it's difficult to distinguish the labels anyway. You'd still have to read. I think red would have been a better color choice since it's so different from blue, but it didn't make such a great sounding acronym...after all, how do you pronounce RLOD? When restoration is honestly disclosed, you see plenty of bids on eBay. If people are going to be crooks, they will take them out of the purple labels and not disclose anything, anyway. There is no perfect answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: The law of unintended consequences: I just look at ALL of their books as if they are restored and zip right by them when I'm browsing online. And you can be certain I'm not the only one doing that. -J. Nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: The law of unintended consequences: I just look at ALL of their books as if they are restored and zip right by them when I'm browsing online. And you can be certain I'm not the only one doing that. -J. Thank you. That makes them cheaper for the rest of us. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: The law of unintended consequences: I just look at ALL of their books as if they are restored and zip right by them when I'm browsing online. And you can be certain I'm not the only one doing that. -J. Thank you. That makes them cheaper for the rest of us. Carry on. Yes CBCS books do consistently under perform CGC slabs. You can have them. (thumbs u -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 This will make the other company a dumping ground for restored books. I think it is deceptive. This is a case where the other company simply wanted to do something different than CGC. Not very well thought out. Bad decision. Excellent and well-thought business decision. No law that says restored must get purple. Nothing deceptive if the label says "restored." +1 Clearly a purposeful choice. Given the PLOD mentality, seems like a good way to distinguish themselves. Just because you disagree with the choice doesn't mean it was a bad decision or not well thought out. :shrug: The law of unintended consequences: I just look at ALL of their books as if they are restored and zip right by them when I'm browsing online. And you can be certain I'm not the only one doing that. -J. Thank you. That makes them cheaper for the rest of us. Carry on. Yes CBCS books do consistently under perform CGC slabs. You can have them. (thumbs u -J. Thanks, J. All I do is crack them out. And then ... what I have is a great book at a lesser price. It's like magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
