the pain of submitting a book you are convinced will grade high

[Doohickamabob]

Sadly this is why I stopped submitting as of last year due to major inconsistencies.

 

Major Inconsistencies!

[zosocane]

You know what's worse than submitting a book that gets a grade lower than what you expect? Submitting a book that you have no reason to believe has resto, you log on to your CGC account, pull up the invoice, and -- surprise! -- it's PLOD.

 

Hate when that happens.

[Flex Mentallo]

You know what's worse than submitting a book that gets a grade lower than what you expect? Submitting a book that you have no reason to believe has resto, you log on to your CGC account, pull up the invoice, and -- surprise! -- it's PLOD.

 

Hate when that happens.

 

Or brittle pages when you know they aint.

[vaultkeeper]

You know what's worse than submitting a book that gets a grade lower than what you expect? Submitting a book that you have no reason to believe has resto, you log on to your CGC account, pull up the invoice, and -- surprise! -- it's PLOD.

 

Hate when that happens.

 

 

Or worse. Crack a blue lable CGC book for pressing and having it come back PLOD. Thats a kick in the azz.

[The_SandMan]

 

 

Or worse. Crack a blue lable CGC book for pressing and having it come back PLOD. Thats a kick in the azz.

 

Dammnnnnn! That would suck

[vaultkeeper]

 

 

Or worse. Crack a blue lable CGC book for pressing and having it come back PLOD. Thats a kick in the azz.

 

Dammnnnnn! That would suck

 

It did. It was my first CPR experiment and it made me rethink the whole thing.

[Johnny545]

You know what's worse than submitting a book that gets a grade lower than what you expect? Submitting a book that you have no reason to believe has resto, you log on to your CGC account, pull up the invoice, and -- surprise! -- it's PLOD.

 

Hate when that happens.

 

 

Or worse. Crack a blue lable CGC book for pressing and having it come back PLOD. Thats a kick in the azz.

 

Ughhh this makes me sick to my stomach.

[october]

I also feel motivated to ask, why is it that technical grade is what we most value? Clearly we do, myself included.

 

I definitely don't. I specifically look for books with good eye appeal and lower technical grade. Stains are my favorite. Just got this book from Bedrock and couldn't be happier. In the mylar it looks like NM, but a stain tanks the grade. In a 9.4 holder I never would have purchased it. As a 6.0 or 7.0 or whatever it is, it's right up my alley. 95% of the bang for 30% of the buck.

 

Eye appeal over grade every time!

 

 

 

[telerites]

Or brittle pages when you know they aint.

 

I've had a book come with SB pages that really surprised me and then one that I thought was brittle get cr-ow.

 

 

[ciorac]

I also feel motivated to ask, why is it that technical grade is what we most value? Clearly we do, myself included.

 

I definitely don't. I specifically look for books with good eye appeal and lower technical grade. Stains are my favorite. Just got this book from Bedrock and couldn't be happier. In the mylar it looks like NM, but a stain tanks the grade. In a 9.4 holder I never would have purchased it. As a 6.0 or 7.0 or whatever it is, it's right up my alley. 95% of the bang for 30% of the buck.

 

Eye appeal over grade every time!

 

 

 

Dr. Strange

[zosocane]

Prototype Dr. Strange.

[october]

 

Never noticed that. I was too fixated on the homicidal robots.

[Flex Mentallo]

 

Never noticed that. I was too fixated on the homicidal robots.

 

I thought you were a homicidal robot.

[Offbeat Archives]

On the other hand, this stringency can work to advantage. Structurally this is an 8.5, hammered down to 5.5 because of a small, light stain on the back cover. I bought it thus.

 

 

Sweet score! One of my top 10 "I wish..." books.

[Offbeat Archives]

I also feel motivated to ask, why is it that technical grade is what we most value? Clearly we do, myself included.

 

I definitely don't. I specifically look for books with good eye appeal and lower technical grade. Stains are my favorite. Just got this book from Bedrock and couldn't be happier. In the mylar it looks like NM, but a stain tanks the grade. In a 9.4 holder I never would have purchased it. As a 6.0 or 7.0 or whatever it is, it's right up my alley. 95% of the bang for 30% of the buck.

 

Eye appeal over grade every time!

 

 

 

True dat. Much of what I have owned I never would have touched if graded solely on technical grade. Nice buy!