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Where in the world was the Quality Control at CGC???
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On 6/15/2023 at 6:07 PM, mattn792 said:

Coming soon: the “Do not damage book” option.  Only an extra $12.50 per book!

Considering how much value you lose in a book when the grade goes down because they yoinked a corner off I'm sure people would pay for it.  Perhaps that is the plan.

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And any claims of damage can only be filed from 11:02am to 11:33am on the third Thursday of the month if its a leap year, otherwise it's the second Monday except when it falls on the 9th, then it's the following day after the next full moon. If you call outside of these convenient times, you will be charged an additional 4%.

Please write "Kick Me" on the box in 6" Helvetica Bold font in invisible ink or we won't even receive it and you will be charged an additional 4% for us to dig it out of our warehouse.

All claims must be made within 83 Klingon hours or you will be charged an additional 4% and Overnight Priority return shipping. 

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On 6/15/2023 at 2:46 PM, mattn792 said:
On 6/15/2023 at 3:46 AM, Domo Arigato said:

I'm trying to figure out what the hell is going on with this book.

That upper right corner looks like it was completely torn free from the book.....as the art work from the corner piece no longer lines up with the rest of the cover.

But, then......how did it get put back almost perfectly in place?

And why does that edge of the book look like it was sonically welded into the inner well at some point.....but no longer is?

I mean.....just......:facepalm:

 

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I think your analysis is pretty spot on.  Someone should lose their job over this.  Not for the damage, accidents happen, but for trying to cover it up and hoping no one would notice.

how do you tear a complete corner off a book, then stick it back in and have it slabbed, and push it into the system. Yah, no one's going to notice. WTF.

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On 6/15/2023 at 6:31 PM, DR.X said:

how do you tear a complete corner off a book, then stick it back in and have it slabbed, and push it into the system. Yah, no one's going to notice. WTF.

If you're CGC you just have to hope the customer doesn't inspect it closely for two weeks.

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On 6/15/2023 at 4:46 AM, Domo Arigato said:

I'm trying to figure out what the hell is going on with this book.

That upper right corner looks like it was completely torn free from the book.....as the art work from the corner piece no longer lines up with the rest of the cover.

But, then......how did it get put back almost perfectly in place?

And why does that edge of the book look like it was sonically welded into the inner well at some point.....but no longer is?

I mean.....just......:facepalm:

 

P.S.

:facepalm: :facepalm:

I'm going to guess there is some sort of shaken comic syndrome going on here. Perhaps the book got wedged in the corner (I had this happen to a book I sold and shipped), and then something jostled it free but the corner was stuck, so the whole piece ripped away. It being stuck would explain the damage we see to the back edge in the original post.

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On 6/15/2023 at 7:02 PM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

Perhaps the book got wedged in the corner (I had this happen to a book I sold and shipped), and then something jostled it free but the corner was stuck, so the whole piece ripped away. It being stuck would explain the damage we see to the back edge in the original post.

Then that would raise another question. 

If the corner piece was wedged so strongly that the rest of the book was torn away from it......then why isn't that small corner piece still stuck in the seam? 

And why is that torn corner piece now aligned back up almost perfectly with the rest of the book?

 

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On 6/15/2023 at 7:02 PM, Tnexus said:
On 6/15/2023 at 6:31 PM, DR.X said:

how do you tear a complete corner off a book, then stick it back in and have it slabbed, and push it into the system. Yah, no one's going to notice. WTF.

If you're CGC you just have to hope the customer doesn't inspect it closely for two weeks.

or is in recovery from eye surgery, wearing dark shades.

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On 6/15/2023 at 7:31 PM, DR.X said:

how do you tear a complete corner off a book, then stick it back in and have it slabbed, and push it into the system. Yah, no one's going to notice. WTF.

A similar thing happened to me back in October 2022.  While the book was at CGC, the corner was torn off then reattached with tape on the inside of the cover. I didn't have a pic/scan of the book before I submitted so CGC wouldn't do anything. 

CGC basically said, "If you don't have proof, we didn't do nothing wrong.". 

It wasn't a major book so I let it go.

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On 6/14/2023 at 7:23 PM, c_mkv said:

Had this book graded earlier this February and just noticed the book was severely damagaed in slab. Called CGC today who advised they can't help as this is well past the "2 week timeframe for mechanical errors" and to speak with the dealer I submitted the book  to assist me. This doesn't look like a mechanical error to me. Help @CGC Mike

 

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Same grader driving into work that day.

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On 6/15/2023 at 8:27 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

A similar thing happened to me back in October 2022.  While the book was at CGC, the corner was torn off then reattached with tape on the inside of the cover. I didn't have a pic/scan of the book before I submitted so CGC wouldn't do anything. 

CGC basically said, "If you don't have proof, we didn't do nothing wrong.". 

It wasn't a major book so I let it go.

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On 6/15/2023 at 8:27 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

A similar thing happened to me back in October 2022.  While the book was at CGC, the corner was torn off then reattached with tape on the inside of the cover. I didn't have a pic/scan of the book before I submitted so CGC wouldn't do anything. 

CGC basically said, "If you don't have proof, we didn't do nothing wrong.". 

It wasn't a major book so I let it go.

After seeing your taped book......and the way the ripped corner piece on that Transformers #67 is aligned back into (almost) its proper position......it make me wonder if it also wasn't taped back on after grading, but before the book went through the encapsulation process.

 

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