Ever Passed On A Slabbed Book...Didn't Agree With The Grade?

[JohnFranklin]

Not for resubmission reasons, more that you don't want a book in your collection which. e.g., is a graded 9.6 but you feel it's a 9.4.

[Bomber-Bob]

Definitely. It usually happens with books graded in the 2011/2102 period. Very soft CGC grading.

[BarryAllen]

Definitely. It usually happens with books graded in the 2011/2102 period. Very soft CGC grading.

 

Wow, 91 years is a long time to be so bad.

 

 

Seriously though, yeah I have passed on books because I don't think the grade is good just like I have bought books that appear to be under-graded as well.

[RockMyAmadeus]

All the time.

[Logan510]

+1

[StuporMan]

All defects aren't equal, even if the grade says so.

[NinjaSealed]

On an almost daily basis.

[DR.X]

+1

 

+2

 

and I see the same books for sale at the same con for several years.

[batman_fan]

Not for resubmission reasons, more that you don't want a book in your collection which. e.g., is a graded 9.6 but you feel it's a 9.4.

 

I pass on about 90%+ of all graded copies because I don't agree with the grade. Discrepancy on grade, restoration, etc.

[D84]

I do now. Bought a couple books that were way over-graded by CGC.

 

Under-graded doesn't bother me

[oakman29]

More times than I care to know.

[Meeklo]

Not ever...because who am I to judge CGC's grading? I can barely grade myself...

 

[Comicdave]

I once had 2 copies of Brave & Bold 100. One was graded 9.4, the other a 9.6. I thought the grades should have been reversed at the least. I almost felt guilty selling the 9.6 as a 9.6.

[Ken Aldred]

Often. Many debatable, fugly slabs, just as you can find nicely-presenting books which have been assigned a lower grade. It can work both ways.

[makeminemego]

All the time. Even if I don't disagree with the assigned grade, there's certain defects that are just red flags for me personally.

 

Not all X.0's are created equally.

[lizards2]

I often pass on slabs that you can see are overgraded. I need good scans to make a decision.

 

I still get screwed frequently, as the outer well was designed to hide defects.

[MustEatBrains]

While I do sympathize that all graded books are not indicitive of the "true" grade, as a collector that sells sometimes it's very annoying when a buyer asks, is it a real 9.8 etc.. I usually attempt to point out the defect I see but always say that's what the label says. What I have been seeing is that people think a 9.8 should be perfect in every way and that is simply not the case.

 

I have several 9.9 and 10.0 books that I could easily see in a 9.8 slab and vice versa.

 

 

 

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

To me a grading company is there is filter out what you can't see...

Page count, cut outs, resto... etc.

 

Unfortunately IMHO they get it wrong often.

 

Grading is paramount to collecting and dealing.

 

Whenever I get a book in hand I don't even look at the label first.

I get a census first on what grade I believe it to be. I check the label

If I am not with in 0.5 of the grade I do a recheck to see what I might have missed

(spine splits can hide very well on some books)... If it doesn't match and appear over graded it drops off my radar.

[mar-vell]

How could anyone disagree with a CGC graded book? Just turn your grading cards in and surrender to the slabbage. Next time you feel the urge to disagree just buy the label not the book!

[WilliamG.Staggers]

Learned this the hard way when I bought an Indie off of Heritage that was slabbed with a 9.4 grade. When I got the book, it had several 1/4 inch tick marks down the spine and a very minor corner bend. If I submitted it again, I wouldn't expect more than an 8.5, if that. Everyone makes a mistake here and there which includes graders but this book should've been obvious.