First CGC Book, is it really a 9.8?

[BlowUpTheMoon]

It's a production issue. That's how the book was manufactured.

 

What you are seeing is not "wear and tear".

 

Agreed. However, I never liked the fact that CGC effectively ignores production issues. IMO, a crease is a crease no matter how or when it happened. Customers, like the OP, expect a 9.8 book to look good in the slab. In this case, you are better off buying a raw and saving the 9.8 premium.

 

Yeah, I mean a crease is a crease right? Does CGC seriously ignore production issues?

 

If this book fell straight off the press into a CGC holder and it had a crease, or jagged edges, or blunt corners, why would that qualify it for a 9.8, if it looks the same, submitted from some everyday collector 5 years later, and it gets say a 9.0?! That don't make sense.

 

Read this:

 

Wolverine 35? Tough to find in high grade?

[Comicdey]

I would say this is a result of mass submission for a "purpose" of marketing where CGC just took a stack and said yep. Look like 9.8's to me.

 

Not sure how that would get a 9.8 otherwise.

 

Anything connected to mass submissions are suspect in my book.

 

 

Graded for the "wizard VIP program"

[Mercury Man]

I would say this is a result of mass submission for a "purpose" of marketing where CGC just took a stack and said yep. Look like 9.8's to me.

 

Not sure how that would get a 9.8 otherwise.

 

Anything connected to mass submissions are suspect in my book.

 

 

Graded for the "wizard VIP program"

 

 

Boooo!! That's not good.

[Stronguy]

I would say this is a result of mass submission for a "purpose" of marketing where CGC just took a stack and said yep. Look like 9.8's to me.

 

Not sure how that would get a 9.8 otherwise.

 

Anything connected to mass submissions are suspect in my book.

 

 

Graded for the "wizard VIP program"

 

Yup, my thought exactly.

[do-boy99]

 

Looks better than this one! 9.8?

 

Someone figured out how to switch out books in the new cases, or he has some of

the worse 9.8 to date...... He has more than one of these books.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Looks better than this one! 9.8?

 

Someone figured out how to switch out books in the new cases, or he has some of

the worse 9.8 to date...... He has more than one of these books.

Link.

[sterlingcomics]

It's a production issue. That's how the book was manufactured.

 

What you are seeing is not "wear and tear".

 

Agreed. However, I never liked the fact that CGC effectively ignores production issues. IMO, a crease is a crease no matter how or when it happened. Customers, like the OP, expect a 9.8 book to look good in the slab. In this case, you are better off buying a raw and saving the 9.8 premium.

 

Yes, I see 9.8 on the listing and only a picture of the cover I didn't expect to see round corners when I got it, plus this is my first CGC book.

 

Lessons learned: always demand larger pictures of both front AND back covers...and then if you agree with the grade after microscoping it, do it. In short, corroborate with yourself as well, it's your money.

 

There are tons of 9.8s in the census of issues that are technical upgrades (it says so on the label) of books I like but I'll never buy them because I do not agree with the grade.

[SamPool]

Lessons learned: always demand larger pictures of both front AND back covers...and then if you agree with the grade after microscoping it, do it. In short, corroborate with yourself as well, it's your money.

 

There are tons of 9.8s in the census of issues that are technical upgrades (it says so on the label) of books I like but I'll never buy them because I do not agree with the grade.

 

When you say "There are tons of 9.8s in the census of issues that are technical upgrades (it says so on the label) of books" you mean this on the label?

 

#129 or #200 graded for Wizard VIP Program

[sterlingcomics]

Lessons learned: always demand larger pictures of both front AND back covers...and then if you agree with the grade after microscoping it, do it. In short, corroborate with yourself as well, it's your money.

 

There are tons of 9.8s in the census of issues that are technical upgrades (it says so on the label) of books I like but I'll never buy them because I do not agree with the grade.

 

When you say "There are tons of 9.8s in the census of issues that are technical upgrades (it says so on the label) of books" you mean this on the label?

 

#129 or #200 graded for Wizard VIP Program

 

I was speaking about books I pursue, not yours. I was trying to let you have a walk through my eyes and shoes. Sucks I know, but I offered it.