Patriot6 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So I sent some things to CGC as per usual...big woop. I'll start with Iron man#1- You guys are going to laugh me off the boards but I thought I had put a 7.5 copy in the box, but I mixed up the copies brushing and sent away a 3.5! Also sent Sub-Mariner #1 thinking I would get back an 8.0, but I missed a TINY SPEC of tape on the back cover and got back the best looking 6.0 I've ever seen...darn tape. But the clicher is I sent an ASM#1 which I had pegged at 3.0 maybe even 3.5 and I got it back as a 2.5 . WORSE is that it has rainbow rings, as I liek to call em. This is just a take me out back and end it all kind of CGC week for me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 10th Annual March Madness CGC Grading Tournament - Sign Up Paddy_McShillihan, comicquant, Jeffro. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: 10th Annual March Madness CGC Grading Tournament - Sign Up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Congratulations on your initiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadwick Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Patriot6 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Chadwick said: nevaaaaaaaaa...until I upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadwick Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just now, Patriot6 said: nevaaaaaaaaa...until I upgrade! k lmk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I like that ASM 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, HighStakesComics said: I like that ASM 1! I had that ASM#1 in a safe in my basement in 02 and someone broke into the house and stole the safe and smashed it in the garage and drove off with the contents, Spidey included, and the insufficiently_thoughtful_persons took the collector coins and spent them at the mall not realising that Spidey was the most valuable thing they had, and the jerks threw it out the window into a snow bank with some papers with my name on it and someone saw and was kind enough to return it to me, but that is where the water stain in the corner comes from. She's a cold world sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 20 minutes ago, Patriot6 said: I had that ASM#1 in a safe in my basement in 02 and someone broke into the house and stole the safe and smashed it in the garage and drove off with the contents, Spidey included, and the insufficiently_thoughtful_persons took the collector coins and spent them at the mall not realising that Spidey was the most valuable thing they had, and the jerks threw it out the window into a snow bank with some papers with my name on it and someone saw and was kind enough to return it to me, but that is where the water stain in the corner comes from. She's a cold world sometimes. It sounds like that book is determined to have a place in your personal collection. That is certainly a terrible set of circumstances, but somehow someway this book made it's way back to you. The grade on the label, whether it's 2.5, 3.0 or 3.5 is really just a formailty. It was destined to be yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Amazing story on your Amazing Spider Man #1 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 1 minute ago, 1950's war comics said: Amazing story on your Amazing Spider Man #1 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Seemed like all the talk at the Con I went to this mornings was about how strict CGC has been lately. Couple people said they had switched over to the other guys until CGC lightens up a bit. I can say from the results of my recent sub that I will not be subbing anything other then prescreening anytime soon. Books bought as 8.0 from the Tongie Collection with a certificate saying they graded it a 8.0 and it comes back a 6.5. Everything seems to be a full grade stricter then my last big sub a couple years ago. You're definitely not the only one to be disappointed in CGC current graders. Edited February 26, 2017 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I got one there now that was graded by another company as 5.5 and I pressed it, I'll have to wait and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 It has been in the familly since off the rack and I don't know that I could ever part with it. 5 minutes ago, 1Cool said: Seemed like all the talk at the Con was about how strict CGC has been lately. Couple people said that had switched over to the other guy until CGC lightens up a bit. I can say from the results of my recent sub that I will not be subbing any thing other then prescreening anytime soon. Books bought as 8.0 from the Tongie Collection with a certificate saying they graded it a 8.0 and it comes back a 6.5. Your definitely not the only one to be disappointed in CGC current graders. I agree, plus I miss the coupon! I would never go with the other guys, but really how can you go from calling something a 3.5 for years and then all of a sudden it is a 2.5? Kind of defeats the purpose of grading no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: I got one there now that was graded by another company as 5.5 and I pressed it, I'll have to wait and see GL ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, 1Cool said: Seemed like all the talk at the Con was about how strict CGC has been lately. Couple people said that had switched over to the other guy until CGC lightens up a bit. I can say from the results of my recent sub that I will not be subbing any thing other then prescreening anytime soon. Books bought as 8.0 from the Tongie Collection with a certificate saying they graded it a 8.0 and it comes back a 6.5. Your definitely not the only one to be disappointed in CGC current graders. I got a batch of roughly 15 books back not long ago and I did not notice much of a difference from prior subs. Since they are in the opinion issuing business it's never a exact science and a bit of a numbers game. Out of the 15 maybe 10 were within a grade of my expectations. A couple came in significantly higher (2 + grades) than I anticipated. A couple came in significantly lower. Nothing that would sway me to jump off the bandwagon. I will concur the OP's ASM 1 looks a little better than 2.5, at least in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 2017-02-24 at 4:05 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said: 10th Annual March Madness CGC Grading Tournament - Sign Up I remember when I first started grading with CGC I was usually off by about 3 whole points. ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadwick Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 16 hours ago, Patriot6 said: I had that ASM#1 in a safe in my basement in 02 and someone broke into the house and stole the safe and smashed it in the garage and drove off with the contents, Spidey included, and the insufficiently_thoughtful_persons took the collector coins and spent them at the mall not realising that Spidey was the most valuable thing they had, and the jerks threw it out the window into a snow bank with some papers with my name on it and someone saw and was kind enough to return it to me, but that is where the water stain in the corner comes from. She's a cold world sometimes. Best possible outcome, it sucks that it happened at all, but you getting the book back is like divine intervention or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, Chadwick said: Best possible outcome, it sucks that it happened at all, but you getting the book back is like divine intervention or something! Yes, I was most worried about Spidey and my pup because she got loose when they kicked in the door, got her back too. And Chad since you know what I'm talking about when I say snow bank, in the Canadian sense, I'm lucky it didn't perish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
