Gotham Kid Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 5 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Question Every Submission Quite Everyone Should Quality Everyone Seeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 6 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 9 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Question Every Submission Quite Everyone Should Quality Everyone Seeks Comic Vandalism Aside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: 8 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 11 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 13 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Question Every Submission Quite Everyone Should Quality Everyone Seeks Comic Vandalism Aside Center Vilified Annotation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 11 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: 15 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 18 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: 20 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Question Every Submission Quite Everyone Should Quality Everyone Seeks Comic Vandalism Aside Center Vilified Annotation Cocky Vaunting Arsewipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Just now, Get Marwood & I said: Cocky Vaunting Arsewipes lets keep CBCS out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: lets keep CBCS out of this. Can't. Better Cases, See? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said: Can't. Better Cases, See? to make up for the shoddy grading ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Just now, Gotham Kid said: to make up for the shoddy grading ? Mebbe. Same time tomorrow Kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said: Same time tomorrow Kid? Yupper Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimmy Linguini said: My favorite part about CVS is how they claim on their website that books with the sticker go for so much more than copies without the sticker. AND THEY EVEN QUOTE SALES! All of those sales are from ONE auction house website that doesn't report to GPA so are they legitimate sales? I would say no. I'm betting that was CLink, right? There's a connection between the two, so not surprising they would pull results from their auctions, but that doesn't invalidate the sales data. It's hit or miss, but I have seen some of their "approved" books sell for a premium in a like-for-like situation over books that didn't have the designation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Martin Sinescu said: I'm betting that was CLink, right? There's a connection between the two, so not surprising they would pull results from their auctions, but that doesn't invalidate the sales data. It's hit or miss, but I have seen some of their "approved" books sell for a premium in a like-for-like situation over books that didn't have the designation. Natural follow-up question - what insufficiently_thoughtful_person(s) and or insider(s) are bidding up certain books based solely on the generic “Comic Viewed Apace” sticker being affixed to the slab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Jimmy Linguini said: My favorite part about CVS is how they claim on their website that books with the sticker go for so much more than copies without the sticker. AND THEY EVEN QUOTE SALES! All of those sales are from ONE auction house website that doesn't report to GPA so are they legitimate sales? I would say no. 5 hours ago, Martin Sinescu said: I'm betting that was CLink, right? There's a connection between the two, so not surprising they would pull results from their auctions, but that doesn't invalidate the sales data. It's hit or miss, but I have seen some of their "approved" books sell for a premium in a like-for-like situation over books that didn't have the designation. CVA books do often sell for a premium on CL. I just had one do so. An Astonishing Tales 25 in 9.6 sold for about 50% more than I was expecting. Probably because of the $12 CVA sticker. Maybe it seems like dumb money to some. But dumb money is still REAL money. . I don't sell on CL often and this is the first time that I've had a book that qualified for the CVA sticker. I'd certainly do it again. And I in fact really thought this book was a 9.8 when I sent it in. For whatever that's worth. I mean CGC surprises me high and low regularly so when it came back 9.6 it was just another day in the life. Edited June 27, 2019 by Tony S Catwomancomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 29 minutes ago, mattn792 said: Natural follow-up question - what insufficiently_thoughtful_person(s) and or insider(s) are bidding up certain books based solely on the generic “Comic Viewed Apace” sticker being affixed to the slab? Not inside as far as bidding, CVA's "Lead Verifier" is a former CLink employee, so there's the connection. Now, as far as the prices, it's up for debate whether CVA books that actually sell for a premium do so because of the sticker or do so just because they present nicer and some people like me will just pay a premium for a book which meets certain visual criteria. Then again, last night an ASM 9 with the CVA sticker went well below GPA and I stayed away from it because I thought it would go higher with the sticker. Sigh, that's just like me to zig when I shoulda zagged. mattn792 and Catwomancomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I have some examples of books with the CVA sticker that have horrendous eye appeal. theCapraAegagrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Straight from the Quietly Exploiting Suckers website -- "Criteria that focus on crucial areas of a given comic book such as color strike, spine quality, cover edge quality, and staple placement just to name a few." FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ares Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 That QES stuff seems to be what CGC does anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tec-Tac-Toe Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I provide my own "eye appeal" rating for the comic books in my collection: "Sucks" and "Sucks Less" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilbil Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 a very poor attempt at making a market 4thpg service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...