Something fishy going on with this DD #1? 1 1

[TheAvenger80]

Not sure if this seller is a member here, but I am suspicious about this book. Doesn’t really look like an 8, has writing on the front, and a crack in the slab. Hm.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184527659451

[silverweb]

At least he did full disclosure on the crack. Lots of books have writing. He didn't put it there lol.  I don't think I could spend that kind of money without seeing the book in hand, myself. You should get the graders notes.  I am not feeling suspicious.

 

Good luck on your hunt.

[Lightning55]

If he's scamming people, he's doing it very S-L-O-W-L-Y.  Not making a living at it.  One feedback as a seller (over a year old), and 4 feedbacks as a buyer within the year.  Barely a pulse.

As @silverweb suggests, the grader notes could be helpful, especially if they indicate writing on the front cover.  Might be considered an arrival code, so maybe not downgraded for it.  The seller may have the notes, if he got it slabbed, or asked for them when he purchased it.

[TheAvenger80]

For the record, I wasn't necessarily saying the seller is crooked, just that the book doesnt look like an 8.0 to me, and that the crack only makes it more suspicious. Some of the corners look eww in those closeups. 

[comicginger1789]

21 minutes ago, TheAvenger80 said:

For the record, I wasn't necessarily saying the seller is crooked, just that the book doesnt look like an 8.0 to me, and that the crack only makes it more suspicious. Some of the corners look eww in those closeups. 

Suppose the crack was not there....would you buy it? Would you buy it with that tanning and writing and no crack?

Personally, that is a poor presenting 8.0. Has a lot of tanning and to me, seems more likely a 7.0 but that is my standards. The writing I actually like and while it might keep a book from 9.4-9.8, if it was the only flaw, I would not mind. The tanning is the problem for me and it seems a generous 8.0. I would not pay as much as other nicer 8.0s. 

[LDarkseid1]

I feel it's justified in its grade of an 8.0, but I agree not the best presenting 8.0.

[Bluemedgroup]

On 11/10/2020 at 12:57 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

I feel it's justified in its grade of an 8.0, but I agree not the best presenting 8.0.

100% agree.  

[namisgr]

Personally, I would never consider buying a multi-thousand dollar comic from an unknown seller who posts terrible photos and can't be troubled to take the slab out of the bag.