WolverineX Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I'm enjoy picking up my Showcase 6 at "reasonable" prices compared to FF1. jimjum12 and skypinkblu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 9:40 PM, kav said: Buzz after renovation: HotKey, ThothAmon and Buzzetta 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 8:00 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: Buzz Overpass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 10:02 PM, kav said: On 8/30/2021 at 10:00 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: Buzz Overpass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 8:09 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: WHAT is your favorite comic book- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 10:44 PM, kav said: Dont think your homeowners assn would approve that baby. I don't have a homeowners association. Village code. I think I would welcome a homeowners association as many of us would have overturned some of the nonsense . jaybuck43 and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 8:58 AM, G G ® ™ said: This definitely should be the new Forums anthem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 8:18 PM, Buzzetta said: I don't have a homeowners association. Village code. I think I would welcome a homeowners association as many of us would have overturned some of the nonsense . Lotta village insufficiently thoughtful people I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) About an hour ago, Abramson tweeted: "Tomorrow the WATA story is going to blow wide open. Stay tuned." He tends to be overly dramatic, even when he has something new and substantive to say ... so take that for what it's worth. Edited August 31, 2021 by Sweet Lou 14 WolverineX and MatterEaterLad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Rob Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 12:29 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said: About an hour ago. Abramson tweeted: "Tomorrow the WATA story is going to blow wide open. Stay tuned." He tends to be overly dramatic, even when he has something new and substantive to say ... so take that for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted August 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 10:18 PM, Buzzetta said: I don't have a homeowners association. Village code. I think I would welcome a homeowners association as many of us would have overturned some of the nonsense . Mystafo, Timmay, Sweet Lou 14 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Posted without comment, make of it what you will. https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/video-game-grading-house-wata-told Larryw7, HotKey and Microchip 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotKey Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 7:37 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said: Posted without comment, make of it what you will. https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/video-game-grading-house-wata-told Well that is certainly damning. Buzzetta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatterEaterLad Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 5:37 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said: Posted without comment, make of it what you will. https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/video-game-grading-house-wata-told For those who don't want to slog through the whole article, it's basically this: WATA CEO Deniz Kahn has stated on multiple occasions that WATA employees are not allowed to have games graded by WATA or sell games graded by WATA. Meanwhile Mark Haspel, a name well-known to most of us, and a guy currently on WATA's Executive Team, has a lucrative side-hustle selling WATA games. Basically he's doing what we all condemned PGX for doing. Self dealing. WolverineX and comicwiz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 8:39 AM, MatterEaterLad said: For those who don't want to slog through the whole article, it's basically this: WATA CEO Deniz Kahn has stated on multiple occasions that WATA employees are not allowed to have games graded by WATA or sell games graded by WATA. Meanwhile Mark Haspel, a name well-known to most of us, and a guy currently on WATA's Executive Team, has a lucrative side-hustle selling WATA games. Basically he's doing what we all condemned PGX for doing. Self dealing. If he is not submitting the games to WATA, other than Kahn's statement, is there anything wrong with buying and selling the graded games? Legit question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 8:39 AM, MatterEaterLad said: Meanwhile Mark Haspel, a name well-known to most of us, and a guy currently on WATA's Executive Team, has a lucrative side-hustle selling WATA games. Basically he's doing what we all condemned PGX for doing. Self dealing. Shocker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Timmay, comicwiz and Larryw7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatterEaterLad Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 6:46 AM, theCapraAegagrus said: If he is not submitting the games to WATA, other than Kahn's statement, is there anything wrong with buying and selling the graded games? Legit question. The article claims that Haspel is having them graded through WATA and receiving very generous grades. He's an expert collector, with a big wallet, so he might just be buying really high grade stuff. But to your original question, it's wrong when the WATA President states that no employees are allowed to sell WATA games, period. He's stating that as company policy. The reason he makes that statement is because he knows it's a conflict of interest and hurts the integrity of WATA. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 9:37 AM, MatterEaterLad said: The article claims that Haspel is having them graded through WATA and receiving very generous grades. He's an expert collector, with a big wallet, so he might just be buying really high grade stuff. But to your original question, it's wrong when the WATA President states that no employees are allowed to sell WATA games, period. He's stating that as company policy. The reason he makes that statement is because he knows it's a conflict of interest and hurts the integrity of WATA. . My question is if it is otherwise "wrong"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) On 8/31/2021 at 9:37 AM, MatterEaterLad said: But to your original question, it's wrong when the WATA President states that no employees are allowed to sell WATA games, period. He's stating that as company policy. The reason he makes that statement is because he knows it's a conflict of interest and hurts the integrity of WATA. Particularly because the person at the center of these allegations was groomed in a culture where conflict of interest, even perceived, was seen as a no-no. The strict avoidance of COI was bolstered as an important part of CGC's early days of maintaining impartiality in grading. People who weren't around in the early days of these boards might not know, or recall, but Steve and company were banging on the drum of keeping comic "collecting" separate from their occupation as impartial graders. I feel that when Steve left, those principles may have been loosened, but there is no way anyone with their history and involvement with CGC, can say they didn't recognize that even a perception of impropriety was possible from their conduct while being part of WATA. Edited August 31, 2021 by comicwiz MatterEaterLad, HotKey and wormboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
