ebay id bronze!

[october]

On a side note, dealers like this really leave a buyer in a catch-22. Their grading is off by enough to justify leaving a negative, but they give full refunds and are friendly enough to make the buyer feel bad about it. What to do? I usually don't leave any feedback at all.

[Sal]

actually, last night i looked through my spreadsheets and discovered that i had, in fact, purchased from this guy in the past.

 

Avengers 98 in "VF+" turns out to be a "F+"

 

poop.

 

but i paid under grade for it, not an obscenely low amount, but it still was bad enough a grading oversight to keep me from buying again

[nik]

Now I remember this seller.

 

Only bought once a couple of years ago, I believe an FF 9? advertised as a VF/NM which turned out to be a VF- at best.

[october]

I am sensing a bit of a pattern here. We need to compile a list of eBay overgraders. There is no reason why half a dozen of us should have flushed our money down the toilet when it could have been avoided.

[nik]

Me thinks that would be one mighty big list

[Sal]

seriously.

 

you might have a better chance just compiling a list of every comic seller on ebay and asking everyone to put a checkmark next to the people they've bought from and a general impression of each

[october]

I guess the shorted list would be of the accurate graders, but no one is going to want to reveal their sources.

[nik]

LCS, Bedrock Comics in Framingham Mass,

 

the best, period

[october]

LCS, Bedrock Comics in Framingham Mass,

 

the best, period

 

I bought my Tomb of Dracula 1 from them. Graded spot-on leaning towards the conservative.

[Thegoldenage]

Or your knowledge of ebay sellers. Maybe there is no difference however...

[Sal]

please note these are all anecdotal, based on one time usage by yours truly;

 

kimiakane will overcharge you for shipping. and i mean overcharge. ouchie.

ingrid_mcleary will stuff ten bagged and boarded books - admittedly, books you underpaid for by about 90% - unprotected into a comic-sized USPS envelope. books will receive damage.

ronlocknut will throw your books - unbagged, unboarded and unprotected - into a standard USPS mailer. good luck, and Godspeed

 

 

i'm sure there are others. but this is all i have notes on right now

[october]

I have a bunch...

 

Neatstuff, Kochkom, cosmic-king : grading was off by 2 or more points

 

kimiakane, caapscomics, matrixhasyou, aardvarkps, bronze!, wonderlandcomics, imagesowner2 : grading off by a point or more

 

29frank29: books not packaged properly, no protection even though I specifically asked for cardboard sheets

[shrunkenhead]

Sorry to hear about the bad experience with bronze. I looked through my stuff, and I think I bought four books from this guy...two that I thought were graded ok, one that was a notch soft, and one that was two notches soft. Still, the one that was two notches soft was a Batman 222 at about 1/3 guide, so I didn't complain. Would I buy from him again? Yeah, probably, but I'd be cautious about anything over $20.

[october]

You got a Batman 222 at a third of guide? What shape is it in?

 

In general, it can be hard to judge dealers based on the experiences of others. I was exchanging info with another guy recently and one of his "absolutely do not buy from" sellers was someone I had dealt with at least 4 or 5 times with amazing success. I guess you never know.

[shrunkenhead]

You got a Batman 222 at a third of guide? What shape is it in?

 

I'd grade it as a tight VF-. Bronze gave it a VF+.

[october]

You got a Batman 222 at a third of guide? What shape is it in?

 

I'd grade it as a tight VF-. Bronze gave it a VF+.

 

Still, that's a nice pickup!