Those PGX Guys Have Really Tightened Their Grading...

[Red Hook]

to be fair, if you cover up that chunk out of the top and completely ignore the giant water stain and pretend there's no writing on the thing Robin's bursting out of, a VG is a pretty accurate grade for this book

 

You forgot the part where you fire up a huge bong and take a dozen hits before you begin grading.

[lizards2]

to be fair, if you cover up that chunk out of the top and completely ignore the giant water stain and pretend there's no writing on the thing Robin's bursting out of, a VG is a pretty accurate grade for this book

 

You forgot the part where you fire up a huge bong and take a dozen hits before you begin grading.

 

 

Wow - looks schweeet now!!!!

[rjpb]

to be fair, if you cover up that chunk out of the top and completely ignore the giant water stain and pretend there's no writing on the thing Robin's bursting out of, a VG is a pretty accurate grade for this book

 

You forgot the part where you fire up a huge bong and take a dozen hits before you begin grading.

 

A dozen hits? Five or six does me fine, more than that and I can't find the opening in the mylar.

[topofthetotem]

Once again While CGC is not perfect they are 1000 miles ahead of these guys...I mean that guy.

[FFB]

Was the spine spilt tear sealed up or something?

 

Sure looks that way.

 

Can't imagine PGX missing restro...

 

You're joking, right? This is the same company whose primary grader referred to pressing as "ironing out wrinkles" at the San Diego ComiCon panel in 2005, and missed all of those blatant trim jobs from Terrance Leder on the Disney books. They miss restoration all the time.

[Aces]

Was the spine spilt tear sealed up or something?

 

Sure looks that way.

 

Can't imagine PGX missing restro...

 

You're joking, right? This is the same company whose primary grader referred to pressing as "ironing out wrinkles" at the San Diego ComiCon panel in 2005, and missed all of those blatant trim jobs from Terrance Leder on the Disney books. They miss restoration all the time.

 

Yes.

We still don't have a sarcasm graemlin here.

[mosconi]

FFB, I truly doubt this is accidental missed resto. Danny Patterson's whole operation stinks of fraud and insider gift grading. Wouldn't doubt one of his buddies picked this book up thru Heritage knowing full well PGX would bump it up and get their piece of the action Would love to find out if the Heritage buyer happens to live in Oregon

[FFB]

FFB, I truly doubt this is accidental missed resto. Danny Patterson's whole operation stinks of fraud and insider gift grading. Wouldn't doubt one of his buddies picked this book up thru Heritage knowing full well PGX would bump it up and get their piece of the action Would love to find out if the Heritage buyer happens to live in Oregon

 

Could be, and you may indeed be right about that -- but in a way it almost doesn't matter. Whether it's accidental or on purpose, anyone who misses an almost completely sealed spine split has no right to be certifying comics.

[-cryptkeeper-]

 

even my 6 years boy could see it's not a 4.0 , are these guys blind at PGX

 

[valiantman]

FFB, I truly doubt this is accidental missed resto. Danny Patterson's whole operation stinks of fraud and insider gift grading. Wouldn't doubt one of his buddies picked this book up thru Heritage knowing full well PGX would bump it up and get their piece of the action Would love to find out if the Heritage buyer happens to live in Oregon

 

...and somehow, I got publicly derided by multiple people for trying to warn everyone about the same thing.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=comicgen&Number=1390069

[Sal]

FFB, I truly doubt this is accidental missed resto. Danny Patterson's whole operation stinks of fraud and insider gift grading. Wouldn't doubt one of his buddies picked this book up thru Heritage knowing full well PGX would bump it up and get their piece of the action Would love to find out if the Heritage buyer happens to live in Oregon

 

...and somehow, I got publicly derided by multiple people for trying to warn everyone about the same thing.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=comicgen&Number=1390069

 

well, if you hadn't attempted to extrapolate the things wrong with PGX over to those who have used the service - thus insulting a good number of people who used PGX for reasons other than shady ones - i believe no one would have said "boo."

 

it's funny how people have a tendency to be angry when someone calls them either shady or ignorant, regardless of how gently such an assertion is made

[valiantman]

it's funny how people have a tendency to be angry when someone calls them either shady or ignorant, regardless of how gently such an assertion is made

 

That is funny, because you expect the shady to buck up and pretend they're not.

Another result is that the ignorant, while innocent to begin with, are no longer innocent nor ignorant.

 

All in a day's work.

[the blob]

"Tape isn't restoration!

 

Tape can improve the grade of a book now?

 

Where's my scotch roll...?"

 

I don't consider it restoration. I consider it a defect that knocks the grade down. Just like if little Jimmy decided to practice his magic marker skills on a cover.

[skybolt]

it's funny how people have a tendency to be angry when someone calls them either shady or ignorant, regardless of how gently such an assertion is made

 

That is funny, because you expect the shady to buck up and pretend they're not.

Another result is that the ignorant, while innocent to begin with, are no longer innocent nor ignorant.

 

All in a day's work.

 

Don't start this again.

[Sal]

it's funny how people have a tendency to be angry when someone calls them either shady or ignorant, regardless of how gently such an assertion is made

 

That is funny, because you expect the shady to buck up and pretend they're not.

Another result is that the ignorant, while innocent to begin with, are no longer innocent nor ignorant.

 

All in a day's work.

 

well how convenient for you. you get to throw out an insult, and when people get insulted, obviously they deserved it...because of their reaction!

 

yaay!

 

 

and i think you could have found a better way to educate the ignorant than to cast aspersions towards people, but hey, that's just me i guess

[The Black Hand ®]

Well. I bought a CGC 6.5 from Heritage a couple of weeks ago that can't be better than a vg. A Crippen copy too, so CGC is all over the the place as well. Mighty suspicous.

[Wrightson fan]

 

you really need to expand on this one of these days, you know

 

 

I agree Erik. If Daniel is/has/will committ/committed any illegal acts then I think we all have the right to know what it is. I know that all ties were severed with him by you and the guys on the StL boards...but maybe it is something we all should know about?

 

Scott

[nik]

Well. I bought a CGC 6.5 from Heritage a couple of weeks ago that can't be better than a vg. A Crippen copy too, so CGC is all over the the place as well. Mighty suspicous.

 

Same goes for my Jumbo Comics that was graded a 9.0.

 

I know its a GA book and all, but any other book I subbed if it was in similar condition, I could not see it grading any higher then a 8.0 tops

[OldGuy]

 

you really need to expand on this one of these days, you know

 

 

I agree Erik. If Daniel is/has/will committ/committed any illegal acts then I think we all have the right to know what it is. I know that all ties were severed with him by you and the guys on the StL boards...but maybe it is something we all should know about?

 

Scott

 

He's more the "give criminals a forum to be heard" type then the "call them out" type. At least that's what history has taught us.

[valiantman]

...i think you could have found a better way to educate the ignorant than to cast aspersions towards people, but hey, that's just me i guess

 

i'm not here to be clever.