GRADING CONTEST : Round 7

[mar-vell]

wow! i would have been closer if i had the book in hand! I still don't see the crease! must be visible at an angle!

[Aces]

Wow...I thought I was going too tough for 8.5. This is a darn nice looking 7.0 compared to that TEC book. Wow.

 

I thought I was being a bad aze guessing 8.0.

[Warlord]

Wow, so many goose eggs.... makes me start thinking about Easter.

 

Glad I had a lot of company at the 9.0 grade. What, only 4 people scored any points that round? Brutal!

 

Totally did NOT see any crease below Angel's feet. Even being told there's a crease there, I can see only the most incredibly tiny hint of a crease, still can't even be sure it's there where I'm looking.

[Warlord]

Dang, the correct grade just hit me -- ebay NM! I coulda nailed it!

[divad]

Diagonal crease from right edge to bottom edge just below Angels feet kills this book

 

Kinda tough to see that crease in the yellow zone . . . keep submiting books like this, and we'll be here until 2008!

[nik]

I promise to give you guys some gravy to grade

[greggy]

Sweet, most people fugged this one up

[topofthetotem]

Sweet, most people fugged this one up

[grandz-migration]

Could not see any creases. Like I pm'd Nik,

 

I will not enter a grade after coming home from the

bar again. Then again, it wouldn't have helped me

see any creases anyway.

[THE_BEYONDER]

I figured it looked like a 9.2

 

Smacked it to 9.0 for the tanning

 

Smacked it a full grade point down to 8.0 for the BC staining

 

Never noticed any crease....

[divad]

I promise to give you guys some gravy to grade

 

Just don't forget the biscuits!

 

Nah, just keep mind-schtuppin' us

[Paladin]

From worst to "spot on". I need to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow.

[osborn_fr]

How are we supposed to submit a grade, if flaws are not visible on the scan ?

Even more if we don't have the grader notes ?

I personally gave this book a grade of 9.0, and it's for sure in the 9.0 range without the crease.

 

I give up.

 

And yes, you may have noticed, i'm

 

 

 

 

Maybe i should not take all this contest too seriously

[Mad Dog]

Damn was i off on this one

 

I guessed 9.0 myself, didnt see the crease and was sure i would get points on this one,

 

It pust it in perspective when you buy raw books based on scans, huh? I guess i was too lazy this time to ask questions about hidden creases, but i dont think there is anything wrong with the way the contest is running. It is simulating real-life scenarios when you buy books on most dealer sites, maybe except Metro who always emails better and bigger scans before you close the deal.

 

for the next one...

[Mad Dog]

From worst to "spot on". I need to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow.

 

Well if you put a monkey in front of a typewriter long enough, eventually it will learn how to type

 

Well spotted, either you have a secret weapon or you ask just the right questions.

Keep it up

[Fan4Fan]

 

 

this is the worst i have ever done in any grading contest, ever. jeebus. makes me feel like quitting the hobby

 

Double

 

I will say that I have a new monitor (both at work and at home) since the last time we had grading contests here (and I still can't see the crease).

 

Or, maybe this is what I get for slacking off on buying books and just enjoying the stories in the ones I have.

[Owls Head]

 

 

this is the worst i have ever done in any grading contest, ever. jeebus. makes me feel like quitting the hobby

 

Double

 

I will say that I have a new monitor (both at work and at home) since the last time we had grading contests here (and I still can't see the crease).

 

Or, maybe this is what I get for slacking off on buying books and just enjoying the stories in the ones I have.

 

That's a great idea

[Mr. Zipper]

CGC hammers the hell out of stains. Those two stains alone were enough to drop it to 8.5.

 

And that's what I graded it.

 

Didn't see -- and still can't see -- the crease.

 

[toro]

Could any photoshop experts out there help the blind (me ) and point out the stains and the crease for me? (and for the few others who can't see them)

 

Thank you in advance!

Ernie

[Fan4Fan]

Could any photoshop experts out there help the blind (me ) and point out the stains and the crease for me? (and for the few others who can't see them)

 

Thank you in advance!

Ernie

 

The one stain that I saw (on the back cover, lower left edge) I should have asked about.