Help, I think I'm being screwed!

[LordRahl]

It was a Fine but already had some amateur resto on the cover that had bled thru to the inside of the cover. It does look better now than it did as I think it's about a VF now. What PLOD label? It's not going to CGC, it's staying in my collection raw.

[drbanner]

What was done to the FF 5? Hopefully the shmear at the top wasn't involved!

[supapimp]

honestly, i think comic keys could've did a better job than that.

[LordRahl]

The resto certificate says

1. Clean cover

2. Strengthen spine and staple areas

3. Replace small chip to right side of front cover

4. Minor color touch to cover as necessary

5. Press

So nothing was done about the fingerprint at the top, I thought he'd color touch that out but...

[supapimp]

don't you usually give him a list of things to do?

[LordRahl]

Not sure what SOP is since this is the first books I've had restored. I basically told him I wanted as high a grade as possible and he told me what needed to be done. I assumed that when he color touched the cover that would include getting rid of that fingerprint but I guess I was wrong.

[drbanner]

3. Replace small chip to right side of front cover

 

I assume that's the discolored area to the right of Invisible Girls' though balloon?

[LordRahl]

That's it. It shows up pretty well on the scan.

[shadroch]

Had the work been done on a timely basis, and the $150 charged for the #5, would you have been happy with it?