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The Amazing Chump

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  1. My room is still a crazy mess, but I finally got my shelves put up. Now to get some scans framed for permanent placement!
  2. Love this thread. I've been away for a while, but I started doing videos on some finds (easier than taking pics for me):
  3. Blarg. Can only post one at a time on my iPad
  4. Got these back today. Probably should have had them pressed, but is didn't get them to CGC until a day or so before my coupon expired
  5. I deeply enjoy that this thread has been on these boards as long as me (I think, in any case a crazy-long time).
  6. Well, your small amount is someone else's...wait, no. Nope, the answer on that is just yes.
  7. My 2012 coupon submission: Overall pleased. Two books better than I thought, one worse. Hammered me on the PQ though.
  8. First edition 1967 revised (the houghton-mifflin version after the Avon bootlegs). You should see the snowy white maps on these. I'm going to have to haunt that store this week to see if any other gems pop up.
  9. I can't. Can't. read 100+ pages of this, so I'll just chime in with my opinion. I'm sure it's duplicative of something else you've seen but here goes: This actually makes sense in many ways, and doesn't really call into question their moral fiber. It boils down to whether you believe their stated grading method. Three graders independently get an unmarked book and provide their grades in a vacuum. If that doesn't change, then their impartiality still isn't in doubt. They're just building economies of scale and specialization. Classics does a resto check, freeing the graders up to grade (faster we can all hope). The graders still grade in a vacuum. Doesn't really change all that much. From the collector perspective it certainly codifies the necessity of pressing to achieve high grades. That they bought the company (instead of some kind of strategic partnership) means they're acknowledging this, as well as keeping their preferred provider close to hand. They benefit from Classics expertise in resto, presumably increased speed in resto checks, presumably faster grading times when graders don't need to perform an out-of-skill-set service (resto checks) and they gain an income stream from the pressing. I would assume they would be able to combat burnout and grading fatigue by switching already experienced staff between teams. Hopefully, though, this is the reason they haven't hired any new graders--they were marshaling some funds for a large purpose. Could have just put up a sales thread, though, and save a lot of panties from bunching. Now, I'm off to read the rest of this monstrosity quickly before it gets locked.