Slab Damage

[Sqeggs]

Thanks for validating my literal interpretation of '8.5 is the new 9.2'. While I understood what he meant, I thought, analytically speaking, it was backwards. I started hearing this phrase, usually in reference to age, along the lines of 40 is the new 30. With that in mind,

'9.2 is the new 8.5' . It's all good.

 

No, comicquant had it right. If we want to say that today older people feel or act younger than people did years ago, we say "40 is the new 30." That means today's 40 year-old feels (or acts) the way a 30 year-old did years ago.

 

Comicquant is saying that CGC is tightening its grading. That is, books today receive lower grades than they did a few months (years?) ago. So a book that would have previously received a 9.2 will now receive an 8.5.

 

Ergo: "8.5 is the new 9.2"

[Kelmonster]

I had similar issue. 9.8 book sent reholfered and came back with spine tic. Senr back and cgc was able to fix it - No change in grade. If there was change in grade cgc would compensate me for difference