Lhel1271 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I just wanted to say that- as a first-time user of this service- I am truly dissatisfied. When I first acquired my comic books as a little boy, I hardly looked at them, and they were well stored in a sturdy comic box, with acid-free backers and bags, in a climate-controlled safe and stress-free environment. When I got my comics back from my first grading, I was shocked to see that they had been given 8.0 grades. There had been nothing done to warrant such a mark. I am sorry that I had to be a paid member to get express servicing done but it will be the last time I do so. Lanny JcomicJ, thehumantorch, jsilverjanet and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystafo Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Welcome to the boards! Sorry you first time didn't go too great...do you have any good pics of the book so we might see if the grades are way off? It wasn't until I got my first 9.6s and 9.8s that I realized what a NM+ was supposed to look like. KobaltDog, KEY ISSUES Comics and Get Marwood & I 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraclemet Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, Lhel1271 said: I was shocked to see that they had been given 8.0 grades. There had been nothing done to warrant such a mark. Lanny Have you looked at your grader notes (log in, look at your submissions, hover over the grader notes on a particluar book) It may tell you some info on why it got a particular grade. Would love to hear back if this helps and what the grader notes were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Sorry to hear you weren't happy with the grades. You see this a lot with first time submissions. I think if you'll compare your 8.0's to other 8.0's out there you'll see the grade is consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 “Hardly looked at them” is not the same as never looked at them. It doesn’t take that much handling, especially when you’re a kid, to de-Near Mint a comic. I still have many of my readers from 20+ years ago, and I guarantee none of them are 9.8s despite being carefully handled and stored. Don’t be bitter for long, chalk this up as your first grading lesson. We’ve all had them. JcomicJ, SuperGrover and KEY ISSUES Comics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldOrder Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Lhel1271 said: I just wanted to say that- as a first-time user of this service- I am truly dissatisfied. When I first acquired my comic books as a little boy, I hardly looked at them, and they were well stored in a sturdy comic box, with acid-free backers and bags, in a climate-controlled safe and stress-free environment. When I got my comics back from my first grading, I was shocked to see that they had been given 8.0 grades. There had been nothing done to warrant such a mark. I am sorry that I had to be a paid member to get express servicing done but it will be the last time I do so. Lanny Obviously you didn't. Its impossible for NM books to be mis-graded that many times as 8.0's. I bet my life that if I saw those books you I wouldn't agree with your noob grading. Edited October 5, 2018 by NewWorldOrder stupid boardie jason4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mysterio Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 It’s possible that this is the Friday thread. Tony S, Larryw7, James J Johnson and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Transplant Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, NewWorldOrder said: Obviously you didn't. Its impossible for NM books to be mis-graded that many times as 8.0's. I bet my life that if I saw those books you would I wouldn't agree with your noob grading. NWO, board ambassador, everyone. october, Spidey 62, NewWorldOrder and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Books don't necessarily come off the racks mint Even if you cared for them as such.... not looking at them might mean you don't remember their condition to begin with mattn792 and KEY ISSUES Comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCMiles Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 9 minutes ago, NewWorldOrder said: Obviously you didn't. Its impossible for NM books to be mis-graded that many times as 8.0's. I bet my life that if I saw those books you I wouldn't agree with your noob grading. Always so welcoming and understanding. I remember when you were a misguided noob. At least you're not a noob anymore. NewWorldOrder, lizards2, jsilverjanet and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mysterio said: It’s possible that this is the Friday thread. Naw. The OP will never respond and it will fizzle out quick Wow - would have saved my 25,000 post for something special if I would have noticed. Edited October 5, 2018 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Just now, 1Cool said: Naw. The OP will never respond and it will fizzle out quick 25,000th post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldOrder Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, MCMiles said: Always so welcoming and understanding. I remember when you were a misguided noob. At least you're not a noob anymore. Are you still mad the Eagles won the SB? I was never a noob at grading. Edited October 5, 2018 by NewWorldOrder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 59 minutes ago, Lhel1271 said: I just wanted to say that- as a first-time user of this service- I am truly dissatisfied. When I first acquired my comic books as a little boy, I hardly looked at them, and they were well stored in a sturdy comic box, with acid-free backers and bags, in a climate-controlled safe and stress-free environment. When I got my comics back from my first grading, I was shocked to see that they had been given 8.0 grades. There had been nothing done to warrant such a mark. I am sorry that I had to be a paid member to get express servicing done but it will be the last time I do so. Lanny It doesn't take much for an 8.0 to be made. It might ave gotten some bendies on the comic rack before you bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 47 minutes ago, mattn792 said: “Hardly looked at them” is not the same as never looked at them. It doesn’t take that much handling, especially when you’re a kid, to de-Near Mint a comic. I still have many of my readers from 20+ years ago, and I guarantee none of them are 9.8s despite being carefully handled and stored. Don’t be bitter for long, chalk this up as your first grading lesson. We’ve all had them. Not all of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSeas Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Count yourself fortunate that you got 8.0's. Boy, I'd be lucky if my 70's comics would hit 8.0. The only comics I've gotten that are close to near mint are those I bought when I was an adult, because by then I figured out how you were suppose to handle them. I started buying comics on my own with my allowance money when I was 10, so 1973 and on. All of those I had from that time until maybe 1979-1980 were well read. Remember those 16 page ad things that they put in the comics in the mid 70's? I used to hate them as a kid and I removed/tore them out - I was so mad that "how dare they put in 16 pages of ads"....I almost want to cry and cringe when thinking about that now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) The “Assorted Comics” section of the large Clink auctions ought to just be renamed “Books from my first sub that I thought were 9.8s”. The OP is not unique in this situation. Edited October 5, 2018 by mysterio Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondtrader54 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I think a great many images are of really highly graded books. The 9.6 and 9.8. Now i don;'t know when the writer was a little boy and acquired his comics but 8 is a really good grade for books from the 60's. I thin when we get to the 90's is when we find the super high grades. So your 8's may indeed be really good grades. Btw. I had an FF 42 graded that came back as an 8. I still can't detect the problems. Book is glossy with white pages. You can however tell it was read. The 9.6 and 9.8 i have are unread. KobaltDog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Good info for adjusting expectations: sellcomics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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