Comic damaged by seller? Or really a 9.8? 0

[Mchu0925]

On 11/29/2018 at 2:12 AM, dfx1 said:

Can you post the pictures the seller used in the auction? Im guessing they avoided that corner at all cost and only showed it from a distance.

Yes it was a zoomed out shot that was quite blurry. 

[dfx1]

3 hours ago, Mchu0925 said:

Yes it was a zoomed out shot that was quite blurry. 

Thanks for sharing that picture. Its a really cool comic none the less.

 I checked all of the sales on eBay for that book (there are a large number of them all with better scans) at 9.8 and 9.6. I could only find one that even comes close to the amount of corner(s) issues as yours. I guess thats what would bother me the most. It seems strange yours happens to have the worst corner(s) of any on eBay atm. 

Heres the worst corner I could find (Upper left) All the rest for sale seem perfect as far as I can tell.

Based on everything I would say some of your corner was amplified while in that case but present at time of photo. Your sellers photo shows that lower left corner four time worse than upper left. A trained eye would request another picture of that corner. Photo taken from above comic minimizing the bottom portion and focus on label causing lower end blur. Its seller deception IMO or he just doesn't care.

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by dfx1

[Bomber-Bob]

9 hours ago, Mchu0925 said:

I can’t stop staring at that fuzzy corner. Sucks that I have to pay for return postage back to Canada. 

Thought: you can just sell the book yourself.  BTW, shipping to Canada indeed sucks !

[Mchu0925]

2 hours ago, Bomber-Bob said:

Thought: you can just sell the book yourself.  BTW, shipping to Canada indeed sucks !

Yes, I could probably easily sell it in this market due to Stan lee passing. But i don’t want to be that person who passes a problem onto another unsuspecting person. Hopefully I’ll be able to find another copy without paying an arm and leg

[The Lions Den]

1 hour ago, Mchu0925 said:

Yes, I could probably easily sell it in this market due to Stan lee passing. But i don’t want to be that person who passes a problem onto another unsuspecting person. Hopefully I’ll be able to find another copy without paying an arm and leg

I appreciate your integrity. 

I've come to accept the fact that in the pursuit of perfection there are many detours...

Whatever you decide, good luck and happy holidays!   

[JollyComics]

On 11/29/2018 at 11:42 AM, Bomber-Bob said:

And on this I totally agree. BTW, I think the reason CGC softened up in the 2011/2012 timeframe was because they lost so many senior graders in a short period. Being short staffed also prompted them to cut corners. You will find Grader's notes are often missing during this timeframe. Being rushed, I think many books slipped by. It wasn't a formal, let's start softening edict, just a happening from the circumstances.

Because of C-BCS that was founded in 2012?

Edited December 1, 2018 by JollyComics

[Bomber-Bob]

2 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Because of C-BCS that was founded in 2012?

I think the competition may have forced them to get tighter. So 2011/2012 soft, 2013 tighter. 

[JollyComics]

12 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said:

I think the competition may have forced them to get tighter. So 2011/2012 soft, 2013 tighter. 

So it's their wake up call.  It has been tighter ever since.