sagekilz Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 For some reason - I must have been drunk - I got an Alpha-Flight (1st run) #13 slabbed and it came back a 9.0. No clue what-so-ever why I sent the book in; it must have gotten lost in the shuffle of other books. But to this day I regret the money spent getting it slabbed for obvious reasons. So...what 's your true CGC regret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post newshane Posted December 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2018 I "wasted" quite a bit of money in the early days. Had no idea how to grade and my expectations were way off. As a result, I ended up with a lot of turds. I chalk it up as a learning experience. Can't say I regret it though. Inspired me to improve my skills! Bomber-Bob, sagekilz, BigDaddy1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I have yet to get any comics slabbed so as of yet I have no regrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Batman 227 slabbed, came back a 4.5 sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Before I got a better handle on the Golden Age market I used to slab everything, even low graders. I learned the hard way that slabbing low grade GA is a waste of money since GA collectors want access to the actual stories inside. WolverineX and sagekilz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine180 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I made the mistake about 3 to 4 years ago to have pgx slab most of my books (roughly around 100 books), I was being cheap and at that point. I wanted my books asap. Well, over the last couple years I have been breaking out and resubmiting to cgc along with new books. About 3 months ago I got fed up with looking at 2 labels and broke out final 37 books. And this was about a month before they offered the cross over service lol. My ocd couldn't handle 2 companies anymore. I had a handful of books that were very overgraded. But most came back the same, a grade less or more. I was original submitter so I knew there would be no surprises on resubmission to cgc. Keys_Collector, sagekilz and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lizards2 Posted December 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2018 I never submit, so I have speedcake, sagekilz, bug33fouf and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Anything that doesn't grade what I think it should Steviehuv66, sagekilz, fullerjason and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmakt Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I don't know what I missed. Metropolis had this graded as 9.4 when I bought it, and I figured I'd get at least 9.0 as a place-holder until I could upgrade... "moderate tanning on interior front cover spine stress lines breaks color" *sad trombone* ADAMANTIUM, Larryw7 and sagekilz 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I had a bit of regret slabbing these since I couldn't read them anymore, but I solved that problem with a few lower grade copies. sagekilz, Larryw7, batman_fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picon3 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Early on in my submissions. I think I was enamored with a pedigree book. Not sure now, but it was a dud. sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Sent in an Amazing Spider-man 50 years ago. It came back 9.4 restored with trimming and color touch. At the time, I hated restored books and was quite upset with it being restored. Sold it and actually made a tiny bit of money on it but Oh man if that book had not come back restored it would still be in my collection. sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmakt Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, picon3 said: Early on in my submissions. I think I was enamored with a pedigree book. Not sure now, but it was a dud. I do the same... if like having the Pedigrees slabbed even though doing so lately has really shaking my faith in the accuracy of CGC Pedigree labels... Regardless, *thumbs up* to this one! No regrets! sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagekilz Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, picon3 said: Early on in my submissions. I think I was enamored with a pedigree book. Not sure now, but it was a dud. I like how it just says "Ka-Zar." in the comments, not even an "Appearance by...". Schmakt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 sending in a Batman #1 new 52 variant cover to be slabbed. It came back a 9.8 but in a green label slab because I didn't notice the book had 2 signatures!! BigDaddy1 and sagekilz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) I'm get tired of looking on facebook and see the books that people are getting back. No wonder TAT's are slow. Seems most of the flows through voldy, but my god there are bad bad bad books out there. Edited December 20, 2018 by Pirate sagekilz and mysterio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Schmakt said: I don't know what I missed. Metropolis had this graded as 9.4 when I bought it, and I figured I'd get at least 9.0 as a place-holder until I could upgrade... "moderate tanning on interior front cover spine stress lines breaks color" *sad trombone* You need to get your $2 plus shipping back from Metro sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagekilz Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Pirate said: I'm get tired of looking on facebook and see the books that people are getting back. No wonder TAT's are slow. Seems most of the flows through voldy, but my god there are bad bad bad books out there. I think some collectors who have the CGC bug send anything and everything in, regardless of the worth. It's absolutely their right to do that but sometimes it's just like, "why did you send that completely random ASM issue in to get slabbed?" and then sell it on eBay for $39.99 plus $15 shipping when that's barely worth what it cost to get slabbed? Edited December 20, 2018 by sagekilz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I would say that I regret my very first sub (I believe it was a set of Frank Miller's 300 and a copy of Batman The Man Who Laughs) because I was waaaaay off, but in the end it was a very valuable lesson. I didn't know how much I didn't know about grading at that time. It helped me level up really quickly! sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) I think my first sub was only 1 book a New mutants #98 came back a 7.0... I'll likely keep that book forever... it only cost $152 purchasing the book and grading, but I only sent in the one at a time so I didn't cut down on costs... I probably could have made a $20-30 profit there for a while, but it was my first ever!!! 2nd sub was a FF #48 and something else pre-1975, so I only sent in 2 books, didn't learn my lesson. #48 came back 3.5 And I thought, at the time, that was EXPENSIVE!!! I haven't got much better to be honest, it's only 15 book modern subs, and 6-8 book pre1975... make hay while the sun shines Edited December 20, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM sagekilz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
