Light scuffing = 8.0? Done with CGC 5 5

[Tec-Tac-Toe]

15 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

You didn’t make scans prior to submission?

Indeed! My scanner works "overtime" prior to every submission.

[djpinkpanther67]

8 hours ago, Morganmi said:

So since its Friday and we have no pics of the book in question I 'm officially hijacking this thread to discuss this book that I bought that was cracked out, but the cracked case was sent with it, and had the grade 8.0 ghost rider 16 on it. It was sold to me dirt cheap at grade 8.0 so i'm not complaining at all, but the guy who sold it must have been furious at this grade and probably why it was cracked out. I've starred at this thing many times and cannot find why it was graded that way. The only flaws I see are a few NON color breaking creases along the spine and the wrap isn't perfect. Dosn't seem like this is enough to bring it down to 8.0  but maybe I'm wrong. Any thoughts?

I see multiple CB spine tics on the FC 

[Ride the Tiger]

11 hours ago, kav said:

My understanding of grader's notes-and others can correct me as necessary-is that they are just notes.  Things maybe graders want to communicate to other graders.  They are not a list of all the defects.  They list things that might be overlooked.  Having light grader's notes and thinking that should mean a high grade is a misunderstanding of the function of grader's notes.

I think that's probably correct. In the case of a book graded say 1.5 it would be quite a long list of notes. 

[Hollywood1892]

2 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

This is the “weekend” thread ?

Hope so...posted Friday

[Artboy99]

20 hours ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Just from front .  plenty of ticks etc.

looks to be a < shape scuff or scratch in box

extreme over hang and offset wrap.

bottom corner ding plus more extreme over hang from wrap.

the last picture also shows the book has a stain in the grey shark body. Looks like the shape of a staple?.

[kav]

8 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

the last picture also shows the book has a stain in the grey shark body. Looks like the shape of a staple?.

could also be a scrape.

[Morganmi]

28 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

the last picture also shows the book has a stain in the grey shark body. Looks like the shape of a staple?.

Good eye! Actually looks like a printing defect on close examamination,  looks at the grid of dots but only the darker dots are discolored and the lighter parts look normal. There is no indentation to indicate any scrape. 

[kav]

6 minutes ago, Morganmi said:

Good eye! Actually looks like a printing defect on close examamination,  looks at the grid of dots but only the darker dots are discolored and the lighter parts look normal. There is no indentation to indicate any scrape. 

yes i see it now

[kav]

now if only OP would post a pic-
Another drive-by shouting?

[Morganmi]

2 minutes ago, kav said:

now if only OP would post a pic-
Another drive-by shouting?

Yea I was trying to give us something to get all riled up about while we waited for him but turns out they probably graded this correctly also. Dag nab it! 

[D2]

I was also wondering what had happened. 
 

I actually thought I missed his pic post and went through all 7 pages of this damn thread... only to be pleasantly surprised that the topic was just filled with you guys joking around. 
 

so not an entire loss. Lol

happy Saturday 

[iggy]

2 hours ago, Morganmi said:

Good eye! Actually looks like a printing defect on close examamination,  looks at the grid of dots but only the darker dots are discolored and the lighter parts look normal. There is no indentation to indicate any scrape. 

Oh that’ll buff right off.

[ADAMANTIUM]

Buffet?

Did someone mention there was a buffet?

 

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[Kramerica]

On 11/20/2020 at 9:13 PM, Morganmi said:

So since its Friday and we have no pics of the book in question I 'm officially hijacking this thread to discuss this book that I bought that was cracked out, but the cracked case was sent with it, and had the grade 8.0 ghost rider 16 on it. It was sold to me dirt cheap at grade 8.0 so i'm not complaining at all, but the guy who sold it must have been furious at this grade and probably why it was cracked out. I've starred at this thing many times and cannot find why it was graded that way. The only flaws I see are a few NON color breaking creases along the spine and the wrap isn't perfect. Dosn't seem like this is enough to bring it down to 8.0  but maybe I'm wrong. Any thoughts?

Fingerprints! Oils! Fingerprints! NCB ding. Fingerprints!

The culprit of many a 8.0.

[Ride the Tiger]

OP just posted 2 days ago so it wouldn't have gotten delivered yet. I'm hoping he follows thru and this can turn out to be educational instead of another Friday thread.

[Hollywood1892]

I might have to reiterate something to new collectors, especially as it pertains to the OP.

He seems like a gambling man, buying raws, hoping CGC shares in his opinion of the condition of the book. My opinion

"BUY SLABS"

...you'll never be disappointed 

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said:

I might have to reiterate something to new collectors, especially as it pertains to the OP.

He seems like a gambling man, buying raws, hoping CGC shares in his opinion of the condition of the book. My opinion

"BUY SLABS"

...you'll never be disappointed 

I think you learn more if you submit a bunch of books yourself.   
 

And the endless “How is this a 9.8?” threads tell me your last statement is false.

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

11 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

My opinion

"BUY SLABS"

...you'll never be disappointed 

Really?

That's a flawed opinion Chris, in my opinion.

I used to buy slabs to crack out for my collection. Years ago when I used to collect SA Detective & Batman I cracked out several sweet books. In one I found burn holes thru' several inside pages, not reflected in the grade. One I found snow white pages classed as COW, another I found obviously creamish pages classified as white.

I know CGC has huge volume traffic and in such a massive business there will inevitably be SNAFUS, but I stopped cracking out as a result, it was like opening Pandora's box.

Anyone who thinks buying a book in a slab with an assigned grade on a label is a GUARANTEE is quite frankly naive.

It is a gamble, and a big one.

What's the first thing you do when you buy anything second hand or pre-owned, ANYTHING at all?.....you inspect it, see if the seller was telling the truth.

With a book in a slab you are placing all the trust in some complete unknown person having their best day...handling, grading and assessing your book.

That gamble for me now is predicated these days, on the rare occasions I buy, on NOT opening the slab.

A slab is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna git.  

 

[Hollywood1892]

27 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

I think you learn more if you submit a bunch of books yourself.   
 

And the endless “How is this a 9.8?” threads tell me your last statement is false.

I felt my statement was false about halfway through making it