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Post by kav on Mar 2, 2023 18:21:21 GMT -8
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Post by jcjames on Mar 2, 2023 20:08:40 GMT -8
Scammers are scum. However, this guy buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash, doesn't seem like he was experienced enough to be buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash. The font of the labels were clearly off. I have only a few cgc slabs, but even a slab-novice like me spotted something "off" with the font. Glad though that he thought enough of it to help educate others, to learn from HIS mistakes, to avoid being taken. |
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Post by kav on Mar 2, 2023 20:24:13 GMT -8
Scammers are scum. However, this guy buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash, doesn't seem like he was experienced enough to be buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash. The font of the labels were clearly off. I have only a few cgc slabs, but even a slab-novice like me spotted something "off" with the font. Glad though that he thought enough of it to help educate others, to learn from HIS mistakes, to avoid being taken. I would have demanded to crack the book right then and there. |
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Post by jcjames on Mar 2, 2023 20:48:27 GMT -8
Scammers are scum. However, this guy buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash, doesn't seem like he was experienced enough to be buying huge-ticket books like that, in cash. The font of the labels were clearly off. I have only a few cgc slabs, but even a slab-novice like me spotted something "off" with the font. Glad though that he thought enough of it to help educate others, to learn from HIS mistakes, to avoid being taken. I would have demanded to crack the book right then and there. Before or after you paid for it? No one's going to crack it before exchanging money. And after money is exchanged, it's yours to do what you want, no demanding necessary. Unless you're demanding the dude hang around while you crack it. |
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Post by jcjames on Mar 3, 2023 8:49:25 GMT -8
I looked back at my current collection - maybe 1500ish books and about 20 slabs. I've never actually bought a slabbed book - only had books that I already owned raw get slabbed (usually after a signature at a con) and the last book I sent to slab was probably in 2015?.
But after watching the many years-long sh!t-show of QC failures and disasters in the cgc-forum thread, there ain't no way in hell I'm sending my precious books to cgc for them to get their meat-hooks on them. Better off dropping them onto an airline luggage conveyer belt.
This is how I imagine cgc handling books sent in for grading nowadays:
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Post by kav on Mar 3, 2023 11:02:44 GMT -8
I would have demanded to crack the book right then and there. Before or after you paid for it? No one's going to crack it before exchanging money. And after money is exchanged, it's yours to do what you want, no demanding necessary. Unless you're demanding the dude hang around while you crack it. yes hang around while i crack and if he dont wanna then no deal. |
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Post by quantumcomics on Mar 3, 2023 11:16:46 GMT -8
Before or after you paid for it? No one's going to crack it before exchanging money. And after money is exchanged, it's yours to do what you want, no demanding necessary. Unless you're demanding the dude hang around while you crack it. yes hang around while i crack and if he dont wanna then no deal. I would love to see this if you tried this at a con with a national dealer. I'm guessing it would be no deal. |
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Post by kav on Mar 3, 2023 11:55:35 GMT -8
No one cares what you would love to see and no one said anything about at a con.
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Post by quantumcomics on Mar 3, 2023 12:27:12 GMT -8
No one cares what you would love to see and no one said anything about at a con. It wasn't an attack. |
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Post by kav on Mar 3, 2023 12:33:20 GMT -8
No one cares what you would love to see and no one said anything about at a con. It wasn't an attack. dang. I'm always swingin' at the fences man. |
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Post by quantumcomics on Mar 3, 2023 13:24:37 GMT -8
dang. I'm always swingin' at the fences man. My fault if I wasn't clear about it, my apologies. |
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Post by kav on Mar 4, 2023 15:16:53 GMT -8
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