This is one of the many reasons I decided to stop using CGC recently. I am happy to be back collecting and selling only raws again! Thanks for sharing!!
The inconsistency is really hurting CGC, in my opinion. I'm still reeling from the purple label for cover cleaning nonsense Your candid assessments are appreciated. It's valuable information.
i randomly came across this video and what stood out the most to me the entire time was the amazing spiderman on your wall with carnage on the cover. I owned that comic as a kid and watching this video makes me want to pick up a graded copy to hang on the wall.
I've had this discussion with you before. My 9.8 that is really a 9.2/9.4 that I recently got back from CGC. I had it forsale but pulled it down and am keeping it for the time being. I'm going to wait for the writer/cover artist to do a signing hopefully one day soon and send it in. Hopefully the new grade will reflect the actual book. That's a great book you have and I feel your pain. But I can honestly say this is the first book I've received back that was this far off the mark. Cheers keep up the great videos.
To get a 9.0 or 9.2 you need a bigger color breaking crease. Unless I just can’t see it in the video. From what I see you got the crunch out and not much color break there.
Self Appointed... And how do 'professional' comic book graders receive their appraisal training and 'certification'? Like, don't most similar positions, like becoming a 'professional sommelier' involve passing 'standardized' tests, and getting certified by a respected international organization?
This should be a lesson to everyone. CGC is so irregular and so tempermental that submitting a book today is a litteral crap shoot. Next time i submit a book im including a pair of dice and asking the grader to roll me a 7!
That's why always look at pics closely when buying slabs. I just bought a marvel spotlight, 1st solo moonknight cgc 6.5 for 105. There were several other candidates but they were all so different. This one looks like an 8. Staples were in good spot no major flaws visible or noted. Gotta really do your homework.
Great example of why CGC's grades are unreliable indicators of condition. Which is funny, because, other than protecting the comic from being bent, an accurate "grade" is only purpose of CGC grades, and they're not accurate - lol. What makes no sense is why the community willfully ignores this fact. Why would anyone pay 10 times more for a 9.8 than they'd pay for a 9.0, when they (and everyone) knows that the grades are so inconsistent that they can be off by 1 to 1.5 full grades? Everyone complains about the lack of grader's notes. Newsflash - There's a reason there aren't many grader's notes - they can't include them because if collectors were able to compare notes on various grades, they'd be able to prove how inconsistent the grades are. "Judgement" calls aren't causing these grades to be so far off, and they're not nuances (like 5.0 vs. 5.5). These grades are the result of a room full of inexperienced people grinding through stacks of comics, slapping meaningless grades on them. And yet, people still waste their money on this. All proof of the Greater Fool Theory.
Maybe something I see with you today helps flip a switch in my head. I've watched some of your other vids that has helped tweak my pressing method, thanks. Now, though, I'm currently in pressing purgatory. I've sent in over 1000 books to CGC and have 50 incoming. I know what I'm doing. All of a sudden I haven't had a clean book in over two weeks. I'm getting ripples on the last twelve books I've done. I've tried too many diff combinations: books on table for three days to dry/humidifying times/non humidifying/press times/temps/fresh paper-parchment to correct what the hell is going wrong. I'm currently taking a week off from pressing. It's probably something stupid I've brain farted on. Kaptain Myke has been trying to help!
Try doing two additional drying presses after your "final" press. About 135 degrees for 10-15 minutes, flip book on second press. Replace bottom srp with 1 sheet of copy paper, srp paper on top as normal. This is something I'm testing and it seems to be working so far. Once the 30 books I have out at CGC come back, it'll hopefully confirm that the occasional waviness thing is fixed. If it isn't fixed, I'll try doing 4 drying presses. It seems paper drys a LOT slower than most people realize (me included)
Oh, and go 3 or 4 turns lighter on the pressure for regular presses and 3 or 4 turns lighter than that for drying. This seems to have helped me as well, corner flaring happens a lot less frequently as well.
@@ImproveCollectingComics Cool, Kaptain Myke said to leave the failed books out to dry for 2-3 weeks. I originally just did my normal spot steamer on them all. I rarely use a humbox. I live in AZ so humidity isn't a factor. It's nuts. I did also back off on pressure too with some of the combos I did. The last thing I tried was the Kaptain's 24 hr humboxing then Kaptain's instructions on his ripple video...fail. What I'll think I'll do is follow the Kaptain's instructions after the dry time. I will def copy down your instructions, and try your method, which I can see might do the trick as in it's concept makes sense, if the Kaptain's fails. Really it's probably something stupid. My girlfriend broke up with me for the 4th or 5th time recently and so that may be an issue too, lol. I'm just chilling for a few days more looking at my presses, hum and light boxes watching Prime videos. This is what I do for a living so I have to get back in the saddle to pay the bills! Thanks!
@@ImproveCollectingComics One day I'll try to go on the road and meet up with all the Pressers that have helped me make $$$ like you. I won't go into my history much but slabbing got me back in the business i used to love after crashing during the early 90s gimmiky comic book glut, I used to own seven comic book locations. I'd buy you a steak dinner and all the beer you can consume! My daughter lives in Washington State where the Kaptain and Immaculate Rick lives!
Relationship problems can (and do) really mess with your head. I hope you’re getting through it alright. Taking some time away from from pressing is probably a good idea. Taking some time away may help with the other issue also. I wish you the best of luck and good health.
It can be reduced and sometimes eliminated. I didn't get 100% of it off, but enough to get a 9.8. I had to use the tack iron on some stubborn areas, but not too much of it. It was a pretty big time commitment, though.. I worked on that book over several days if I remember correctly. But worth it in this case (only because I got 9.8)
And I now that CGC doesn't seem to CURRENTLY consider 'dry' cleaning or 'moist' pressing to be 'restoration'. However, can 'experts' even detect whether a comic has 'pressed' or 'cleaned' in any manner? For instance, I know that in the 'CURRENCY' collecting community any attempt at pressing/ironing bills to reduce/eliminate the appearance of wrinkles/folds etc., or washing COINS are both considered to be forms of 'restoration' and therefore affect the value. Just wondering if people think whether comic collectors might ever change their 'rules', or if currently acceptable 'pressing/cleaning' processes are even detectable?
Yes, Roll with CGC. Keep it real. I've mentioned before here that I've had books come in lower, some two to three grades lower even, and some higher the opposite way. I just Roll with it with the thinking that things even out. I only work with late bronze, copper so I've never dealt with really expensive books. I've never cracked and resent. I just sell and move on.
I don't really give that info, since I just do what KaptainMyke's book does when it comes to times and temperatures. However, I will give any info on anything that I tweak/come up with myself.
@@ImproveCollectingComics i have the kaptainmykel’s book but I thought you had other ways of removing those creases, like subscription crease. I even steam the book but the subscription crease is always there.
hello! new subscriber, question about when books should not get pressed? example if you have some rare books like ff 48, 49 but are in about a 3-4.5 range (most of the damage being spine roll, spine ticks, unsure if safe to open the books.) do you have these type of books pressed and graded? just graded? or keep raw?
The main concerns are increasing (or creating) a spine split or popping a staple. If the books are fragile, then it is probably not a good idea to work on them. You could still carefully clean them, but that's about it. It's up to you whether you have them graded. Grading often maximizes the price you'll get, but the grader will have to leaf through the book to grade it. If you are worried about it getting damaged, I'd probably just keep it raw.
@@ImproveCollectingComics thanks a lot for responding, i had bad luck 3-4 local lcs wouldn't look at my books to give me advice unless i was selling to them
Just curious I sent in 3 books to get graded and was told by email from CGC the suffered a corner crunch on the upper right side of the book and they would take it to press to work it out by their people and wondered how well do they do at pressing and also that one book was i believe on card stock and if that can be worked out as well since im very new to submitting books to CGC?
Sorry to hear that. It depends on the severity of the corner crunch and if there is color break, and if it's on the spine or not. The spine typically takes a tack iron to best remove a crunch there, and I'm not sure that CGC does that
Will do that, thanks! Luckily, I had just decided to transfer all my photos, files, etc to my computer a week earlier. It had been 3 years and I thought it was time.. so glad I did. I only lost a bunch of videos for this channel, and some were very short and are easy to repeat
Yeah this is troubling when you consider people spending money for books like this and the grading can be so inconsistent. My question is how would you feel selling this book as a 9.8?
No you should not feel bad for feeling that way if you have a good conscience when selling that book to someone it's not right knowing that it's not the grade it is on the book that's the problem people buy the grade and don't look at books and they should
They are getting sloppy all around. (Cgc). Just received 2 comics back that were supposedly pressed and graded 9.4. Both have no notes and came back worse shape than went in.
I've had books come back with defects that weren't there before. I treat it as a cost of doing business, with all the hands on the books during the submission/grading process. But yeah.. wish they'd be less fumble-fingered
I fear in a decade or sooner, the pandemic and post pandemic era spike in “values” will reveal a lowering of quality in the grading process of that era. Huge expansion of novice grading personnel. Huge in-boxes being rushed through for $.
It really baffles me how a CGC 9.8 of a book can look so much different than another 9.8 of the same book. When buying a pre-slabbed I take that into account. 9.8s are not all equal. I will not pay the same just because "9.8" And with getting new books slabbed these days... the prevalence of the purple label now... yikes...
I have to disagree with you and your grading tool. I like your grading tool because it is very conservative but, from what I saw in the video it was only a corner crunch. I didn’t see a traditional color break. Now the very edge of the cover showed some white. For me I wouldn’t consider that a color break but YOU are by far more experienced than I and I would in most cases defer to you. Honestly after you pressed out the crunch I didn’t see anything. I thought an 8.5 for a corner crunch was harsh. Seemed more like a 9.0-9.2 because the crunch was very small. You might be a little OCD but it serves you well in this hobby so embrace it and don’t let the great grade bother you. If I purchased that slab I wouldn’t have any issues with it whatsoever. I purchased a CGC slab about a month ago. It was a 9.8 but when I received it I examined the cover it’s not a 9.8. Not even close.
Thanks for the feedback. It really is hard to show in the video, but there are 3 distinct white lines where the crunch used to be. If you add up all the color break, it caps the book at 9.0 according to what I've found in my research. But maybe there are exceptions to the rule that we don't know about. CGC has a lot of secrecy.. not sure why.
@@ImproveCollectingComics thanks for clearing that up because I really couldn’t see those color breaks.. Maybe the length and the severity of the color break has something to do with why you received a 9.8 vs. a 9.4. Oh well I really appreciate your channel. You’re one of the best. Maybe next year you will be nominated for an award from the Comic Book Community Awards that is if you care about that sort of thing.
My question-are you going to sell it as a 9.8- knowing that it has a corner problem. Its why I dont do slabs, people are always upset when the dont get a grade they want and say how they dont trust CGC. But they are okay when CGC gives them a 9.8 on a book that they know isnt a 9.8 Well, its one of the reasons anyway
@@ImproveCollectingComics looking at this, I should have worded this better. Sorry man, I apologize, didnt mean to offend. But it is an honest query and a hard one to ask without giving offence
Hey, once a 9.8 ALWAYS a 9.8! Even if the comic has been in a shop's front window for a decade and is completely FADED, if the CBC label says 9.8 then that's what it is!
they are the experts...riiiiiiiiiight. They oughta rename themselves 'Cluster f*** Grading Company'
LOL
It’s called honesty and ethics and you sir have plenty of both👍🏽👍🏽
This is one of the many reasons I decided to stop using CGC recently. I am happy to be back collecting and selling only raws again! Thanks for sharing!!
The inconsistency is really hurting CGC, in my opinion. I'm still reeling from the purple label for cover cleaning nonsense
Your candid assessments are appreciated. It's valuable information.
🎉You are my inspiration
Interesting vid and grading results. Thank you for showing us your process too.
A Win is a Win 😮. Like you stated...they are the professionals.
Happy for the end result with the 9.8. You saved that book.
i randomly came across this video and what stood out the most to me the entire time was the amazing spiderman on your wall with carnage on the cover. I owned that comic as a kid and watching this video makes me want to pick up a graded copy to hang on the wall.
Thanks for stopping by! That is one awesome book.. I got really lucky with the grade.
That books looks good. I think it was a 9.6 at best. So be happy with your 9.8.
Congratulations on the huge grade bump!
Thanks!
Something I’ve noticed with CGC is that faster turnaround time usually does not equal more accurate grading or better quality control.
Crazy😂 you honestly never know. Thanks for detailing the process so well
I've had this discussion with you before. My 9.8 that is really a 9.2/9.4 that I recently got back from CGC. I had it forsale but pulled it down and am keeping it for the time being. I'm going to wait for the writer/cover artist to do a signing hopefully one day soon and send it in. Hopefully the new grade will reflect the actual book. That's a great book you have and I feel your pain. But I can honestly say this is the first book I've received back that was this far off the mark. Cheers keep up the great videos.
Thanks, Russell. Let me know how it goes with the signing! Maybe we'll find out that they still think it's a 9.8? Who knows...
To get a 9.0 or 9.2 you need a bigger color breaking crease. Unless I just can’t see it in the video. From what I see you got the crunch out and not much color break there.
Great video - I’m working on a corner crunch on a Blue Beetle #2. Seller didn’t package that well, so bummed because it was a flawless file copy…
Yeah it's such a sinking feeling when you see shipping damage
CGC is a professional grading service?
😂
Self Appointed...
And how do 'professional' comic book graders receive their appraisal training and 'certification'? Like, don't most similar positions, like becoming a 'professional sommelier' involve passing 'standardized' tests, and getting certified by a respected international organization?
congrats! Glad to see the win. I thought 9.6 or 9.4 before you revealed.
If you can’t find a tack iron a seam iron from a fabric shop works too
Thanks for the tip! Please drop a link to one your recommend, if you get a chance
Yea I’ve been using the Clover 2 mini with the large tip and it works great.
@@BigD9176 I use that one too lol
This should be a lesson to everyone. CGC is so irregular and so tempermental that submitting a book today is a litteral crap shoot. Next time i submit a book im including a pair of dice and asking the grader to roll me a 7!
lol
That's why always look at pics closely when buying slabs. I just bought a marvel spotlight, 1st solo moonknight cgc 6.5 for 105. There were several other candidates but they were all so different. This one looks like an 8. Staples were in good spot no major flaws visible or noted. Gotta really do your homework.
Definitely! Great pickup btw
Great example of why CGC's grades are unreliable indicators of condition. Which is funny, because, other than protecting the comic from being bent, an accurate "grade" is only purpose of CGC grades, and they're not accurate - lol. What makes no sense is why the community willfully ignores this fact. Why would anyone pay 10 times more for a 9.8 than they'd pay for a 9.0, when they (and everyone) knows that the grades are so inconsistent that they can be off by 1 to 1.5 full grades? Everyone complains about the lack of grader's notes. Newsflash - There's a reason there aren't many grader's notes - they can't include them because if collectors were able to compare notes on various grades, they'd be able to prove how inconsistent the grades are. "Judgement" calls aren't causing these grades to be so far off, and they're not nuances (like 5.0 vs. 5.5). These grades are the result of a room full of inexperienced people grinding through stacks of comics, slapping meaningless grades on them. And yet, people still waste their money on this. All proof of the Greater Fool Theory.
Maybe something I see with you today helps flip a switch in my head. I've watched some of your other vids that has helped tweak my pressing method, thanks. Now, though, I'm currently in pressing purgatory. I've sent in over 1000 books to CGC and have 50 incoming. I know what I'm doing. All of a sudden I haven't had a clean book in over two weeks. I'm getting ripples on the last twelve books I've done. I've tried too many diff combinations: books on table for three days to dry/humidifying times/non humidifying/press times/temps/fresh paper-parchment to correct what the hell is going wrong. I'm currently taking a week off from pressing. It's probably something stupid I've brain farted on. Kaptain Myke has been trying to help!
Try doing two additional drying presses after your "final" press. About 135 degrees for 10-15 minutes, flip book on second press. Replace bottom srp with 1 sheet of copy paper, srp paper on top as normal. This is something I'm testing and it seems to be working so far. Once the 30 books I have out at CGC come back, it'll hopefully confirm that the occasional waviness thing is fixed.
If it isn't fixed, I'll try doing 4 drying presses.
It seems paper drys a LOT slower than most people realize (me included)
Oh, and go 3 or 4 turns lighter on the pressure for regular presses and 3 or 4 turns lighter than that for drying. This seems to have helped me as well, corner flaring happens a lot less frequently as well.
@@ImproveCollectingComics Cool, Kaptain Myke said to leave the failed books out to dry for 2-3 weeks. I originally just did my normal spot steamer on them all. I rarely use a humbox. I live in AZ so humidity isn't a factor. It's nuts. I did also back off on pressure too with some of the combos I did. The last thing I tried was the Kaptain's 24 hr humboxing then Kaptain's instructions on his ripple video...fail. What I'll think I'll do is follow the Kaptain's instructions after the dry time. I will def copy down your instructions, and try your method, which I can see might do the trick as in it's concept makes sense, if the Kaptain's fails. Really it's probably something stupid. My girlfriend broke up with me for the 4th or 5th time recently and so that may be an issue too, lol. I'm just chilling for a few days more looking at my presses, hum and light boxes watching Prime videos. This is what I do for a living so I have to get back in the saddle to pay the bills! Thanks!
@@ImproveCollectingComics One day I'll try to go on the road and meet up with all the Pressers that have helped me make $$$ like you. I won't go into my history much but slabbing got me back in the business i used to love after crashing during the early 90s gimmiky comic book glut, I used to own seven comic book locations. I'd buy you a steak dinner and all the beer you can consume! My daughter lives in Washington State where the Kaptain and Immaculate Rick lives!
Relationship problems can (and do) really mess with your head. I hope you’re getting through it alright. Taking some time away from from pressing is probably a good idea. Taking some time away may help with the other issue also. I wish you the best of luck and good health.
You mentioned the canvassing which is present in a book I own. Is that something that would be reversible through pressing?
It can be reduced and sometimes eliminated. I didn't get 100% of it off, but enough to get a 9.8. I had to use the tack iron on some stubborn areas, but not too much of it. It was a pretty big time commitment, though.. I worked on that book over several days if I remember correctly. But worth it in this case (only because I got 9.8)
If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy the metal plates for your press?
nevermind, I see it's on your site!
And I now that CGC doesn't seem to CURRENTLY consider 'dry' cleaning or 'moist' pressing to be 'restoration'. However, can 'experts' even detect whether a comic has 'pressed' or 'cleaned' in any manner?
For instance, I know that in the 'CURRENCY' collecting community any attempt at pressing/ironing bills to reduce/eliminate the appearance of wrinkles/folds etc., or washing COINS are both considered to be forms of 'restoration' and therefore affect the value.
Just wondering if people think whether comic collectors might ever change their 'rules', or if currently acceptable 'pressing/cleaning' processes are even detectable?
Great video - sorry about your phone!
Yes, Roll with CGC. Keep it real. I've mentioned before here that I've had books come in lower, some two to three grades lower even, and some higher the opposite way. I just Roll with it with the thinking that things even out. I only work with late bronze, copper so I've never dealt with really expensive books. I've never cracked and resent. I just sell and move on.
Yeah, agree with that perspective. It's kinda like poker.. lose sometimes with the best hand, win sometimes with the worst hand.. equity rules the day
But if the accuracy of the grade is different on every book, what’s the point of having it graded; even if it equals out in the end?
When you pressed that book , was the temperature at 160 for 10 minutes ?
I don't really give that info, since I just do what KaptainMyke's book does when it comes to times and temperatures. However, I will give any info on anything that I tweak/come up with myself.
@@ImproveCollectingComics i have the kaptainmykel’s book but I thought you had other ways of removing those creases, like subscription crease. I even steam the book but the subscription crease is always there.
WOW That's Insane !
hello! new subscriber, question about when books should not get pressed? example if you have some rare books like ff 48, 49 but are in about a 3-4.5 range (most of the damage being spine roll, spine ticks, unsure if safe to open the books.) do you have these type of books pressed and graded? just graded? or keep raw?
The main concerns are increasing (or creating) a spine split or popping a staple. If the books are fragile, then it is probably not a good idea to work on them. You could still carefully clean them, but that's about it. It's up to you whether you have them graded. Grading often maximizes the price you'll get, but the grader will have to leaf through the book to grade it. If you are worried about it getting damaged, I'd probably just keep it raw.
@@ImproveCollectingComics thanks a lot for responding, i had bad luck 3-4 local lcs wouldn't look at my books to give me advice unless i was selling to them
Just curious I sent in 3 books to get graded and was told by email from CGC the suffered a corner crunch on the upper right side of the book and they would take it to press to work it out by their people and wondered how well do they do at pressing and also that one book was i believe on card stock and if that can be worked out as well since im very new to submitting books to CGC?
Sorry to hear that. It depends on the severity of the corner crunch and if there is color break, and if it's on the spine or not. The spine typically takes a tack iron to best remove a crunch there, and I'm not sure that CGC does that
Well they were sketch covers mainly so they may not show up as much "hopefully" but your videos are very informative. Ty
@@ImproveCollectingComics I was told it was on the upper right hand side of the books. I believe one book was I think a card stock cover too.
Sounds like you have a cold or people in the house are still sleeping. I have one of those books in "if" CGC gave them would be a 9,9 or a 10.
I did have a cold during part of this
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Will do that, thanks! Luckily, I had just decided to transfer all my photos, files, etc to my computer a week earlier. It had been 3 years and I thought it was time.. so glad I did. I only lost a bunch of videos for this channel, and some were very short and are easy to repeat
Yeah this is troubling when you consider people spending money for books like this and the grading can be so inconsistent. My question is how would you feel selling this book as a 9.8?
I would/will just make sure the defect is clear in the photos.. but CGC is the experts.. right? I hope my sarcasm is coming through lol
No you should not feel bad for feeling that way if you have a good conscience when selling that book to someone it's not right knowing that it's not the grade it is on the book that's the problem people buy the grade and don't look at books and they should
When you have subjective grading, variances in consistency will alwaya arise. Our hobby has become a grade hobby not a comic hobby
Thanks for your perspective.. I completely agree. It needs to be more about the books!
This is cgc problem they have a full book of guidelines and they don't follow them consistently. 1 standard thats it.
I'm confused as to why you say this is a 9.0 at best? There's one, tiny, barely noticeable defect, surely it's better than a 9.0?
They are getting sloppy all around. (Cgc). Just received 2 comics back that were supposedly pressed and graded 9.4. Both have no notes and came back worse shape than went in.
I've had books come back with defects that weren't there before. I treat it as a cost of doing business, with all the hands on the books during the submission/grading process. But yeah.. wish they'd be less fumble-fingered
I fear in a decade or sooner, the pandemic and post pandemic era spike in “values” will reveal a lowering of quality in the grading process of that era.
Huge expansion of novice grading personnel.
Huge in-boxes being rushed through for $.
It really baffles me how a CGC 9.8 of a book can look so much different than another 9.8 of the same book. When buying a pre-slabbed I take that into account. 9.8s are not all equal. I will not pay the same just because "9.8" And with getting new books slabbed these days... the prevalence of the purple label now... yikes...
Yeah I may never buy a 9.8 again.. 9.6 maybe, then evaluate for a crack/press
Judging by your turnaround time it was a glance and grade...😅
It's bothers me because you might be buying a 9.8 book and it's really something else. A lot less if it's 9.2 or lower
I have to disagree with you and your grading tool. I like your grading tool because it is very conservative but, from what I saw in the video it was only a corner crunch. I didn’t see a traditional color break. Now the very edge of the cover showed some white. For me I wouldn’t consider that a color break but YOU are by far more experienced than I and I would in most cases defer to you. Honestly after you pressed out the crunch I didn’t see anything. I thought an 8.5 for a corner crunch was harsh. Seemed more like a 9.0-9.2 because the crunch was very small. You might be a little OCD but it serves you well in this hobby so embrace it and don’t let the great grade bother you. If I purchased that slab I wouldn’t have any issues with it whatsoever.
I purchased a CGC slab about a month ago. It was a 9.8 but when I received it I examined the cover it’s not a 9.8. Not even close.
Thanks for the feedback. It really is hard to show in the video, but there are 3 distinct white lines where the crunch used to be. If you add up all the color break, it caps the book at 9.0 according to what I've found in my research. But maybe there are exceptions to the rule that we don't know about. CGC has a lot of secrecy.. not sure why.
@@ImproveCollectingComics thanks for clearing that up because I really couldn’t see those color breaks.. Maybe the length and the severity of the color break has something to do with why you received a 9.8 vs. a 9.4. Oh well I really appreciate your channel. You’re one of the best. Maybe next year you will be nominated for an award from the Comic Book Community Awards that is if you care about that sort of thing.
My question-are you going to sell it as a 9.8- knowing that it has a corner problem.
Its why I dont do slabs, people are always upset when the dont get a grade they want and say how they dont trust CGC. But they are okay when CGC gives them a 9.8 on a book that they know isnt a 9.8
Well, its one of the reasons anyway
I talk about this in the video. It clearly shows in photos, so people would know what they are getting. I would never try to hide something
Why even say that to him? He is honest and hasn't given the community a reason to not trust him.
@@ImproveCollectingComics looking at this, I should have worded this better. Sorry man, I apologize, didnt mean to offend. But it is an honest query and a hard one to ask without giving offence
@@JKCollectibles_ No one has questioned his honesty. I should have been more clear on that but its still an honest question
Hey, once a 9.8 ALWAYS a 9.8! Even if the comic has been in a shop's front window for a decade and is completely FADED, if the CBC label says 9.8 then that's what it is!