Verified now yellow labels?12314

Originally Posted by flanders
I'm glad @Jesse_O put the final nail in the coffin and this conversation can now end. Now I'm just waiting for "sigs" to be officially eliminated before sending any red labels to be reholdered. Hopefully this occurs soon.

Originally Posted by EbaySeller
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Originally Posted by Jesse_O
If you are looking for a witnessed signature, you are looking for a yellow label. If you see a yellow labelled slab, you will need to read the label to see who signed it. It may not be signed by the person you want.

Brilliant @Jesse_O . Checkmate. I bow to the master.
For the record, I'm still tapped out.

Originally Posted by BrashSmurf

I have more CGC signed books than cbcs, so cry fanboy some where else or get a better comeback to invalidate others opinions

Originally Posted by Jesse_O
There is one thing I have been WAITING for someone to bring up. @mediaslave if I follow your thinking, you are saying that now you have to ask to see a CBCS book at a con to see if it is witnessed or verified because they are both yellow. Before, you could tell the difference at a glance, red or yellow. Unless you are searching strictly for verified signatures, this change should not be a problem. Here's why.

If you are looking for a witnessed signature, you are looking for a yellow label. If you see a yellow labelled slab, you will need to read the label to see who signed it. It may not be signed by the person you want. Unless you strictly buy huge black marker scribbled Stan Lee signatures that you can identify from across a room, you will need to at least get close enough to read the signature. If you are close enough to read a signature, you are close enough to read the label. Your argument about it taking you longer doesn't hold up.

I can see if you are looking strictly for verified signatures where this could be an issue, but I don't see you saying that.

Originally Posted by EbaySeller
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Originally Posted by mediaslave
So no, I wouldn't have to ask to see anything. Now I do though, because I want witnessed books only.

In Seattle they have a famous Fish Market where the workers toss the large fish across the room to each other. I'm starting to imagine that's what your convention experience looks like,lol. You yell "I'll take the Yellow Kirby" and they sling it over the crowd to you. Honestly, I can't remember ever buying a slab at a convention that I hadn't held and seen up close. I'm thinking Ebay purchases by cellphone might be a better tact for your argument.

Originally Posted by EbaySeller
I prefer my version of the story. But for the record, only halfway through a Bud Light at the moment.

Originally Posted by Jesse_O

Unless you strictly buy huge black marker scribbled Stan Lee signatures that you can identify from across a room, you will need to at least get close enough to read the signature. If you are close enough to read a signature, you are close enough to read the label.

Originally Posted by Hexigore
Hold on....Wait just a damn minute...hold the phone...hit that pause button...I need A moment to take this all in. Just to be clear, are you saying that as a potential consumer, I have to actually READ the label BEFORE I buy the product?!?! Heavens to Mergatroid! Great Caesar’s Ghost! Good grief! Are you saying it is MY RESPONSIBILITY to take a moment to read and understand what I am purchasing?!?! Oh Hell no! Forget it. Not doing it. I’m not taking responsibility for reading or comprehending MY purchases. I buy based on pretty pretty colors. Anything more is too taxing for me and will require a nap.

This debate has become absurd and circular. CBCS is doing this. Move on.

Originally Posted by mediaslave
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Originally Posted by EbaySeller
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Originally Posted by Jesse_O
If you are looking for a witnessed signature, you are looking for a yellow label. If you see a yellow labelled slab, you will need to read the label to see who signed it. It may not be signed by the person you want.

Brilliant @Jesse_O . Checkmate. I bow to the master.
For the record, I'm still tapped out.

Yeah no. Sorry man. Not even close to checkmate for a number of reasons.

First, I only go after books that I like, not just random books. If that's the case, I know who worked on them. And in that case, I can almost always recognize the signature from 10 feet easy.

In the rare, rare case that I can't recognize the signature (Kirkham threw me for a bit, so did Jason Shawn Alexander), then I would have to look at the label. But I'll be honest, that hasn't happened to me yet, which I chalk solely up to the way I buy things. Thats entirely a personal thing though, not everybody buys the way I do.

So no, I wouldn't have to ask to see anything. Now I do though, because I want witnessed books only.