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Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
like this guys says....basically anything 9.4 and under I expect notes (even 9.6)

That's a ridiculous expectation IMO.

Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus
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Originally Posted by GAC
I disagree. I get it why there's no notes for a 9.8 but for high grades under 9.8, the owner would want to know what kept it from that. The less obvious the defects the more important the notes up to a point, 9.8 is that point.

It's a waste of time to notate defects that keep something in the NM range.

Originally Posted by KatKomics
...it's 100% not a waste from the consumer point of view!

Originally Posted by DrWatson

Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
...it's 100% not a waste from the consumer point of view!

Sure it is. When there's no visual discernible difference between a 9.4 and a 9.6, you're just gonna get people complaining that they have the same notes for different grades. It's just a method of trying to figure out how a brand assigns their subjective opinion on an objective condition.

Then you also run into the territory of what is and isn't acceptable MFG defects and in what grades. It opens up a massive can of worms that is better left sealed.

It's also why I think that the "9.9" grade is bogus.

Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
must not have read my full post? I've had books that I bought where the notes indicated to me that the book could jump a grade or two (9.4 to 9.8) with a press...and it did.....so for me at least...the notes were justified.

Also...presumably, they have the notes anyway as needed to assign the grade...and if you are going to make notes available...why not upload what you have? If you only want to assign notes below a certain grade that's also fine...just communicate that policy and be consistent about it

I did. It's mostly immaterial.

Originally Posted by theCapraAegagrus
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
I guess.....if one doesn't care about grades or why there is a difference between 9.4 and 9.8 we should just go back to the VF, VF+, NM-,NM,NM+, M??

For most of my collection that is true...but for a few books either for insurance purposes or to maximize a sale price the market seems to care about these pesky little # values!

I don't expect the grading companies to teach anyone how to grade. I think that anyone worth their salt as a collector will understand why something was assigned a number in the NM range. If they don't then they are really already trusting CGC/CBCS/PGX to give it the 'right' number.

Once you get below NM/handling-defects-acceptable range, I think that it's fair to expect notes. Similar to how I would expect a note of "damaged box" when purchasing a "new" product.

Agree to disagree, if we must. I know that you're not the only one who thinks this, but where does it end? Someone out there is also thinking that anything not Gem Mint should have notes. I just don't think that's a good use of time.

Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley
When the forum first started, there was this guy who truly felt slighted by CBCS when his order wasn't done in the stated TAT. Instead of like 10 weeks, it was 11. You would have thought Steve Borock went to the guy's house and pissed in his sock drawer right in front of him. The name was grey something or other. Not sure if he even peruses the boards anymore. But it was enough to turn him off of CBCS forever.