Learn from my mistake...Thor 13416799

Originally Posted by etapi65
If they're going to give qualified grades, it needs to work like double-covers. Comic grade 0.5, qualified grade 9.2 if not missing one page. The system exists to do that.

In general, I don't like qualified grades, but if they're going to do it; it needs two grades.

Originally Posted by sborock
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Originally Posted by doog
I always thought it was rude to get a qualified grade on this for cover detached at one staple, but I learned. It was long ago at least.

That's crazy! A book can't grade 9.0 with a detached staple.

Originally Posted by HexView
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Originally Posted by GAC
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Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111
Consolation prize.

Y'know.... it'd be a 9.0 IF the detached staple wasn't there.
Let the customer down easy so they don't complain.
What a load

A grading company providing a service that ignores defects to provide a grade is so counter intuitive to me. Using this rationale, all my books are 10.0 if you ignore the defects....I know it doesn't actually work this way but that's the impression Im given.

You're right, it doesn't actually work that way. The Qualified label is for one big/glaring defect, not "defects" plural. This is why the "all my books are a 10" rationale isn't valid. The signature witnessed labels for CBCS and CGC are also Qualified labels. They grade the book as if the signature isn't there.

Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111
I came in 236th place in the local half marathon of 500 runners.
But I had to take a dump twice during the run so if you subtract that lost time I really came in 194th.
So I'm Qualified 194th

CGC jackass grading

Originally Posted by MrNotSoNice
OK, here's my sad story...

I wanted a nice copy of Thor 134, not just because it is the first appearance of the High Evolutionary (coming to the MCU in Guardians Of The Galaxy 3), but also because this issue has, IMHO, some of the finest Kirby interior art of any comic.

I bought this book on eBay for around $50 and sent it in to be slabbed. Figured it was about a 6.0 or 7.0-ish.

Mistake #1: I did not inspect the interior of the comic. It looked so good bagged and boarded, I just ASSUMED it was complete. I submit a lot of books and I don't look at the interiors generally, mainly because I don't want to damage them in handling. Oy!

Turns out this book is missing a page! Arrrgh! If I had inspected the book when I got it, maybe I could have gone back to my eBay seller, but now a year has past. Oh well.

Mistake #2: No grade screen. I could have avoided paying for the grading on this book if I had set a grade screen, even a low one like 3.0. As CBCS says,

This service allows you to select a minimum grade you would like to have your book certified at. If your book is determined by CBCS to be below the grade you have selected, your book will be returned in it's raw state and you may be charged a nominal "reject fee". If your book meets the minimum grade, it will be certified and placed into a CBCS case with no additional fees. Remember that the screening grade you choose is the minimum it can be to be certified at. In many cases your book may grade higher than the grade you chose.

CBCS is happy to provide this service as a way to prevent customers from having to pay full grading fees for comics they might not want CBCS to certify. Also remember that you can screen for any grade between 3.0 and 9.8 for each individual book. You may choose a completely different Grade Screening level for each one of the comics in your submission on the same invoice. Choosing the Grade Screening service has absolutely no impact on the stated turnaround time of your submission tier. We offer the same CBCS Guarantee with this service that we have on all of your submissions.

I am going to set low grade screens on all my 'uninspected' books in the future.

So, I am out about $90 all-in for this mishap. Don't let this happen to you!




I think I should sent it over to one of the guys at the 'What are you shootin' topic so they can take it out AND SHOOT IT!

https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/15455/page/1/what-are-you-shootin/

Originally Posted by MrNotSoNice
OK, here's my sad story...

I wanted a nice copy of Thor 134, not just because it is the first appearance of the High Evolutionary (coming to the MCU in Guardians Of The Galaxy 3), but also because this issue has, IMHO, some of the finest Kirby interior art of any comic.

I bought this book on eBay for around $50 and sent it in to be slabbed. Figured it was about a 6.0 or 7.0-ish.

Mistake #1: I did not inspect the interior of the comic. It looked so good bagged and boarded, I just ASSUMED it was complete. I submit a lot of books and I don't look at the interiors generally, mainly because I don't want to damage them in handling. Oy!

Turns out this book is missing a page! Arrrgh! If I had inspected the book when I got it, maybe I could have gone back to my eBay seller, but now a year has past. Oh well.

Mistake #2: No grade screen. I could have avoided paying for the grading on this book if I had set a grade screen, even a low one like 3.0. As CBCS says,

This service allows you to select a minimum grade you would like to have your book certified at. If your book is determined by CBCS to be below the grade you have selected, your book will be returned in it's raw state and you may be charged a nominal "reject fee". If your book meets the minimum grade, it will be certified and placed into a CBCS case with no additional fees. Remember that the screening grade you choose is the minimum it can be to be certified at. In many cases your book may grade higher than the grade you chose.

CBCS is happy to provide this service as a way to prevent customers from having to pay full grading fees for comics they might not want CBCS to certify. Also remember that you can screen for any grade between 3.0 and 9.8 for each individual book. You may choose a completely different Grade Screening level for each one of the comics in your submission on the same invoice. Choosing the Grade Screening service has absolutely no impact on the stated turnaround time of your submission tier. We offer the same CBCS Guarantee with this service that we have on all of your submissions.

I am going to set low grade screens on all my 'uninspected' books in the future.

So, I am out about $90 all-in for this mishap. Don't let this happen to you!




I think I should sent it over to one of the guys at the 'What are you shootin' topic so they can take it out AND SHOOT IT!

https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/15455/page/1/what-are-you-shootin/

Originally Posted by EbayMafia
A Qualified Grade 8.0 means that you recognized the missing page and sent it to CGC. A 0.5 Grade means that you didn't realize a page was missing and sent it to CBCS.

Originally Posted by Bronte
That's a low penalty for missing sticker. I'd hammer the book if I was a grading company especially since it's a modern book.