1st IG LiveStream & Blind Mail Call by Scifinator16805
 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| Do I have the willpower ... to do a blind unboxing? My one 2021 high tier submission is in shipping. 1-Day Giant Size X-Men #1 [1974] Marvel, Bronze Age Rapid Fantastic Four #48 [1966] Restored Marvel, Silver Age Silver Surfer #3 [1968] Marvel, Silver Age Silver Surfer #4 [1969] Marvel, Silver Age Quickstream Fantastic Four #49 [1966] Marvel, Silver Age IF, If I say, I can withstand the temptation to peak at the grades in my dashboard, I will do a blind mailcall unboxing (FasTrak version of @WMorse style  ). I don't know if I can withstand it though. The only time I have done a blind unboxing was on a submission that CBCS shipped before it was marked completed on my dashboard. |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Stay strong. I just had an order from last March (SAVE10 promo) hit shipping. I tend to be pleasantly surprised when I do a blind unboxing. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| @Studley_Dudley - I don't know if I will be pleasantly surprised here. The GSX-1 was an 8.5 in original cgc blue label that did not pass Press Screen. The FF48 & FF49 were 9.0 & 5.5 Purple Labels respectively, so no telling where they will come back at. So I am a little apprehensive. |
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 being an ass and being a clown are two very different things.
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| Do it up @Scifinator! | ||
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 Collector
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| I’ve never not looked at the grades. My latest order however I’m going to test my grading skills and wait to see the grades. Good luck on the books @Scifinator |
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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| I'd watch it. | ||
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Best of luck! Do what you gotta do!  |
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 Collector
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JSGM private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I like the surprise aspect of unboxing. I never check the dashboard after they ship. I'll even let the box sit for a day or two, while attempting to mentally change the grade using Grant Morrison's chaos magic technique. It hasn't worked yet..yet |
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Quote:Originally Posted by JSGM @JSGM - Heresy! |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| You will check the grades some time shortly after midnight tonight. |
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia @EbayMafia - Wrong answer, They haven't shipped yet, so no grades. Can't check |
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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EbayMafia private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Scifinator I was misled then by the original post. The booze will win out eventually. You won't make it through the weekend. | ||
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 I'll probably wake up constipated.
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| @Scifinator evidently you're a bit apprehensive concerning a few books. I've seen many postings by a few claiming CBCS grades harsher or stricter than CGC. I tend to believe that CBCS grades more accurately. That being said.... Your going to have your books in just a few days, and checking the grades prior to arrival isn't going to change anything. Be patient, open the box, and see watcha got. |
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| Hoping for at least an 8.5 on the GSX. Like I mentioned, it was original cgc label. Hoping that over a decade in the old slab acted like a press with no degradation. I suspected that the 48 Resto would not need a press, but the 49 resto was a color touch and did get pressed. It’s the GSX though. But over a decade in the old slab, it had to be re-holdered anyway. My risk is banking on at least an even grade with CBCS instead of re-holdering to cgc with possible newton rings or puddling. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| BAM! And just like that, I have the "Completed" email from CBCS. Now begins the test of willpower not to look at my dashboard. What is going to make this even more difficult is that TX to SoCal shipping means I have to further wait past this weekend for a probable Mon/Tues delivery. The Agony, the agony! |
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| Waiting only increases stress. Why stress yourself? Unless it's extreme like a baby gender, does it really matter to take a look? | ||
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 I wish I had a title.
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| I have looked everytime....it's almost impossible. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte @Bronte - 'Nay, tempt me not to peek again.' |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| Sorry.bad habit. I tend to err on tbe side of temptation by default | ||
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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| Blind unboxing is always the way to go. Looking at grades on the dashboard is boring and anticlimactic. | ||
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 " . "
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| Don’t look | ||
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 You can't get good wood on the ball every time.
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| I always blind unbox. | ||
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I wish I had a title.
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| I'm gonna try and do it when my books come back....try my hardest. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| Here is some more color as to my anxiety on this one submission. Besides the fact that it is my single highest value submission, it holds some real gambles, on my part, as illustrated below: Giant Size X-Men #1 [1974] CGC 8.5 - As I had mentioned, this is an old style cgc blue label. I chose to have CBCS Press screen. It is possible that being encased for over a decade had in essence press out some creases. I did not want to re-holder and risk newton rings or damage from the new cgc Puddling phenomenon. Hope 9.0 Happy 8.5 Crushed 8.0 or lower Fantastic Four #48 [1966] cgc 9.0 Restored - Purple label. I chose to have CBCS Press screen but as it was professional Resto, would not be surprised with no press. My fear here is the obvious cgc overgrade syndrome, but hey, purple is still a distraction from even FF48 with giant Baby-Man on the cover. Hope 9.0 Happy 8.5 Crushed 8.0 or lower Fantastic Four #49 [1966] cgc 5.5 Restored - Purple label. I chose to have CBCS Press as this was an amateur color touch on the cover and I could see some easily visible pressable flaws. My fear here is that this was a cgc over-grade to me and not sure if press can make up for the over-grading. Hope 6.0 Happy 5.0 Crushed 4.5 or lower Silver Surfer #3 [1968] CBCS 7.0 - I will probably get some flak for this one. This one could be a waste of money and that is my fear. In looking at closely, it did not appear to have been pressed previously by @SteveRicketts. I have seen his Silver Age work, and this was not an example of such. My fear, I am not a Presser and maybe my eye was flawed and I just wasted over $150 for a Press and Re-Grae=de. Hope 8.0 Happy 7.5 Disappointed 7.0 Crushed 6.5 or lower Silver Surfer #4 [1969] @jesseaweiss pedigree est. 6.0-7.0 range - - This one I have no anxiety over, just excited and thankful to Jesse for selling it to me. My fear, if any, would be that my packaging was deficient and it was wrecked when it got to CBCS. It was beautiful and in great condition but there were some finger creases that the press should resolve. Hope 7.5+ Happy 7.0 Disappointed 6.5 Crushed 6.0 or lower Here are the photos:      |
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Collector
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| Nice books for sure. I like the suspense of going through the brick of books one by one. No joke, one time I high fived my wife out of excitement. I do not high five. |
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 SpongeBob Comics #1 sells for $991!
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| After waiting months I always look at grades as soon as I can. I feel I’ve waited long enough. If you can wait it out I imagine it’ll make the unboxing more exciting. | ||
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Where's his Bat-package?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Joosh Same. |
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| My last submission from back in May was a tragedy. A bunch of modern books that I rushed into grading, didn't get pressed or anything. Just kind of crossed my fingers and that a couple of them would work out. But I got what I had coming to me. Turns out I was mining for gold on the wrong land. Books that only justified slabbing at 9.4 and above all came back at 9.2 and below. Long story short, it was good that I looked at the grades beforehand because I never opened that box. When it arrived I just took off the label, put on a new label for MCS and took it down to the post office. | ||
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