Great Canadian Grading GCG18214
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Quote:Originally Posted by Caffeine_Kid The opening message on the main page above the listings really inspires buyer confidence: As is. No warranty, no guarantee Viewing for thus auction is Sunday 12-4pm and monday 12-3pm feel free to contact us at sales.canuckauctions@gmail.com consignments welcome You will need to sign up and be approved to bid Seems like a ten year old texting. No red flags whatsoever. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics Seriously. Totally shell business for laundering haha. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics It literally looks like a boutique store with some rental apartments above. I think it’s safe to say if you send your books there you will be waiting longer than CBCS.  |
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 past performance is no guarantee of future actions.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd just noticed Great Canadian Grading is Unit #2........Canuck Auctions...Unit #3!!! 100% legit!!!! |
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| There is definitely something fishy going on. If you google canuckauctions.com you will find an address of 1726 Commercial Drive. However, if you look at the picture for the storefront the number on the door is 1303. Googling canuckauctions and 1303 shows an old yellow pages entry for this business. Looking at 1303 Commercial Drive on google maps does show this as a real storefront as of May 2019, but by December 2020 it was clearly for rent. Maybe they did just move and went online without a real store front. Malwarebytes doesn't want to let me see the canuckauctions website. Google reviews are pretty bad. The kicker in all of it. The address shown on the GCG website just happens to be the same as the address for canuckauctions. I am sure there is more stink on these two "businesses", but that is what I see right now. |
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 Ima gonna steal this and look for some occasion to use it!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Noblebeast315 I cannot imagine that CGC will not object to GCG being used. PGX started out as CCG and got a letter from the attorneys to stop. CGC has a reasonable argument that the name is deliberately close and intended to cause confusion. |
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This also looks bad. Updated four days ago.  |
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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| @Cerebus3000 YIKES! Note to self: Buy nothing, sell nothing, no money changes hands, no contact will ever be made. Got it. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics The nail salon is Unit #1 and the car wash is across the street.  |
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I just noticed the funniest part of their graded comics...look at the sample comics below. It appears to me that they are taking bagged comics and just laying them on top of a plastic case of some sort. I assume they are doing something similar with the labels. Zoom in and tell me if I am wrong.   |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Cerebus3000 You are totally right!! OMG!!! That's exactly what they're doing! Seriously, this is something that could screw people who don't know any better over. Should this be reported? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd Absolutely. Call the….  |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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| @Cerebus3000 it appears the stereotype about you people isn't true. |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd @Byrdibyrd bless your heart, but I think you worry too much about the newbie who's looking to out-clever the rest of us and gets screwed in the process. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia There's a part of me that wants to protect the newbie, that's true, but there's also the part of me that wants to hammer some douchebags into the dirt until they scream for their mamas. |
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| The registration for the website does not necessarily mean anything; that’s just who registered the domain, which could be a company who built the site in the first place. | ||
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 Doodoo doodoo! Mind blowing stuff, right?
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics Over the past several years I!ve bought many comics and various Memorabilia from Canuck Auctions. I think their claim to being Canada's largest Memorabilia and Collectibles Auction house is wishful thinking. It's a bit of a rinky dink business, but I haven't had any problems that couldn't be resolved amicably. They've been eager to correct errors. I would recommend giving them a try. |
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Doodoo doodoo! Mind blowing stuff, right?
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| Just would like to make it clear that I have no affiliation with Canuck Auctions other than I bid on their auctions. | ||
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I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia @Ebaymafia you seem to be forgetting that @Byrdibyrd is ruthless when it comes to bad guys and although I forget the post, I recall her wanting to take out an entire family tree. Maybe it was due to animal cruelty. Here it is:  |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @flanders There are fewer things that get me boiling faster than animal cruelty. We don't need folks who find amusement in that. Can't say I don't feel satisfaction when abusers get what's coming to 'em. |
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I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Caffeine_Kid Based on their reviews and the fact that they appear to be hosting an auction for products that don't exist, I would stop bidding with them and certainly would never create an account and provide them my banking/paypal/credit card info. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by cyrano0521 This is true. After I posted my last message it occurred to me that it might just be a case of offshoring web development. I jumped to the ´legitimate small business hacked by offshore scammer trying to exploit established web presence to scam people’ conclusion. Given Caffeine Kids comments I’ll assume they are a real business, but their graded comics are definitely shady business. |
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Doodoo doodoo! Mind blowing stuff, right?
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| Given their close physical proximity to each other, I am under the impression that the auction house and the grading company have a business connection as well. In any case, the grading side of things is certainly off to a rocky start . They should have put up at least a professional level website before selling graded products. | ||
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| Maybe the Rizzuto Family expanded operations westward from Quebec. | ||
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| Even if a perfect website, legit operation and no auction house association, I’d have zero interest in submitting to them. I will submit to CGC or CBCS only. The amount of reputational capital required to pique my interest in submitting elsewhere is extremely high. MCS with Steve, yes. Almost anywhere else, no. Sure, if I saw a major auditing firm enter the market and they were staking their reputation, absolutely. Still would require then to invest big $. The value of the service is not some stupid plastic and labels, or even a reasonably accurate grade. It is continuity in operation or reputation, brand, etc. |
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| @Davethebrave I'd be very interested to see a serious candidate for another third-party grader enter the market, but it'll take more than nice-looking labels and a dodgy website before I'll submit anything at all. |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| A legit 3rd Third Party Grader would be ideal. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by GAC There will never be a "legit" 3rd party grader. Soon as an upstart begins, CBCS and CGC forums riddle them with bullets. Given the glaring issues with both established companies, it takes a lot of nerve to cast aspersions at new businesses. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by ticktocktyler Midwest Comic Grading will be the future of third party grading. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd Competition and capacity are certainly welcome. |
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