CGC vs CBCS19119

Originally Posted by KatKomics
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Originally Posted by DWeeB1967

15% off Valentine's Day coupon code (CBCSVD... seems that they might have thought a little harder about that code)

had no idea CBCS had VD...sorry...a VD special

Originally Posted by figment
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Originally Posted by SpiderTim
@JustThatGuy TAT'S at CGC are shorter than a month

Unless you're grading vintage, then CBCS is currently MUCH faster.

Originally Posted by Thomas8683
It also sucks that my CBCs are worth less than CGC.

Originally Posted by SpiderTim
which FMV? CGC FMV?

Originally Posted by Thomas8683
It also sucks that my CBCS are worth less than CGC.

Originally Posted by DrWatson
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Originally Posted by Thomas8683
It also sucks that my CBCS are worth less than CGC.

This is just a mindset. The only reason a CBCS book might be worth less than the cgc counterpart is if the seller let's it be worth less. There's no other reason. If someone is buying one book over the other just because of the label, then they might as well have a collection of nothing but labeled empty slabs, because that's all they've bought.

The venue where this is most obvious is at auction. Most auction platforms will list the same book in the same grade by the different grading companies in the same auction. The cgc book is typically listed first. The CBCS book is listed second. This means the cgc book ends first. Once it has sold, you've taken out an interested buyer. There's less interest in the second book. It sells for less. CBCS graded books have set record selling prices for certain books in the past. The problem is GPA doesn't track the sale of CBCS graded books. In my opinion, that makes GPA less than the gold standard (the potential for manipulation aside)on sales that it used to be.

Personally, I will pay a premium for the CBCS graded book over the cgc graded one. It's funny that I never seem to find these CBCS graded books that are selling for less than their cgc graded counterpart. Any way, this is just the thoughts of a rambling collector who finally figured out that collecting is better if I unplugged myself from the cgc matrix. A pretty book is a pretty book regardless of what someone else tries to convince you.

Originally Posted by DWeeB1967
Then it sounds like you're on the right track, @Sigur_Ros. You're already buying CBCS books when you see that they are selling for less than CGC. I would suggest anyone do that.

Originally Posted by Sigur_Ros
But I don't pay more for a book than what it's worth.
And while people say they don't collect labels, they are still paying for them if they're graded.
Sometimes the same, most of the time not.

Originally Posted by GAC
I believe that people believe cgc sells for more than cbcs. I'm not entirely sure if I believe this is true, and certainly have no idea that if it is true, that it happens most of the time.