The Banana Factory at CGC is Going Strong21596
 I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by chester15 You had me at banana.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson After CFP worked on it why did u not send back to CBCS? With CGC bending it out of shape yet again seems like all the work was undone... |
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm a little curious as to why you sent it back to CGC as well. If it was in a banana hammock slab, pressed and put back into another banana hammock slab, why not just keep it in the CBCS slab or at least press and regrade with CBCS or whomever else doesn't have a consistent track record for damaging other people's property? Was it to maintain the pedigree stuff or consistency within your collection? I feel for you on that because it sucks to have your stuff throttled. | ||
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 I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).Splotches is gettin old! |
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| Just imagine, as collectors, the fear/panic/sense of dread/ upon seeing a book of ours stored in a box that had a backing board bent this banana bad. And the resultant impact upon the comic within that bag. We'd lose our sh*t, pull the comic out, rebag, re-press, re-this, re-that, look it over a million times if the tics were significant. It would be unbearable. We'd need therapy. And yet - here are collectors with the same situation, but it says (example) 9.8 so they're ok with it. It blows my mind that it's just not mass exodus and complaints more than their C.S. can manage. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley Quite frankly, I sent it back hoping for the 9.6. The difference in how the tanning was treated was a deciding factor. CBCS called it acid transfer and the cgc treated it as light tanning. And again the drop from a 9.6 to a 9.0 also heavily influenced my decision. I could have handled a CBCS 9.4, but not a 9.0. The entire situation has made me wonder if I should stop collecting altogether. It's created quite the internal conflict as I know sending it back to the cgc was wrong. I had the faintest measure of hope that it wouldn't come back bent. That got extinguished. It's kind of like crying after touching the stove eye even though you were already told not to do it because it's hot. Like I said, it's my own fault. I cracked under pressure and did something countercurrent to my own ideals. I should have left well enough alone. It makes me realize how lucky I got with my Northland copy of X-Men 22. |
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 I am not an illiterate plagiarist.
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| @DrWatson I know you love comic books. You probably have been collecting on and off since you were a kid. Sometimes you just need to enjoy and let go. Don't let a grading company take away your joy for the hobby. You know what a mint or near mint book looks like probably better than the grader. Being a subjective thing. I would personally rather have a 9.6 than an over graded 9.0. Thousands of dollars difference there | ||
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 It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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Quote:Originally Posted by chester15 And...it's gone! Like it never happened. The CGC keeping its head firmly buried in the sand. |
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 I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| if cgc told me they would grade my comics, authenticate my sigs, press, (the works) for a really good price...Id probably still say no. I found out a local mini con is coming in August. according to the site, cbcs will be there. so will bring my newly acquired Batman #428 and Star Wars #1 to submit (would more but spent a lot at heroes con) |
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I came across this gem on eBay a few minutes ago: |
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Oh my stars and garters. | ||
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 Hmm... Moderated again!
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figment private msg quote post Address this user | |
| NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! (here, let us pay you for exclusivity) NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! NOT A PROBLEM! |
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It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Artist-distressed variant. | ||
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers). Splotches is gettin old! |
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Just today, I got an email from CGC for feedback. Anyone wanna guess what I brought up as completely unacceptable? I bet 100 of 100 get this one right  |
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 How do I know this? Because I've done it myself.
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| @JohnnyDropkicks Wow. Just wow. | ||
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It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Maybe a good presser could get that kink out. White on white spine tics are much harder to detect. It might then pass as 9.8-ish. Do you have a link to the listing? I'm curious if it has to be heavily discounted below FMV to sell. One way to quantify the value lost to the "Banana Effect". Or to see if there is any drop at all, if all the buyer looked at was the grade. But I don't know how you would not see that bend, nor how you could ignore it. |
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| @chester15 It is not a first printing -- but rather, a 2024 facsimile edition. That is why it is priced how it is. I'd rather not link that seller's eBay listing, but search "Venom 3 facsimile edition cgc 9.8 -foil" on eBay should make it easy to locate. There are three foil variants of this facsimile edition that were Unknown Comics and/or NYCC exclusives. This is not one of those. |
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| This is the kind of crap that turns people off to the hobby. Everyone on this forum knows this is going on but the average person may not realize there is a problem. There are 9.8s floating around with this problem and buyers are being taken advantage of. CGC knows better and should be ashamed. For God's sake have some pride in your product and fix that crap. | ||
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers). Splotches is gettin old! |
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| @Terk13 amen! | ||
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It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Terk13I just got a reminder from CGC to check out their booth at Galaxy Con in New Orleans. Maybe a group of people dressed in banana costumes could park themselves in front of that booth. Preferably holding banana slabs to show them the problem in person. Really horrible examples, if possible. |
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 It gets old smelling it everytime I go outside my door.
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| I gotta get one of them there membership things and save me some bananas.... | ||
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 I like bean sprouts.
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James42 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Since CGC seems tight with Bad Idea comics, I can't wait to see Bad Idea's new banana themed book in a banana slab. Hopefully signature series. The cross brand promotion from two of the worst companies would write itself. | ||
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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Quote:Originally Posted by JohnnyDropkicks  |
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Hmm... Moderated again!
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figment private msg quote post Address this user | |
| "Come on man! My raw books are stored better than that!" | ||
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| Number 6 on the CS posted this earlier today. I think he may be on to something: Sorry if this has been noted already, but I was cracking out some slabs and noticed this. The slabs had serial numbers beginning with 41, 43 and 45. The post-1975 books had the banana action, the pre-1975 books did not. When removing them I noticed that the seal on the wells is different. On the pre-1975 books it’s the same seal as it’s been for awhile, the seal is a straight line that runs from one edge of the well to the other and crisscross at the corners. The post-1975 books have a continuous seal that wraps around the shape of the inner well. Pre-1975  Post - 1975  |
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It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Even the seal is in the shape of a banana. There's no hope. | ||
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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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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson So the seal must be applying pressure to the well. When seals are straight (i.e. crisscross each other) the pressure must be evenly distributed thereby keeping the well flat....with the new seal running parallel to the well, the curvature of the seal must be applying pressure unevenly causing the entire well to curve or warp...is this what we think might be happening? |
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
| That would be my guess. It's pulling on itself. | ||
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatsonthe book and well during encapsulation  |
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Hmm... Moderated again!
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figment private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson STOP THAT!!! "...pulling on itself" brings up mental image pictures of dancing bananas doing unspeakable things and we just don't need that in this sort of proper establishment. |
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