ebay buyer accuses me of switching labels!4188
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| Okay buyer asks for a stack of cbcs slabs that shows the same damage on the sides. I think JWkyle and a few others had some photos of this phenomenon. He said if he saw some photos of it he'd consider dropping the return case. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by drchaos The fact that there is so much inconsistency with the whole cheesy little heat seals leads me to believe that they were NEVER really intended as a Security measure. and even if they were they could still be pretty easily manipulated (Trimmed, colored etc..) as any damage from the "Heat seals" were minimal. I cracked out this Captain America for my Run. Here is the Label and the very minimal damaged occurred when I removed it. Little to none.  Easily Trimmed of retouched  I would like to see CBCS implement a CBCS Embossed Heat Seal Logo right in the heart of the label. Maybe it's never going to be foolproof as some have stated. But it SURELY would be more of a detourant than the ridiculous tiny little heat tabs,  I REALLY want CBCS to succeed and I know the board members here do to. But this board only represent a tiny tiny TINY fraction of collectors and hobby enthusiasts. In order for CBCS to capture a larger share of the Market they will most certainly need to gain the trust and confidence of a MUCH larger portion of the collecting community. THAT will most certainly be a much bigger challenge with this issue hanging over them. Until they step up and put out a hobby leading secure slab that's able to gain my confidence beyond all their competitors, There's really no reason to use them over the recognizable brand name. |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| Having now seen the video it would seem that aside from the heat seals the only way to determine if a book had been tampered with would be to remove the top of the case and to look for the types of cuts that the top would obscure while in place. I can just see the look the faces of the guys at Metropolis when someone walks up to them at NYCC asking to take the the case of a five hundred thousand dollar book. With that said I am now very interested in knowing what there is to know about heat seals. How many heat seals should a slab have in place? Where are they located? What does a heat seal look like when no damage has taken place? |
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| Yeah, right now even PGX is doing this "half measure" 100% better than CBCS. The heat seals on PGX labels run the whole height of the labels. | ||
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| @drchaos now instead of not? | ||
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| @DarthLego Fixed, sometimes my brain is working faster than my hands can type. | ||
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| Yeah, sometimes I have to edit posts 3 times after posting. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLego You and me both brother. I often find myself touching up my posts to fix minor errors. Especially, the longer ranting posts. |
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| Holy Crap BATMAN! I gotta go to work tomorrow! It friggin 3 AM! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ |
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| That first pic of the 8.5 label @BigRedOne1944 posted shows the two little white spots on the right and left bottom edge caused by the heat seals tearing the top layer of paper off. | ||
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drchaos private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLego Seems like a lot more work to have to look for such small flaws in the labels for each potential purchase. What about the plastic, how much different does the plastic case look when the heat seals are missing? |
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| Looking at batches of slabs CBCS has put out this year, that I have submitted or purchased. Some only had one side with the heat seal touching the label barely, some had none. Compare these to my old CBCS labels and to my Rivet CBCS labels, I can clearly see a drop in the consistency of these. And once this scandal hit, the slabs coming out of CBCS had a noticeable improvement in the size and consistency of the seals. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLego I should hope so. I am still getting my head around how to easily identify a book with insufficient heat seals. As a potential buyer I would like to educate myself so I could avoid all books where the heat seals are lacking instead of needing to look for signs of tampering. I miss the days when buying a slab did not require such expertise.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944 I have a long drive to Buffalo, NY (approx 6 hours without stops). |
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poka private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke I will see if I have a few when get home from work |
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| @drchaos Go to page 11 for my photos of slabs with zero heat seals. | ||
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| I'm at work right now so I can't post a close up of a good seal. | ||
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| But Myke's slabs that he posted in this thread do have good seals touching the labels. | ||
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| So has there been no response from CBCS about any of this? | ||
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| Problem 1 seems to be that the top of the case can be taken off and put back without anyone being able to tell. Problem 2 is that putting the top back on covers the top of the section where the label is housed allowing someone to remove the label, switch or tamper with it, put it back, and cover up the damage with the top of the case. I get that taking the top off the slab invites the ability to switch out the books but is there any need to look for or care about heat seals anywhere other than the area housing the label? |
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| @drchaos cutting at the top and swapping labels the way the video shows is pretty much the only thing to do that wouldn't be noticed. Actually removing a book from the sealed plastic well causes more noticeable damage to the plastic well. If the label has the seals done properly, removing the label will cause those small tears. But as @BigRedOne1944 noted, someone crafty could trim or color touch a label and make it look good. If you look at one of the new PGX labels you can see they have the seal running all they way up the labels. Removing a PGX label would tear it from edge to edge. Better deterrent than CBCS currently has imo. | ||
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| Reading through this thread, the Chicken little posts were hilarious, while irritating; glad most ignored them. @kap sorry man. Your buyer is not just ill-informed, he's a dumbass as well, its obvs reading his messages. Problem dealing with stupid people is they always somehow manage to convince themselves they are getting screwed. Good luck. I said it yesterday. The inner well is completely secure now. But the outer shell is not "tamper evident", and I've even seen auction houses call them "cracked" due to the marks on the sides. It's clearly time for Gen2. |
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| In a nutshell and all seriousness, is my first submission to CBCS that I am waiting on and has a number of Golden books (ie the submission is expensive) now going to carry as little value as PGX due to this? Is there a link to CBCS addressing this concern? I took a chance, I felt, with CBCS at my LCS behest and now I am alittle concerned. Thanks. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by neyko I would be too bro! Not cool CBCS not cool |
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Quote:Originally Posted by neyko There is no comparison to PGX here. None. Zero. There are clouds in the sky, but it is not falling by any means. PGX books sell for far less because the company got caught cheating; that sky fell, and rightly so. CBCS is known to be honest, care about their customers, and have to best graders there are. In those aspects they are, and will remain, #1. Bad news travels faster than good news though, and they do need to get ahead of this whole slab-security issue ASAP. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer Well put good friend! |
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I'm having trouble identifying the "chicken little" posts, can someone point them out to me?  One thing I have learned over the past 3 weeks. My definition of "completely secure" is not the same as other people. Things that concern me going forward. 1) That CBCS actually comments on what has been pointed out as a glaring QC problem that allowed slabs to leave their building which had zero heat seals touching the labels (which we now know is the only easily visible tamper evident feature of the CBCS slab). 2) Does CBCS intend to do anything to mitigate those potentially compromising slabs being in the marketplace, like a reholder discount program? 3) How does CBCS plan on improving the tamper evidence of its products going forward. Because now that the ability of the outer shell being easily and cleanly opened is public knowledge, relying on the current heat seal fix just isn't good enough in my opinion. Personally I have decided to cease all CBCS slab activity, both submissions and purchasing of slabs from the marketplace, until these 3 questions get answered to my satisfaction. |
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| @DarthLego Well said. I was hoping to educate myself to evaluate books slabbed in this manner but the inconsistency means passing on a lot of books with insufficient heat seals that were probably not tampered with. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka just grabbed the one which was closest - let me know if you need further   |
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Just got this one yesterday... |
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