What to do with a book missing a page?863

Originally Posted by DarthLego
Personally I'd say if a restoration was classified as "extensive" and "professional" then undoing it would probably lower the value because why would someone pay lots of money to reduce the value of a book?

Originally Posted by DarthLego
@matterus023 I don't know if an entire right edge restore could be done as "slight/moderate." We need a restoration expert to chime in.

Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by Swampy
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Originally Posted by matterus023
Ok last time as getting a bit frustrated @Swampy

A bloke buys an AF15 from a shop which is 6.0 restored pieces added.

Bloke wants to take off the resto (pieces added) so it becomes unrestored. He has NO IDEA that the pieces added to the comic where to mask the trim as not noted anywhere and his best mate didn't own the comic when it was trimmed and only trimmed.

So he thinks taking the pieces added off will make it a blue. But the restorer comes back and either says ''hi sorry to say but the pieces added are infact all on one edge as though it was to mask trim. So it will come back as trimed''

Or he just takes it off without telling the customer this and it comes back trimmed. I really can't say it agani as getting ridiculous now

I don't know how much more direct I can be. If someone buys a PLOD with the intent of turning it Blue for profit I hope they get screwed over! I hope they lose thousands of dollars for being such greedy pricks.

That's it in a nutshell. Thank you!

That is a crazy attitude. Many people hate that comics are even restored so if someone wants to take resto of to get it unrestored how are they greedy pricks? If a comic has a couple dots of colour touch and that is removed successfully and for their time and effort they sell it (at fmv) and make a profit this makes them a greedy prick. You are nuts

Originally Posted by Swampy
Right, and I said good, I hope those greedy flippers lose a lot of money. If they're not flippers they still know they are taking a big gamble buying a PLOD so if they lose out it's though shit, you know.

Originally Posted by DarthLego
I would suggest if the notation says pieces added then get it examined by whoever you are thinking of using to remove the resto and get a list of what was done to it before they begin undoing it. Be an educated customer, don't just hand it over and say "have at it!"

Originally Posted by Swampy
No, you know what it is, it's CGC trying to get you to buy the grading notes for every book you see.

Originally Posted by Swampy
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Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by Swampy
Right, and I said good, I hope those greedy flippers lose a lot of money. If they're not flippers they still know they are taking a big gamble buying a PLOD so if they lose out it's though shit, you know.

''Right, and I said good, I hope those greedy flippers lose a lot of money. If they're not flippers they still know they are taking a big gamble buying a PLOD so if they lose out it's though shit, you know.''

What did I miss? Genuine question

No, this post:

I don't know how much more direct I can be. If someone buys a PLOD with the intent of turning it Blue for profit I hope they get screwed over! I hope they lose thousands of dollars for being such greedy pricks.

That's it in a nutshell. Thank you!


That is a crazy attitude. Many people hate that comics are even restored so if someone wants to take resto of to get it unrestored how are they greedy pricks?

For one, I said "for profit".

Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by Swampy
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Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by Swampy
Right, and I said good, I hope those greedy flippers lose a lot of money. If they're not flippers they still know they are taking a big gamble buying a PLOD so if they lose out it's though shit, you know.

''Right, and I said good, I hope those greedy flippers lose a lot of money. If they're not flippers they still know they are taking a big gamble buying a PLOD so if they lose out it's though shit, you know.''

What did I miss? Genuine question

No, this post:

I don't know how much more direct I can be. If someone buys a PLOD with the intent of turning it Blue for profit I hope they get screwed over! I hope they lose thousands of dollars for being such greedy pricks.

That's it in a nutshell. Thank you!


That is a crazy attitude. Many people hate that comics are even restored so if someone wants to take resto of to get it unrestored how are they greedy pricks?

For one, I said "for profit".

Yes but my whole reply was this

''That is a crazy attitude. Many people hate that comics are even restored so if someone wants to take resto of to get it unrestored how are they greedy pricks? If a comic has a couple dots of colour touch and that is removed successfully and for their time and effort they sell it (at fmv) and make a profit this makes them a greedy prick. You are nuts''

Saying that for profit anyway makes you a greedy prick is just very harsh

Originally Posted by Swampy
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Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by DarthLego
I would suggest if the notation says pieces added then get it examined by whoever you are thinking of using to remove the resto and get a list of what was done to it before they begin undoing it. Be an educated customer, don't just hand it over and say "have at it!"

You are heavily missing the point. Once you have bought the comic then it is too late. If you buy with the intention to take resto off well the restorer needs to crack the comic to observe it (so you can't get a refund now). So if the restorer as I mentioned says ''me doing this will make it trimmed'' you are left with a comic that you didn't think you were buying.

But either way it's in a purple label, so it's not that much of a difference. Am I misunderstanding how much you hate trimming?

Originally Posted by DarthLego
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Originally Posted by matterus023
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Originally Posted by DarthLego
I would suggest if the notation says pieces added then get it examined by whoever you are thinking of using to remove the resto and get a list of what was done to it before they begin undoing it. Be an educated customer, don't just hand it over and say "have at it!"

You are heavily missing the point. Once you have bought the comic then it is too late. If you buy with the intention to take resto off well the restorer needs to crack the comic to observe it (so you can't get a refund now). So if the restorer as I mentioned says ''me doing this will make it trimmed'' you are left with a comic that you didn't think you were buying.

But if you paid for a restored book you know what you are getting, if you're only intentions in buying a restored book is to crack it open and undo the resto in the hopes of increasing the value then you are assuming that risk in your venture.