And yes, Apple sells you pretty utter shit (I hate apple and I hate their products, it’s pretty wrapped around cheap ass hardware you can find elsewhere)… they fool the masses in overpaying for pretty (bravo to them though, it’s made them trillions of dollars). So yes, people love pretty… the world should think differently in my opinion cause for me, its about how useful it is, how secure it is and if it just works.
You can save a lot of money by not caring what something looks like. Judge it by it’s function, not it’s looks is always my approach. I use to care what type of car I drive, now I only care about a few things… is it reliable, does it have decent gas mileage, is my maintenance costs low, and living in Texas does it have AC?
Ultimately I go back to CGC because of the higher market price for the books, when I eventually sell some of the books. I also think CBCS may be a bit too strict with their grading based on overstreet guidelines.
CBCS will not catch up with CGC since their grading on GA, SA and BA books (and CA and MA for the most part) is not as strict as CGC. You see a lot of whining on the CGC boards that they are too strict now, but they are just going back to grading like they used to in the early days. GA/SA/BA CBCS books tend to get a grade or two lower on resubs even after a press and dry cleaning. There is a noticeable difference now between CGC and CBCS grades, and that is why collectors pay less for CBCS books. If Beckett can get them to tighten things up then CGC will finally have a serious competitor. I doubt it, though, as even though Steve B is a good person his grading guidelines are just as loose now as they used to be towards the end of his time at CGC. There are plenty of CGC slabs from that time and a decent while after CBCS started up that should never be cracked for a press and resub due to horrible over/gift grading.
Third time’s the charm? Sending 5 CGC slabs back for the second time to get the slabs and interior sleeves replaced due to scratches and scuffs on the interior.
Last time they did nothing, or they didn’t replace the interior sleeve which is the issue. This time I’m circling the defects, writing on the slab was the issue is, then attaching a written explanation to each one as well.
Not sure what else to do other then try to get my money back if this doesn’t get resolved.
Cgc meeting: So what should we do to keep our reputation and quality control up?
Build more locations
Cut off submissions until we manage to get through our massive backlog
I know! Grading stamps
But CGC is the best, they never make mistakes… they’re the all mighty final authority on comics, firsts in comics, etc… I don’t believe it’s not a facsimile because CGC is the BEST!!!
