Thanks so much for sharing this. I've been there myself on several books pushing the same processes too far. Your heart sinks when you find out it got hit with a PLOD and yeah, that feeling stays with you for the remainder of the day. I went the CBCS route too and although they did come back blue labels, they took such a hit in value that it would've been a loss either way. Lesson learned. This will be a very helpful video to a lot of people. Again, thank you for sharing!
interesting story and just wondering - will you send those old labels back to CGC / CBCS so that they can correct their census counts on what is indeed, a very important book?
@@epicomicologycomics cool! i do often wonder how much lower census counts would be for bigger (and smaller!) books if everyone handed in their old cracked labels. i know they can be a nice keep-sake, esp if a grade bump is acheived, and i've held onto some for a while - but ultimately it leads to a distortion of figures that people, including myself, want to know as accurately as possible :P
I honestly don’t mind Purple labels if they are in the slight category. And I don’t mind green labels when it’s something small like a signature or small ad or MVS cut out.
Everyone is certainly entitled to their personal views on any practice in this hobby (e.g., graded vs raw, modern vs silver, pressed vs unpressed), but I would argue that cleaning and pressing does not ruin the hobby as a whole. Cleaning and pressing to improve the appearance of the book is desired by a large proportion in the hobby, especially those that grade books.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I'm sharing this with all my customers who complain that the book didn't come back clean enough for them.
Ha! Good, maybe it will help at least one person!
Thanks so much for sharing this. I've been there myself on several books pushing the same processes too far. Your heart sinks when you find out it got hit with a PLOD and yeah, that feeling stays with you for the remainder of the day. I went the CBCS route too and although they did come back blue labels, they took such a hit in value that it would've been a loss either way. Lesson learned. This will be a very helpful video to a lot of people. Again, thank you for sharing!
Very helpful. Thank you
interesting story and just wondering - will you send those old labels back to CGC / CBCS so that they can correct their census counts on what is indeed, a very important book?
I usually don't, but for this book I will. I can turn them in at MegaCon next week.
@@epicomicologycomics cool! i do often wonder how much lower census counts would be for bigger (and smaller!) books if everyone handed in their old cracked labels. i know they can be a nice keep-sake, esp if a grade bump is acheived, and i've held onto some for a while - but ultimately it leads to a distortion of figures that people, including myself, want to know as accurately as possible :P
Sorry dude 😭😭😭. Thanks for sharing.
I honestly don’t mind Purple labels if they are in the slight category. And I don’t mind green labels when it’s something small like a signature or small ad or MVS cut out.
If it was for my PC, I wouldn't have minded as much, but this was an investment book. I'm just frustrated that I didn't stop when it was a 5.0 purple.
I don’t believe in cleaning books it ruins the hobby.
Everyone is certainly entitled to their personal views on any practice in this hobby (e.g., graded vs raw, modern vs silver, pressed vs unpressed), but I would argue that cleaning and pressing does not ruin the hobby as a whole. Cleaning and pressing to improve the appearance of the book is desired by a large proportion in the hobby, especially those that grade books.