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So, I'm wondering....as I await the return of the first 2 books that I have sent to CGC for grading.....since the books are encapsulated and all, has anybody ever felt like the books that were sent back to them might not be the books that they submitted? I mean why should one trust that the folks that run the service aren't in this thing for themselves? Seems like fodder for an independent film script....but c'mon how can one be really sure that some kind of switch isn't being pulled? What if you send a book that is a valuable and rare variant, where the point of contention is inside the book? How do you know it's the book you're getting back? How can you be sure? The kinds of thoughts the modern day comic collector has when drifting off to sleep.....but perhaps this has already been covered somewhere before, no?
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| I've had the same paranoid thoughts before. But, whaddya gonna do?
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| I have never had this feeling. CGC's entire business model is built on the foundation of trust. If they ever lose that, they will go out of business. CGC is making more money using this model than they ever would switching yours, or mine or anyone else's books.
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I seriously doubt CGC would switch books, but some dealers that submit to CGC for the public could conceivably.
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| I agree, I'm not saying I think they're doing it. But I've still had the thought...
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| I agree. Dealers or stores might do this. But CGC? No way. It doesn't make fiscal sense that they might want to make $5000 switching someones X-men #1s around when they are probably getting that amounts every day in submissions.
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What you say does indeed make sense, but how could you prove it, if it were the case? I mean what does CGC do that allowed them to earn this trust? I really know very little about the company or the people who run it, whereas I would know my local comic book seller and at least have a better point of reference with which to judge his trustworthiness. Should one make secret marks on the comics for later proof of submission, take detailed scans of known blemishes, or what? It's because I see lots of these encapsulated comics at shows now that I have to wonder what happens if some employee of CGC with his own agenda gets in there. These are the ideas that many a good comic book plot stems from....
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| You can't prove it I suppose, but there are a lot of things in life that cannot be proven. By the fact we are not physically in the room watching the grading happen means that it cannot be proven. Generally I can recall what my books look like. With books that I sell, I tend to deal in higher value and low volu | | | |