ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - CPG - Questions and Answers - Comics for sale - Messages https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - CPG - Questions and Answers - Comics for sale - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Sun, 23 May 2021 20:08:54 GMT Sun, 23 May 2021 20:08:54 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 Message from Theoldcollector rgtichy wrote:
I don't expect users to get booked graded and slabbed by CGC either. I was just riffing on an idea that a 3rd party opinion based on photos of the book in question could be made.


"Make Me an Offer" seems to me to be just a "starting point," so I would say you are bidding.


I would trust the seller's grades, I mean that's why there is a rating system for purchases. The problem is some sellers just throw up their items and all are the generic 9.4 grade. Other sellers I have noticed actually try and put up grades. I'm pretty sure it was KDS that I was looking at this morning and all of their comics have some actual type of grades to them. It would be nice if other sellers did it like KDS. I feel much more comfortable placing an offer with a seller that actually tries to tell you the grade. Now I'm just trying to figure out how to buy everything I want at once LOL. smile]]> Sun, 23 May 2021 20:08:54 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 Message from rgtichy
"Make Me an Offer" seems to me to be just a "starting point," so I would say you are bidding.]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 21:23:18 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 Message from Theoldcollector
Also since we're on the subject are we bidding on comics here or buying. I feel like I am bidding on a comic when I go to buy on here. The last offer I put in somehow on that exact same day another user placed a higher offer and the book was sold to them. I thought the price the seller had listed it for was the price it's for sale for but that's not really the case lol.]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 19:41:08 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 Message from rgtichy
This may not fully alleviate the problem, but it would be a start.

The next step could be to allow sellers to get a rating from the community. Attest to the completeness of the book, submit good photos of the cover and back cover, get it rated "third party, but not in-person" and then let that 3rd party grading be a very important part of the member ranking system. Let buyers complain about those ratings on the back end, let sellers choose not to accept ratings, but then not be able to list the book, either. Possibly let sellers request a 3rd party grader of a certain member ranking or higher, too.

All this said: it is a lot of work to develop all of that for CPG, and if it didn't increase the number of subscribers, there'd be little in it for CPG.]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 19:15:42 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16193 Message from Theoldcollector Sat, 22 May 2021 12:43:15 GMT