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expander Posts: 241
10/13/2016
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Has anyone else noticed a lot of newer members are listing issues for sale in GEM MINT condition?
As I click through my want list issue by issue here and there I'm seeing a trend lots of 10's and lots of $120.00 books (that may very well only be 6's or 7's at best) just wondering if I'm alone in noticing this.
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rixmaxx Posts: 463
10/14/2016
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Yes pink unicorns are very, very, very rare and yet some noobs think they exist all over.   I really don't consider anybody having a book over a 9.4 unless its graded. (or unless I can look at in person) 
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expander Posts: 241
10/15/2016
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Agreed.
In the case of my books in my own collection I'll only bump to 9.6 if the book truly stands out and "pops" in appearance.
After leafing through 5's and 7's a 9.6 looks like a sparkling gem in comparison.
I'm still in the process of going back through my collection in the guide and changing a lot of my issues down
as when I first added them I was truly "noobish" at grading.
Yep, don't know if "noobish" is a word but I totally used it. 
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quinnspuddinjoker Posts: 673
10/15/2016
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I never did and still don't put any of my books over a 9.2 grade. I'm sure I have some books over a 9.2 but I'm good grading them as only a 9.2. I got third party graded books over near mint and these are the only ones I list for myself over near mint.
If I ever decide to start selling books, the highest I'd list a book of raw books is only a 9.2.
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rixmaxx Posts: 463
10/15/2016
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expander wrote:
That's a reasonable approach.
When I first signed up for the guide I got carried away when I saw the high values of the rarer books and just left them.
It was a good year or two before I even tried to get better at grading books because at the time (as a noob) I didn't realize the impact of grade on price, as well as how I felt about grade in general.
As a child if I had comics at all I was thrilled to have them.
They were read over and over and so the value (obviously now) went down but since I've grown, I now know the impact that simply reading a comic can have on it's grade/value.
So I only sell books that I have not/will not read or if I have I usually let the buyer know.
Plus when buying books used or "raw" I generally assume that they've been read as well.
I started "reading" comic books in March 1976. I can be that precise because I still have the runs of the four titles I first started reading, Defenders, Thor, Ironman and Daredevil. I had a dollar to spend and those are the ones I chose. Those books are all in VG condition, all read probably a hundred times. You're right, I was happy just to have them to read. I bought those books for a couple years until I entered junior high and then I pretty much quit. A couple years later I met a kid that "collected" comic books (past on from his dad), they were all kept in great condition. From him, I learned comic books had "value", especially if they're kept nice and that people will rip you off. (he did  )......So from pretty early on, I was a comic book "reader" and "collector". I learned condition means everything and I learned how to grade. Some people here, but mostly on Ebay, don't have a clue how to grade a book. I've seen listings for "beautiful, high grade book", I wouldn't give a "Fine" to.....So when I see "Gem Mint", I just smile and think, what a noob 
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netstuffers Administrator Posts: 239
10/17/2016
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We always recommend to people that they list their books a little lower than what they actually think it is, but.... yeah.... I deal with a lot of questions like "I bought this at a garage sale and it was in a basement for 30 years in a soft plastic bag that was stored directly under a UV light.... so it's like an 11, right?"
We do try to set them straight when they come to us, but most folks don't bother coming to us
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