Price Guide says $14; I say we don’t need no steenking price guides! Buy more than one item this week and all items after the first ship for only 50 cents postage per item. Buy in bulk; save like the Hulk!

Here's a thought. If you want to own a high grade book, you have 3 choices. 

1. Pay an exorbitant price for a graded copy.  

2. Buy one from your LCS, online, or at a show that looks good then pay about $50 in shipping costs and grading fees to CGC and hope it comes back with the grade you want. If it doesn't-tough toenails; you are out a lot of money, and are not satisfied. Grading companies get rich and collectors get sucker punched.

3. By it from a trusted seller (like me of course). Every book I list as Very High Grade comes with a 100% refund guarantee. If you disagree with my grade for any reason, return the book for a refund. Then you are only out return postage. If there is an obvious defect in the book that I missed, I will even refund your return postage.  

There is only one catch. If you return a book simply because your grading standards are different from mine (NOT because I missed a defect), I will refund your return postage if you wish, but I will then block you from bidding with me again. This is to keep from getting into never ending disputes. That action should not bother you because if you and I differ in our grading standards, you probably will not want to order from me again anyway!

Read on below for why any book worth less than $500 should never be graded because it is a waste of money. Also, don't forget that when you slab a book, you have turned a nice comic into an unreadable and expensive poster.

Let’s talk grading for a second.  Excuse the rant, but slabbing comics is the biggest scam in the history of collecting.  I know several major dealers who have sent in big ticket books, been disappointed with the grade, unslabbed the books, resubmitted them, and got a different grade that was more to their liking. Want more proof? Last year at a convention, 4 dealers with 120+ years of grading experience looked at a book and agreed that it was a 5.5-6.5. We all compromised at 6.0.  The buyer submitted the book to CGC and some jack leg who probably hasn’t been alive as long as any of the four dealers graded it a 3.5.

I have been grading books for 40+ years and if you look at my feedback, you will see that almost always my customers are very satisfied with my grading. However none of that is important for several reasons, but the number one reason is …….. wait for it ……..  GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE.  I absolutely refuse to argue with any customer on a $25 price guide book that he bought on line for $10, and he wanted a $3 partial refund because I had grade the book Fine and he thought it was a VG+ at best! (Yes, this actually happened). Yet I have been selling books online since 1997 and never once has someone sent me more money because he thought I had under graded a book (go figure)!

When you and I disagree on a grade, no one is an idiot, and there is no right or wrong; we simply have different perceptions of what makes a book achieve a certain grade. Here’s the deal; if you buy a book or books from me and you are unsatisfied, you may return the item for a 100% refund less only your return shipping costs, and your money will be immediately and cheerfully refunded. Of course if I miss something major (like a coupon cut out or a missing page). I will even refund your return postage. There is no need to file a case with eBay, just let me know, and I will take care of the problem. Life is too short to make people unhappy. I do this for a hobby, and making friends is more important than milking customers for every possible cent.  Holla’ if you hear me, and I would love to hear your feelings on this issue.  Thanks for listening and enjoy my auctions. Thehmain