cstojano wrote in CBCS Grading announcement - it's official:

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Unfortunately it looks like someone stole my box coming back from CBCS from the local Fedex office. Here is what was in the box. This was in the Phoenix Arizona area. If anyone sees these for sale please let me know at [email protected]. I am waiting for Fedex to confirm before filing a police report. They have a case manager who is actually calling me with updates. The package hasn't move in their system since 10/14 and its literally 15 minutes from me.

Note: to confirm these were likely stolen by someone who works at Fedex. This isn't a porch bandit situation.

If this is confirmed and you are not compensated, PM me as I have a Slave Tribe in shrink I would donate to alleviate your pain.

I imagine its not. CGC uses the most generic brown box.

And now delivered, crisis avoided. Thanks for lending me your ear to complain for the last week or so. CBCS packing was great and the books look amazing. I need to get some pics up for folks interested. I admit I cannot really see the difference between the 9.2 and 9.8 grades. Here are the grader notes for those interested

7.5 Shrinkwrap: B
Notes:
spine stress breaks color
wear to all cover corners
shrinkwrap: tears at all 4 corners

9.2 Shrinkwrap: B
Notes:
3/4" crease bottom right back cover, tiny bend top right corner front cover
shrinkwrap: small tears X 4 conerers, 1" tear middle right back cover, tiny tear right top front cover (just below bottom right of logo)

9.4 Shrinkwrap: B+
Notes:
small crease-bend top right corner front cover, light wear bottom spine
shrinkwrap: small tear X 3 corners

9.8 Shrinkwrap: A
Notes: shrinkwrap: small tear bottom spine

9.8 Shrinkwrap: A+
Notes: none

Yeah the issue with images is how hard it is to get good ones without a scanner.
All that said, is there a difference between the 9.8 A+ and 9.8 A? Well the A+ is the Dark Sun piece which looks completely brand new (not rare by any stretch) and the shrink also looks like a product from this year whereas the older modules have a bit more tatty application of shrink (Dragonlance modules are pretty rough overall).

Wow, those are some amazing grades. I can tell you from experience that RPG items rarely get over a 9.2. Those must have been absolute museum pieces! Also CBCS is a stricter grader than CGC from what I've found, by at least 1 to .5 an item grading. Also, they put the full name of the module/item across the top. Also, their cases are much sturdier than CBCS. Also they will not pull off the SW unless you indicate you want them to. The only thing IMO to recommend the CGC experience is you may get a better grade. CGC also takes longer LOL.

I have found they are really strict on color breaks along the spine. I have the out of SW stuff pressed but no clue how much that is adding to the value, I can say everything I have gotten back (including the lower grade 6.5-7.0 items) looks stunning in the cases. My wife is building me a shelf for my office to display the best items in my collection once I get them graded.

I think it helps they have actual RPG guys doing the RPG items. Also they asked for input from guys like Ingo and myself which I feel good about, I cannot see CGC calling me up and asking me for any input at all on anything. If they would have, I would have told the CGC guys that the name of the item ABSOLUTELY needs to go on the masthead portion.


Mike B.

dbartman wrote in CBCS Grading announcement - it's official:Did you mean that the CBCS cases are sturdier than CGC cases?

Yes, at least in my comparisons.YMMV.

Mike B