"If Heritage or Bruce sells a Saucer-Men 1sht in VG condition to Dealer A who then resells it as a FINE"
I can well imagine one of those scenarios, but I could *NEVER *imagine the other! Bruce On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Todd Spoor <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Richard I have. What I meant by that statement is; if the detraction to > creating a better un-biased grading system is that the poster might be > damaged in some way after it leaves our site, days or even years later, the > same thing can and does happen right now with posters and EVERYONE is > grading them. So what are those grades worth??? At least with what we are > doing there is NOW a permanent record that can be used as a reference for > the grade when it was in our hands. > > If Heritage or Bruce sells a Saucer-Men 1sht in VG condition to Dealer A > who then resells it as a FINE to Dealer B who then resells it again as a > Warren scale C7 there is no way to tell if any damage has occurred in > handling let alone if it is even the SAME poster since there is no mark on > it to tell us that it is. An unscrupulous person could pass off a different > slightly lesser condition original Saucer-Men 1 sheet as the one purchased > in VG condition and who would ever no the difference??? > > This system addresses these issues. > > Once again, it is NOT a perfect mousetrap, just a little better than what > we currently have. > > Regards, > Todd > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art > Sent: Oct 11, 2010 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] mpgrading > > Obviously if it is damaged in transit or torn while opening the package the > grade is not longer worth anything. (It is funny that this issue never seems > to be thought of when people buy posters under the current system.) > > > > Todd.. haven't you ever seen some one post about "how sh*tty that auction > company packaged" or "that stupid ebay seller who used no cardboard" ??? > > everyone is thinking about condition when stuff is being handled or > shipped.. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.

