What are your opinions on grading?

[autobot84]

Other hobbies such as baseball card and comic book collecting have had grading for a long time now. Recently you can send your video games and toys off to be graded. Prices can skyrocket if you get a high grade. Wonder if anyone will send off a boombox to be graded? Imagine a perfect 10.0 JVC M90? 100,000? 200,000?

 

[restocat]

Paper is easy to grade. boomboxes though would need separate categories:
chrome
plastic
mechanics
sound
originality
ownership (if it was owned by superduper, add 50% to the value)

 

[trippy1313]

Don't tell me you own that Mickey Mantle card??? My nicest condition box is probably my 2nd Gen 931... But grading them... geez yeah that would probably take a lot... especially when would it be worth more or less if you cracked open a box that's never been opened before, just to inspect it...???

 

[autobot84]

no its not my mantle card, it sold for over a million a few years ago.

 

[trippy1313]

no its not my mantle card, it sold for over a million a few years ago.

A million!!!! Wowzers!!!

If they did do boombox grading, I bet that would drastically raise/lower the prices some of these go for.

 

[restocat]

A million!!!! Wowzers!!!

If they did do boombox grading, I bet that would drastically raise/lower the prices some of these go for.

I am all in on this idea. I am tired of receiving crap boxes from ebay because the box was positioned to only be in the lighting for the good side.
Just send me certified grade A grails please.

 

[autobot84]

thats the kicker, once its graded you can never listen to the box again it stays sealed like a mummy in a tomb (if you want to preserve your investment that is) this is why i think grading toys and video games is totally stupid.

 

[autobot84]

current price ungraded for the 52 topps mantle is 25,000 with a perfect 10 grading you can see the drastic increase in value to over a million. I think it is the only 10 in existence.

 

[Fatdog]

I don't have a problem with grading as long as I can still see 100% of the graded item. I don't think I could ever justify purchasing a graded comic book or boxed item. That's having a lot of faith that what you can't see is actually as good as stated.

 

[Styleking]

My brother owns a comic book store and sends books out often to get them graded. It can be very expensive especially if the book doesn't come back with the grade he was hoping for.

 

[redbenjoe]

there is some merit to this --
because photos and descriptions most often do not tell the entire story -

for instance -- the gorgeous sanyo tripple boxed mx720 i received yesterday --looked dead mint
in the photos --and that good from 3 feet away --but today - i was using it out in the bright florida sun -
and up close there are some shallow marks in the aluminum --

a strict grader may reduce it from a 10 ( what i STILL think it is) to a 9 or 8.5-

but still - i bet its the worlds cleanest 720 ( unless there in an NIB )