BBTS is now getting into the business of selling graded action figures. I fucking hate this...Tell me how much you hate it too.
its stupid but I dont care what other people spend their money on
The concept doesn't bother me, I don't do graded collectibles anyway so this isn't something that affects me. But I will say it's a slippery slope having a distributor do grading because what's to stop them from pulling the best quality/condition product from their shipments, grading it themselves at a high ranking, then flipping it for upwards of 2x - 5x more while denying their traditional customers the option of obtaining that product themselves. Like they'd open a case of figures, pull out all the packaging that would net them an 8 or 9 grading, and only ship out the stuff that grades 7 or lower.
It just mean even more L00K R@R3 GR8DEDlistings on ebay. Idk, life is getting unaffordable so i have no problem with anyone trying to make money in a new way. Is it a service id use? Nope. Hell i try to save a few nickels on busted boxes when i can. I wish op the best in this noble crusade.
Is there really any sort of market whatsoever for graded modern figures? Vintage I at least get, since there aren't exactly that many copies floating around anymore, especially of really good, well-preserved examples.Doesn't really help that this seems like some "literally who" grading company. They're like a dime a dozen anyway, and it seems like absolutely no one cares about graded stuff outside of like 2 or 3 grading companies anyway. And for figures, it seems like AFA is the most recognized one.
>>11627716Absolutely nothing is stopping them from that. Quite the opposite, its the entire purpose. Grading collectibles is a multi layer grift
>>11627716>But I will say it's a slippery slope having a distributor do grading because what's to stop them from pulling the best quality/condition product from their shipments, grading it themselves at a high ranking, then flipping it for upwards of 2x - 5x more while denying their traditional customers the option of obtaining that product themselvesThis is exactly my problem with it. Granted, they were doing Collector Grade packaging in the past where they would set aside the most immaculate looking figures for that. But at the same time, that doesn't feel as egregious as grading.
>>11627708People get shit graded because there are collectors who pay premium prices for graded stuff. So don't blame the sellers and instead blame the buyers. If I can find a buyer willing to pay $1,000 for a graded piece of catshit, I'm sending cat shit off to get graded. You would too.
>>11627767>I'm sending cat shit off to get graded. You would too.no thanks cat shit man
>>11627716seems like a way to deal with their slow moving low stock by doing serious markup without being obvious as to why they are doing it.
>>11627708This doesn't bother me anywhere as much as when I saw people grading books and movies. There are already people that keep their figures sealed, so this isn't that much different from that imo. I don't like it, so I'll just be ignoring it.
>>11627708Don't buy it then? I know I wont
This is going to flood and diminish the value of everything common that people have graded.
>>11627767>You would too.I wouldn't because I not a greedy grifter, but knock yourself out.
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>>11627708When will they start grading human ashes like celebs? This shit is getting more retarded the more days that passes.
>>11627708There are much cooled ways in this world to be scammed out of your money
>>116279703.5 inch collectors were doing it first
>>11627711>>11627716You are affected by the figures/toys/collectibles others spend their money on, as the market is all tied together, and no man is an island. People getting scammed by corporations is not good for you as it normalizes the scam and means there is less money out there for normal figures, meaning smaller runs overall and less figures produced which means higher prices.
>>11627708I "get" graded cardsthey could be forgeries, and grading verifies it's a genuine card.the part I despise is the terrible presentation of the grading. it's like a work of art in a bad frame. it just looks bad. BAD. the contrast of beautiful, valuable thing, in the cold-acknowledgement of that value, ruins the value.sealing an action figure in a package is the equivalent thing of downloading a picture of the trading card to your phone. do you need the card? it's "worth" a zillion dollars. yet you can simply download the picture to your phone, and look at it whenever you want. is that a lot better than saving/spending a zillion dollars? how about that ACTION FIGURE? just download the picture to your phone. looking at the plastic, sealed case is the same thing now!!
>>11627767lately it's not "a buyer willing to pay $1000", it's "a seller astroturfing the internet to make you want to pay $1000 for cat shit"presumably this is their next frontier after "vintage" video games and MtG have faltered
Are they only grading the packaging? What if the figure has an accessory floating around in the box? What if the figure has an obvious cosmetic flaw?
>>11629701Don't take this seriously, its just a cash grab
>>11629440>just download the picture to your phone. looking at the plastic, sealed case is the same thing now!!This is how i feel about people who keep their toys mint in box.And I'm glad i don't partake in graded shit. If collectors care that much about that shit, willing to spend stupid amounts of money and driving up prices, they've partitioned themselves off from the normal market of ungraded comics/toys/vhs'. So it just makes it cheaper for the rest of us.
>>11629713THIS is who this is for.Someone elsewhere was bragging about finishing a wall of retail boxed figures, and even made cardboard gallary display boxes for figures that retailed in full plastic clamshells or were BAF's Wasn't even annoyed at the 'nice store, what hours are you open' jabs.
hmmmm
>>11629963I love these sort of people, because it means i can later buy their mint in box figures 20 years later for just above retail price or less, because 95% of toys have no value.I like my toys new, even when they're old.
