Unsealing PGX graded books Nov 2008: Amazing Spider-man 129 PGX 8.0

Here's the last of 4 PGX graded books that I've cracked from it's outer case. All that's left is to cut each from their inner-well.
After all the drama PGX has offered me (see my TMNT #1 1st printing video), my confidence in their service and standards are irreversibly shaken. As a result, I'm releasing all the books, I've previously sent to PGX, from each of their encapsulation slabs, I'm doing a few at a time in order to submit the worthy comics to CGC. Although I want to open all the PGX'd books at once, the cases do offer protection during storage. I'll only open a few when I've saved enough to afford CGC's submission cost.
For the protection of their investments, I highly discourage any comic book enthusiasts from submitting their comics to PGX. Across the board, CGC may cost 1/4 more than PGX. However, it has been my experience that CGC demonstrates excellent record keeping, reliably high grading standards, respectful treatment of submissions and superior customer service backed by the observation that they are a "service" whose clients will become returning customers (in short, they value their customers).

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• punisher
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• fraud
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• encapsulation

[Burco1]

I have only used PGX once and I think they overgraded the two books I sent. One came back a 5.0 (Submariner # 16). It looks more like a 4.0, maybe a 5.0. The other book, Amazing Spiderman # 11, came back a 3.0 when it appears to be a 2.0. Do you think that PGX has difficulty grading higher end books like the one you sent?

[FroComb]

@Burco1 Honestly, I don't know what to think when considering PGX grading. After my first submissions I thought I was a poor judge at comic grading. I had only used PGX at that time. Then I started scanning and comparing my books with CGC & PGX books. My grading seemed more in line with CGC. PGX was all over the map on their grading. Then I discovered that collectors seemed to pay premium prices in .favor of CGC'd books. That inspired me to reconsider every comic I had PGX'd. And so it goes....

[DipzG]

That's crazy, usually PGX grades higher than CGC.

[FroComb]

@DipzG I agree. It was CGC graded and returned in Jan 2010 a CGC 9.4. I had to call CGC for the grader notes just to confirm that they had considered all the defects I had observed. And they did! The total defects were very small and the accumulation of all was enough to warrant a NM from 3 out of 3 graders. From PGX's 8.5 I had hoped maybe a 9.0. But a 9.4 is a blessing! Now, I've got to ask, what the heck was PGX looking at?!?!??

[dakenhowlett]

wow its interesting to see the diff between pgx and cgc

[FroComb]

The difference was jaw-dropping. I submitted this in Dec 2009 to CGC. It was returned in Jan 2010 a CGC 9.4. I had to call CGC for the grader notes just to confirm that they had considered all the defects I had observed. And they did! The total defects were very small and the accumulation of all was enough to warrant a NM from 3 out of 3 graders. I had hoped maybe a 9.0. But a 9.4 is a blessing!

[macoport1]

wow pgx sucks