palitoyjunky
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Stormtrooper37 said:Not really I sold my Straight 85 Trilogo DSD for only slightly less.
Joe said:Well..if this particular seller hadn't sent in so many "beaters" to AFA for the U grade there might be more Trilogo DSD's (and many other figures) to go around :roll:
Yes you are looking at a pretty nice ungraded Trilogo DSD that was bought by Robbie and U graded. Apparently the figure was "too tempting" to U grade because of how nice the figure inside was..and yes apparently it was "worth it" because it graded a U90 and was therefore 3 or 4x as valuable as it was while still carded... :evil:
As for that AFA 85 DSD: I think it's safe to say that the most anal collectors also have the biggest wallets so..whatever, it is what it is..
Richard_H said:I've been told a couple of times now that Robbie is out of the ugrading business.
Joe said:You guys aren't the only ones that would have loved to have owned that DSD. I was actually one of the under bidders on it (in fact I think I was the guy Robbie outbid to win it) so I always took this one rather personally..
After it sold, I realised he was the winner so I approached him about it just to say nice one on winning it that kind of thing. One of his replies stated it was at AFA "as we speak" but even then I honestly didn't twig that it would be going for a U grade - I actually thought it was being graded carded
A little while later the cardback appears in his ebay listings and I just couldn't believe it, it seemed like such a waste, especially in my eyes as I was trying to put together a carded Trilogo set at the time.
I emailed him once again, this time to express my concerns and I even pleaded with him to stop U grading but it was all rather pointless when he knows full well that he can get £300 for a U90 DSD from some U addict. As a result, he will get AFA to open up whatever he wants simply because it's a money maker for him.
Pete- Yes it's been stated multiple times and there have been plenty of arguments but it's never done any good. When I spoke to Robbie I tried to explain our point of view to him but sadly there is no way of actually stopping someone from doing that if they can turn £100 into £300 and are in this hobby to make money.
I had actually forgotten all about this until I saw someone selling the same cardback on RS recently and it brought up all the anger again! :evil:
Dealers who U grade are laughing all the way to the bank because not only do they make a killing on every figure that comes back U90 but also increase the prices they can sell carded stuff for because they are slowly reducing the eer decreasing supply of MOC. This results in people paying silly money on a figure like the Trilogo DSD because they simply can't find one elsewhere and cave..oh and who has access to all the high grade carded stuff? That's right..robbie + co.
galactables said:Constructive criticism is fine. Insults are not.