MOC Hasbro condition ratings on eBay

[Guest]

I'm not going to post live auctions but i've just been on eBay and seen a figure is described as, and i quote..

"c8 condition but half re-sealed by the previous owner"

now my understanding of "C8" is mint - near mint condition. Now i don't know who the seller is (and i don't know if he/she is a board member) but surely if your going to say "c8 condition but half re-sealed by the previous owner" you might as well say "absolutely perfect figure, card is factory quality with a bit of damage and a few rips!"

Sorry to rant but it seems like the grading on some of the listings at the moment is ridiclous

[familyguy84]

Steve-xx does this all the time. C-8 but i stuck some card over the foreign part of the card(??).

The AFA ratings are probably the only ones I ever trust. I learn more by studying the photos than I do from the descriptions.

[cdp]

Actually It's me who wrote "C8 but half re-sealed"..
I wrote c8 because card is near mint with no creses or cracks and the figures is perfect even if has a yellow snake and it has been resealed before.
I bought this figure from a member of this board as "new" but I would not list it as new due the fact I think is re-sealed!
And by the way I've payed it for new (around 150 Euros) and later I found out that it was probably re-sealed!

[Guest]

Dec 14, 2009 15:04:34 GMT -5 cdp said:

Actually It's me who wrote "C8 but half re-sealed"..
I wrote c8 because card is near mint with no creses or cracks and the figures is perfect even if has a yellow snake and it has been resealed before.
I bought this figure from a member of this board as "new" but I would not list it as new due the fact I think is re-sealed!
And by the way I've payed it for new (around 150 Euros) and later I found out that it was probably re-sealed!

i don't think it's the same auction i'm talking about, but looking at the names i think it's one of your auctions. i just don't think a rating of C8 should be given to a card that has had the bubble resealed. C8 to me (and i'm sorry if i'm wrong on this) means no creases or warping of the card, maybe minor wear on the corners or a bend in the hook etc. I'm not going to say nymore about it because it's a live auction, and to be honest it wasn't just that auction i've seen many over the past year or (like steve-xx's Warrior #3) that just don't have a suitable grading

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