Who is "Investment Grading?" Ive never heard them talked about on here...

[SilverspoonGaming | 334]

Here is a couple of their ebay listings that I came across today.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194086440534?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=da07f43fc3b047808e280553e63ca3a5&bu=43614264272&ut=RU&exe=98458&ext=232176&logid=nqt%3DAAAAAAAAAAAAigAAAAAAAACAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAABAAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQA**%26nqc%3DAAAAAAAAAAAAigAAAAAAAACAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAABAAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQA**%26mdbreftime%3D1619954822788%26es%3D0%26ec%3D1&osub=-1~1&crd=20210502043321&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194086442900?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=da07f43fc3b047808e280553e63ca3a5&bu=43614264272&ut=RU&exe=98458&ext=232176&logid=nqt%3DAAAAAAAAAAAAigAAAAAAAACAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAABAAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQA**%26nqc%3DAAAAAAAAAAAAigAAAAAAAACAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAABAAAAAAAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQA**%26mdbreftime%3D1619954822788%26es%3D0%26ec%3D1&osub=-1~1&crd=20210502043321&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

[Gloves | 11,841]

I love how the listing titles say "vga" and "Wata" despite having absolutely nothing to do with either. 

[Murray | 2,449]

I ain’t clicking on that 

[DefaultGen | 5,436]

They’re the American dream. If you have acrylic sheets, a cringey generic army stencil font, a company name that sounds like a get rich quick scheme, 45 subgrades, 30k fake Instagram followers, and a dream, you too can make a grading company.

[GetTheGreg | 105]

I actually did a walkthrough of their site and offered an opinion of these guys a couple of months ago - if you want to see some first impressions of how bad it really is:

 

 

 

Since then, they have ignored everyone who has offered them genuine advice and blocked everyone who has offered critique.  They have the maturity level of a 13 year old and hope to break into the high-end grading world.  The consignment company AWU is almost assuredly just them as well, so it raises extreme "conflict of interest" concerns and shill bidding possibilities.  

 

Fake instagram followers, a website from the year 2000, and no transparency.  For me, it's an easy avoid.

 

They seem to be pushing their VHS angle harder than video games now, though, which the VHS community is vehemently up in arms to try and "stop them".

 

[GPX | 1,374]

I don’t think it takes too much neurons to figure out there’s some dodgy stuff going on here..

[Tanooki | 4,952]

It's all dodgy anymore, just this one is extra shady with a side of stupid.

[tidaldreams | 654]

Looks sketch af

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

How much is the crooked “tamper evident” tape upgrade?

 

Seems legit