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Spent $80 on a 'graded' copy of Amazing Spider-Man #300 and it's a fake slab
I bought it from a seller at a con in Cleveland, thinking it was a good deal for a 9.0. The case looked right, but the label font was off and the hologram was wrong. I'm out the cash and stuck with a worthless book. Has anyone else gotten burned by a counterfeit grading company case recently?
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rivera.nathan27d ago
The Cleveland show had three booths last year with obvious fake slabs, all using the same wrong hologram. Zara's right that you need to check the number, but these fakes often use real cert numbers from lower value books. It's getting to the point where you need a blacklight just to feel safe.
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zara_hunt27d ago
How did you not check the cert number before buying? That's the first thing you do. Counterfeit slabs are everywhere now, especially for keys. You have to treat every big purchase like it's fake until you prove it's real. Sorry that happened, but it's a brutal lesson.
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