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Comic Grading Group changes their name to
We have changed our name, and although the press release is being released through our office in Arizona, we still have our offices in Eugene, OR and all books graded will go through our Oregon offices.
Phoenix, AZ – August 30th, 2004 – Press Release
Top 10 Reasons Why Comic Grading Group Changed Its Name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:
10. CGC insisted that their customers where not bright enough to tell the difference between the name "CGC" and "CGGroup". We had some of our top scientist’s work on this for several days. When the results came back in our favor, CGC's response was, "you are wrong and we are right because we have more money than you" - followed by five minutes of continuous maniacal laughter.
9. After watching one of those late-night infomercials, we joined the 'Brand-Of-The-Month Club': 10 domain names for just one dollar!
8. This makes it more difficult for spammers to track our email addresses.
7. With our new acronym 'PGA', the CGC customers identified in reason no. 10 might actually associate us with the Master's Tournament and Tiger Woods. You can't buy publicity like that!
6. Google loves it when you change your domain frequently.
5. It's the next big trend in marketing: temporary branding.
4. We forgot the password to our host server, so we had to start from scratch.
3. Our focus group of tree monkeys consistently put the PGA logo in the same category as bananas, whereas the old CGGroup logo was matched with time-outs and flea baths. Interestingly, this study also demonstrated a small positive correlation between the CGC logo and the activity of flinging poo.
2. Once we got everything up to speed, well, we had nowhere left to go.
And, the number-one reason why Comic Grading Group changed its name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:
1. Our management team - all leading minds of our generation - decided we needed to stop trading barbs with CGC and get back to the business of distinguishing ourselves as the responsive, high-quality source for comic grading services.
Bonus Reason: This was as good a PR hook as any to mention that we have recently formed a joint-venture with Bladewave, LLC (www.bladewave.com) to bring exciting new products to market for the comic book industry. Stay tuned for more details!
It is also important to note that in order for us to formalize our business relationship with our joint-venture partners, Bladewave requested that we eliminate our dispute with CGC. Now, we are Team PGA! (for the next few weeks, anyway ... we still haven't heard back from CGC whether their customers they will be able to tell the difference between certain posteriorly disposed human anatomical features and ... well, you get the picture). Really - we're not bitter.
As a final note, mention this press release and the code word 'PGAcomics' from now through October 31st and receive a free gift from PGA with your order.
CONTACT:
Daniel Patterson
President, Professional Grading Authority, LLC
thecomicguys@comcast.net
(541) 341-1230
Phoenix, AZ – August 30th, 2004 – Press Release
Top 10 Reasons Why Comic Grading Group Changed Its Name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:
10. CGC insisted that their customers where not bright enough to tell the difference between the name "CGC" and "CGGroup". We had some of our top scientist’s work on this for several days. When the results came back in our favor, CGC's response was, "you are wrong and we are right because we have more money than you" - followed by five minutes of continuous maniacal laughter.
9. After watching one of those late-night infomercials, we joined the 'Brand-Of-The-Month Club': 10 domain names for just one dollar!
8. This makes it more difficult for spammers to track our email addresses.
7. With our new acronym 'PGA', the CGC customers identified in reason no. 10 might actually associate us with the Master's Tournament and Tiger Woods. You can't buy publicity like that!
6. Google loves it when you change your domain frequently.
5. It's the next big trend in marketing: temporary branding.
4. We forgot the password to our host server, so we had to start from scratch.
3. Our focus group of tree monkeys consistently put the PGA logo in the same category as bananas, whereas the old CGGroup logo was matched with time-outs and flea baths. Interestingly, this study also demonstrated a small positive correlation between the CGC logo and the activity of flinging poo.
2. Once we got everything up to speed, well, we had nowhere left to go.
And, the number-one reason why Comic Grading Group changed its name to Professional Grading Authority, LLC:
1. Our management team - all leading minds of our generation - decided we needed to stop trading barbs with CGC and get back to the business of distinguishing ourselves as the responsive, high-quality source for comic grading services.
Bonus Reason: This was as good a PR hook as any to mention that we have recently formed a joint-venture with Bladewave, LLC (www.bladewave.com) to bring exciting new products to market for the comic book industry. Stay tuned for more details!
It is also important to note that in order for us to formalize our business relationship with our joint-venture partners, Bladewave requested that we eliminate our dispute with CGC. Now, we are Team PGA! (for the next few weeks, anyway ... we still haven't heard back from CGC whether their customers they will be able to tell the difference between certain posteriorly disposed human anatomical features and ... well, you get the picture). Really - we're not bitter.
As a final note, mention this press release and the code word 'PGAcomics' from now through October 31st and receive a free gift from PGA with your order.
CONTACT:
Daniel Patterson
President, Professional Grading Authority, LLC
thecomicguys@comcast.net
(541) 341-1230
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I've had two comics come back with one grade step higher from CGC, after being graded by CGG...dino wrote:#4 is great.
I can't wait to see the census.
and now for the stupid question of the post: Any comments on the claim that you grade stricter than CGC on modern *ah-valiant-em* books?
X-O CGG 9.4 = X-O CGC 9.6
Rai #1 CGG 9.6 = Rai #1 CGC 9.8
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Thanks for the info. Have you sent any that came back the same or lower.BodaZoffa wrote:I've had two comics come back with one grade step higher from CGC, after being graded by CGG...dino wrote:#4 is great.
I can't wait to see the census.
and now for the stupid question of the post: Any comments on the claim that you grade stricter than CGC on modern *ah-valiant-em* books?
X-O CGG 9.4 = X-O CGC 9.6
Rai #1 CGG 9.6 = Rai #1 CGC 9.8
Boda
I had many come back the same, but none came back with a lower grade.dino wrote:Thanks for the info. Have you sent any that came back the same or lower.BodaZoffa wrote:I've had two comics come back with one grade step higher from CGC, after being graded by CGG...dino wrote:#4 is great.
I can't wait to see the census.
and now for the stupid question of the post: Any comments on the claim that you grade stricter than CGC on modern *ah-valiant-em* books?
X-O CGG 9.4 = X-O CGC 9.6
Rai #1 CGG 9.6 = Rai #1 CGC 9.8
Boda
Boda