Are you talking about the complaint that ACG recently made regarding interference in a transaction between ACG and a customer by one of the ANA governors?
The ANA found that the "ANA can not condone ASA Accugrade grading standards and believes that those standards can mislead the end consumer with regard to the value of the numismatic item being purchased". And that the Board "recognizes based upon the information provided at the hearing as well as the opinions expressed by many of the witnesses called, that a significantly larger percentage of grading errors appear to be made by ASA Accugrade then by other grading services" The Board of Governors also stated: "We recognize and applaud Barry Stuppler's passion for consumer protection and his efforts to insure that the numismatic industry, including coin grading, does not take advantage of unknowledgeable consumers." However, since the ANA found that he did not violate the Member and Dealer Code of Ethics, he was very surprisesd that the ANA Board of Governors did find that he violated the ANA Board Member Code of Ethics, Section 13: "A Board member shall maintain the highest standard of personal conduct: promote and encourage the highest level of ethics within the numismatic profession: and maintain loyalty to the Association"
Just found it on the web too. 8) check out this site,it also has notorized letters and other goodies that show the high standards ACG crawls after http://www.k6az.com/acg.htm This information should be included in every ebay auction and every transaction they do.This proves what we've known for a long time,stay with the major services ANACS,NGC,and PCGS or like the TV commercial for Sunkist Oranges used to say,if it doesn't say Sunkist,you just don't know what your getting! ~ Jim http://www.k6az.com/
Hard to sue someone in order to prevent them from telling the truth. These articles are all public record,and I've even seen other law suites against the ACG,that were published on the web. I hear that a entire group got banned from bidding in their auctions! I'm sure they are not losing much business by doing this. Most active member's of coin clubs or message boards get the correct information and more than likely wouldn't bid anyway. If we were friends,I'd ask them to do the same for my group (instant buyer protection) Like every person going through life,they have earned their reputation's,one transaction at a time. ~ Jim
Yep, he put in his auctions for a while that they couldn't bid. Many of us were specifically banned by Ebay ID also.
That's one of their excuses,but you'll note that this use of their own grading standards is never mentioned in any of their ads. I find this to be a rather questionable buisness practice.JMOHO. ~ Jim
