This may be an naïve question but has anyone heard of a bribing issue with the top grading companies? Seems ripe for it
Happened with ANACS (possibly when they were ANA? Memory fails me.) in the early days. There's an old Coin World or Coinage article somewhere out there about it. They gave preferential grades to friends/dealers.
Consider from a business perspective how much such a "bribe" would need to be to make it worthwhile, be it a higher up, a grader, etc. I don't know about you, but if looking at the big picture, it doesn't seem very "ripe" to me.
It's definitely not ripe especially at the big two. You don't risk/destroy growing international businesses that do 8 figures a year in business for a few bucks not to mention that one of them is a publicly traded company. The only preference the big boys get is cheaper fees and faster turn around times
Rumors like this seem to pop up every so often........especially when someone who doesn't know how to grade gets a submission back with lousy grades. Chris
I'm retired from Law Enforcement and I'm just getting back into hobby and I just see this hobby having a lot of victims..I quess because of my career I see things in a jaded way...I got to stop that nah....Oh btw I don't blame u guys having trust issues with newbies Ill do my time
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet."
I agree that there are a lot of victims in this hobby, but bribery of a TPG is not in any way the cause. As a former cop, you should know enough to not to bark up the wrong tree. Or to suggest that the cleanest of companies might be corrupt.
wow hey cranky pants cool down and don't tell me how to live my life ..Now I'm thinking you have something to hide
You're not making friends quickly this way. In fact, you just became the shortest-tenured member ever to appear on my Ignore list; you made it in 25 posts. Congratulations.
