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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1652079, member: 112"]First of all it's not a conspiracy at all, never has been. Instead it was/is an intentional changing of their grading standards. And yeah, I know a lot of people find that hard to believe. But to a very large degree that's because they don't want to believe it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But grading standards can and do change, and they have changed several times over the years. And those are documented changes, changes that were acknowledged and admitted to having taken place by the people who made the changes. And if it has happened several times in the past why should it be so hard to believe that it has happened again ? I mean, I just don't understand the logic of that !</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, those changes in the past did not destroy anybody's credibility at all. If anything, the changes increased their credibility because that's what people wanted. When you give people something they want, they tend to be happy with it - not unhappy. The TPGs make changes all the time, and not just to grading standards, but to just about everything. They acknowledge this, they admit it, they even do press releases about it. And it's almost always because that's what their customers wanted them to do - so they do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you, or anyone, doesn't know what those changes were and when they took place then you need to study up on the history of grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1652079, member: 112"]First of all it's not a conspiracy at all, never has been. Instead it was/is an intentional changing of their grading standards. And yeah, I know a lot of people find that hard to believe. But to a very large degree that's because they don't want to believe it. But grading standards can and do change, and they have changed several times over the years. And those are documented changes, changes that were acknowledged and admitted to having taken place by the people who made the changes. And if it has happened several times in the past why should it be so hard to believe that it has happened again ? I mean, I just don't understand the logic of that ! And no, those changes in the past did not destroy anybody's credibility at all. If anything, the changes increased their credibility because that's what people wanted. When you give people something they want, they tend to be happy with it - not unhappy. The TPGs make changes all the time, and not just to grading standards, but to just about everything. They acknowledge this, they admit it, they even do press releases about it. And it's almost always because that's what their customers wanted them to do - so they do it. Now if you, or anyone, doesn't know what those changes were and when they took place then you need to study up on the history of grading.[/QUOTE]
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