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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2188673, member: 112&quot;]I don&#039;t deny that, but I don&#039;t agree with it either. And at times I will discuss the condition of the details too. But it was not very long ago that the TPGs would not slab them at all. Then they changed and began slabbing them with no estimation of the condition of the details -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424928[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then they later they changed again and began estimating condition of the details -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F2%2F8%2F3%2F6%2F12836585%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t deny that either, but it doesn&#039;t really change anything, other than to show just how far the TPGs will go and change their grading policies, just to make their customers happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before changes were instituted by the TPGs most of the people in the hobby didn&#039;t care what the condition of the details might be. All that mattered then was that the coin was a problem coin, nobody cared how good or how bad the details were.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as they say the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And as more and more novice and intermediate collectors began becoming more active in the hobby, the more complaining there was about the TPGs charging for services but not slabbing problem coins. And the more complaining there was, then more and more people who had previously kept quiet about it jumped on the bandwagon and started complaining along with them. The more serious and advanced collectors still didn&#039;t care because they wanted no part of them (problem coins). But then more serious and advanced collectors didn&#039;t buy problem coins to begin with, but everybody else did.</p><p><br /></p><p>But revenues were falling due to lack of submissions. So to boost that and quiet complaints from the masses, they greased those squeaky wheels and began slabbing problem coins. For a while people were happy with that. Then they complained some more that now they wanted estimation of the condition as well. So they greased the wheels again and gave them what they wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what you say is true in today&#039;s world Jeff, but it certainly wasn&#039;t always true. And for some of us, it still isn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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