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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1699767, member: 36248&quot;]Doug, I believe you don&#039;t think too highly of people who overly depend on NGC &amp; PCGS, and have no idea how to grade most series on their own, yet still spend money on coins. I respect you for that and a lot of other reasons; but I am one of those people. I don&#039;t trust myself to grade raw coins via photographs except maybe Morgan dollars, and if you ask MorganDude, I can&#039;t even do that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have NOT established a robust relationship with a trusted dealer which you insists eliminates most coin buying problems, however, I agree your method is an ideal way to buy coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lately I&#039;m mostly buying coins that are PCGS or NGC graded, with the additional stamp of approval from CAC. Now, this is not the cheapest way to buy coins (no gambling for me), but all the coins I have purchased this way tend to be within their normal price range for the coin in question based on recent past completed auctions. I assume there are many people like me who don&#039;t spend enough time or money with any single online/local dealer to establish a trusted relationship, or prefer to cast a wider net to consider coins from hundreds of dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a question for you: <u>Does a PCGS + CAC or NGC + CAC not constitute a similar safety net, minus the relationship part</u>? I can&#039;t necessarily return a coin in all cases, but I am benefitting from a trusted TPG name, years of experience, and two independent opinions on the grade, an opinion on eye appeal, etc. I believe this also in a safe way to avoid fake and harshly cleaned coins. It also make the coins more liquid should I choose to sell, much the same way a coin dealer may buy back a coin a few years down the road.</p><p><br /></p><p>What are your thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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