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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bedford, post: 291431, member: 4917&quot;]Dear fellow Dealer,</p><p><br /></p><p>As Im sure you have heard, Ebay has appointed 5 certifiying &amp; grading services as the only one permitted to be advertised on Ebay by name. Most of you were NOT involved in this descision &amp; may not even be aware of all or any of&nbsp; the new regulations imposed on selling coins. Most of you know someone who has been afectied by this ,i.e. SEGS (Larry Briggs),SGS Master Distributor (Abon Coins), &amp; ASA accugrade ,Inc. (Melbourn ,Florida) &amp; many more.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a recent PNG/ICTA Grading survay that many of you were&#039;nt involved in. Ebay has used this survey to determine the &quot;Fab Five&quot; of Ebay. Given the knowledge,variety of geography , &amp; experiance represented by the 650 dealers on Information Networks,Inc, it is only fair to include all of you in a similar survey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a list of the top selling companies (by volume) on Ebay prior to the new coin listing guidelines , &amp; their ownership of the Ebay marketplace-</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NGC------------------36.78%</p><p>PCGS---------------- 34.97%</p><p>SGS------------------- 7.92%</p><p>ANACS----------------5.10%</p><p>ICG--------------------2.45%</p><p>PCI--------------------3.20%</p><p>NTC-------------------- .75%</p><p>SEGS------------------.23%</p><p>ACG---------------------.12%</p><p>ACCGS-----------------.12%</p><p>HCGS-------------------.06%</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We ask that you would rank the companies in the following catagories from #1 (The company you feel stands head &amp; shoulders against the competition) to #11 (The company whose standards are the least acceptable). We are trying to complie a more accurate picture of how these companies are compare to each other.We feel it is important to poll you , because you (the dealer) see more graded coins than anyone else in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>We would appreciate your response by 11/14/07. This will give us the time to calculate the data, &amp; publish the results by the end of November-</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your time</p><p><br /></p><p>Larry L. Bence</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Red"><font size="4">(THEN THE SURVEY FOLLOWS)</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Accuracy of modern coin garding from 1956 to date-</p><p><br /></p><p>Consistency of grading-</p><p><br /></p><p>Authentication Guarantee-</p><p><br /></p><p>Marketplace acceptance &amp; availability of pricing for the service a fair value-</p><p><br /></p><p>Client services offered by snail mail &amp; the internet-</p><p><br /></p><p>Marketability via online auction,live auction,ect.-</p><p><br /></p><p>Accuracy of grading precious metal bars,rounds,ect.-</p><p><br /></p><p>Ability to detect altered repaired,damaged,cleaned or counterfit coins-</p><p><br /></p><p>Accuracy of all attributions including color,surface,varieties, &amp; mint errors-</p><p><br /></p><p>Quality &amp; security of the companies certified-coin holder.(sonically sealed,tamper proof hologram,watermarked anti-counterfit lables)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most raesonable cost for certification services provided-</p><p><br /></p><p>Approximate number of coins you (the dealer) have owned by each company-</p><p><br /></p><p>What company do you feel you get the best value for your dollars from? (who has the best grades &amp; sevices for your dollar spent)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red">(You are suppsed to choose from the companies listed at the upper portion of this Email)</span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Red">It then goes on with his return Email Phone # the 3 people you can contact &amp; the snail mail address- </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red">Boo- hoo- He must be hurtin-</span></p><p><br /></p><p>I&nbsp; found this to be quite amusing -- I wonder how shocked he will be when he gets all the bad reviews he is not hoping for.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition the last question in the survey I find the most amusing - So who gives you the highest grades on&nbsp; your coins for the lowest cost -&nbsp; (anyone can call a turd &amp; diamond for a buck)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone wants the address &amp; would like to print this off &amp; send it to him (even though it was ment for dealers) PM me &amp; Ill provide you with the address-</p><p><br /></p><p>Im sure he will be PO&#039;d that the public got ahold of this but I had a friend forward it to me since he knows how much I just LOVE SGS-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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