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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 4172405, member: 59737"]You two have moved the goalpost and are now focusing entirely on fake coins instead of fake slabs, which is what the OP brought up as the "epidemic". Pointing out the flood of fake coins does nothing to prove the OP's unfounded claims about an epidemic of fake slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you don't think they exist, because you don't have any facts (beyond anecdotal evidence and speculation) that supports the claim that fake slabs are an "epidemic". I've provided the fact that over 80,000,000 million coins have passed through the TPGs. Even if we estimate conservatively that half of them are regraded and/or crossed over, that's 40,000,000 genuine slabs out there for people to utilize. At 50,000 fake slabs out there, that's .00125. Fake slabs are a problem, but not at the level of fearmongering you have yourself admitted to using to get attention. You overreached on this, got called out on it, and instead of just stopping at admitting you are intentionally creating panic, you have attacked those who called you out, because your misleading claims "are for a good cause". Enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 4172405, member: 59737"]You two have moved the goalpost and are now focusing entirely on fake coins instead of fake slabs, which is what the OP brought up as the "epidemic". Pointing out the flood of fake coins does nothing to prove the OP's unfounded claims about an epidemic of fake slabs. Of course you don't think they exist, because you don't have any facts (beyond anecdotal evidence and speculation) that supports the claim that fake slabs are an "epidemic". I've provided the fact that over 80,000,000 million coins have passed through the TPGs. Even if we estimate conservatively that half of them are regraded and/or crossed over, that's 40,000,000 genuine slabs out there for people to utilize. At 50,000 fake slabs out there, that's .00125. Fake slabs are a problem, but not at the level of fearmongering you have yourself admitted to using to get attention. You overreached on this, got called out on it, and instead of just stopping at admitting you are intentionally creating panic, you have attacked those who called you out, because your misleading claims "are for a good cause". Enough.[/QUOTE]
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